Jillian Nelson
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292 appearances
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first heard Jun 2025
last heard Jun 2025
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Um, one of the greatest lessons I've learned in politics is that the only thing that's black and white is that everything is gray.
Um, but there's always pieces in the middle there that um
don't necessarily fall in the black and white.
And it can be hard, especially as an autistic adult, to really challenge some of those thoughts that we've always held as black and white.
And recognizing that some of that all or nothing thinking really can be stemmed in transphobia or homophobia or internalized ableism or um internalized racism and really starting to address those.
Um
I really urge us to be gentle with one another in our community.
Um, the best way that we're going to grow and change in those um
Isms.
is but gently
working with each other and identifying those things and saying, Hey, friend
Like when you say that, that kind of is really, really transphobic, and this is why.
And then being open to listening, even though
being told we're wrong is something that most autistic people don't do super great with.
Um, we have to take that deep breath and listen.
Um, because autism
And our understanding of
the world or our processing skills in being told were wrong, that doesn't
give us carte blanche to exist and hold on to problematic thoughts and theories and beliefs.
Like we do need to do better and we need to do better so that we can lift each other up and we can support each other and we can
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