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What I object to is ScienceApologist '''using my minority affiliations to attack me spitefully'''. There is a global history of minorities not being treated very well, and we know all the nasty epithets, like "retards". I have a son whom some have labelled "retarded" (he's actually severely autistic, and very intelligent). I use facilitated communication (FC) with him -- it's a technique of helping steady a users's hand while s/he points or types to communicate -- because without it, his communication would be (even more) severely compromised. Where does SA get off attacking me over this? What does he, a maybe-almost-PhD in a physical science, even know about autism, developmental pediatrics or parenting? He just read an article about FC by a skeptic for skeptics, and spouted a talking point on WP, for one reason: just to slap me down. Is that the editing environment you wanted?

Sidebar: FC is controversial literally abecause matterit enters the realm of lifeboat ethics: there have been cases where people were falsely accused of sexual abuse via FC. Can you imagine what a nightmare that would be? And there have been cases where disabled people have used FC to correctly disclose that sexual abuse occurred. Can you imagine what a nightmare it would be not to have a means of speaking up and saying you were being abused?

Anyway, I've changed my username because of ScienceApologist's attacks (and similar ones from another editor); who wants all that scurrilous nonsense showing up in search engines? I used to enjoy editing here with my real name. But until NPA is taken seriously, no editor should do so.