Just found this thread; I see that it's over a month old (still on page 1 of off-topic, though.. wow this subforum doesn't see a lot of use). But I don't think enough was said here on the matter..
The media has been demonizing neuro-divergent people for about as long as mental illness has been a concept; When people are too lazy to give their fictional villain a logical motive for their actions they just go "Oh he's evil because he's mentally ill. That's also his only personality trait." And IRL when someone commits any kind of violent crime, do people make any attempt to fix the laws and societal conditions that allowed that crime to happen? No, they just look for a mental illness to diagnose the criminal with, and write the whole incident off as "mental illness making people violent".
Ableism is every bit as bad as racism, but people are only just now starting to stand up and speak out against it; If somebody made a VR experience where you get attacked by a bunch of mexicans or muslims or black people for absolutely no reason, don't you think that would get shut down just as quickly? And would you complain about it in that situation, too?
P.S. - Opposing prejudice isn't political. Making up a derogatory word to label people who oppose prejudice and blaming THEM for ruining everything? THAT'S political.
P.P.S. Every member of the human race has a responsibility to treat the people around them with the consideration and respect they deserve. Not just neurotypical people or any other privileged group, ALL good people. If your primary interest in VR is escaping that responsibility, you should probably seek mental help yourself.
P.P.P.S. - I hope you realize that responsibility extends to any SHARED VR Spaces as much as it does the real world, so if you don't want to get banned from those spaces (with no refund), you'd better exercise a little "political correctness" while you're there. (Or just stick to SteamVR, since they don't have any objections to bigotry over there.)
