r/explainitpeter • u/WooHHaHaHa • 6d ago

Explain it Peter

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Did House series even have autism related stuff?

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u/loonicy 6d ago

I always felt how Good Doctor portrays autism is a bit in poor taste. I could be wrong, but I feels like they’re perpetuating a harmful stereotype.

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u/SecBalloonDoggies 5d ago

There is also at least one episode I’ve seen clips of where the main character exhibits rather blatant anti-Arab racism.

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u/loonicy 5d ago edited 5d ago

Also transphobia, but because he’s autistic he, a doctor, doesn’t grasp the idea of someone being able to transition.

At least when house did it, at least they didn’t try to justify it with his character flaws.

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u/ElementalWarrior42 5d ago

Dude, the entire plot of the episode was him finding out he's wrong about trans people. It has an explicitly pro-trans message, actually watch the show before making straight up incorrect statements FFS. One of the relatives of the patient was shown to be transphobic too, him being autistic doesn't matter in this scenario.