[Garfie]

Originally Posted by FromBB8

I feel something was left out of the edit there. On the live feed, most of the house supported Khaled over Ali over the dispute. Why was that? Why did he approach her that evening rather than wait until the next morning? From the edit, the only thing is he was wound up slightly by the group conversation but even that doesn't quite add up. There appears to be a lack context.

It is a two way street. Khaled's timing and phrasing was off, but so was Ali's reaction.

I don’t feel his timing needs to be questioned. Ali didn’t waste any time in launching into him directly after he made his killer nomination last week, and didn’t show any consideration for the fact that the timing might be wrong for him. How can the same thing be fair for one and not the other?

I have an understanding of Ali, and empathy for her Autistic tendencies. However, alongside that goes the reality that all humans are flawed, all people can get things wrong and those on the Spectrum are not immune to that. And, just like any other person in this world, they shouldn’t be defended to the hilt when they do make mistakes, but encouraged instead to recognise errors in judgement and behaviour, so that they are given the opportunity to reassess and change if necessary.

Excusing or defending all they do, no matter what the impact, does them a disservice and is basically just enabling - it doesn’t show credit or respect for the intelligence and ability they have to reconsider, adjust, adapt or learn where necessary.