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The Morality Police: Honor Codes and the Tattle-Tale Aspie

Amy M. Murphy www.aspergersthealien.blogspot.com By Beijing Patrol from US  via Wikimedia Commons I’m not going to beat around the bush — Aspies love to tattle and point fingers at evildoers. Driving with an Aspie one can be sure if the stated speed limit is exceeded there will be words. Both my son and I consider ourselves to have a code of honor which is probably higher than most. We believe in rules, laws and a certain high standard of everyday conduct. He has remarked, more than once, that his aberrant behavior of a year and a half ago was more damaging to his psyche and personal pride as he broke his own moral code, than the whole jail/ prison sentence thingy. We like to attempt to hold others to our over-zealous standards. I made an excellent safety in grade school. I loved “patrolling” and reporting the tiniest malfeasance. If anyone…