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 Remember when I told you how angry I got when I saw a post on Instagram that said "What you feel is what you attract" and I left a comment saying that I was an undiagnosed autistic child who was bullied and abused and that saying that was like say that I attracted what happened to me?
Well, a few minutes ago an asshole answered me this:

"Bullying is a part of life, if you think you're the only person who went through such you're just like a dog lacking his wounds."

Come on, brainstorm, what should I answer? I choose to point out the obvious fallacy of the straw man. 
 @7d1f81d0 There's no good answer here. When people are like this, they either have the "I went through it so everyone else should too" kind of "suffer with me" mentality, or they've never dealt with real bullying beyond a joke about their backpack or something, limousine liberal sorts.