• @fruityloop
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    2 years ago

    maybe there should be a rule against using ableist terms? what do you think

    edit: nvm it’s already there, just checked the sidebar.

    • @panic
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      62 years ago

      I don’t think telling people to stop saying “sociopath” will change their perceptions of people like me who experience low empathy and struggle with antisocial behavior. Even I call myself that. People should instead think more critically of what values they attach to “mental illness” and the “failure” of acting like a “sane” person.

      • @fruityloop
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        2 years ago

        I didn’t mean that only changing how people speak is enough, sorry for not making that clear in my other comment.

        People should instead think more critically of what values they attach to “mental illness” and the “failure” of acting like a “sane” person.

        I totally agree. Also to the op post, equating facism with mental illness is just extremely damaging to how mental illness is seen by the general public and does nothing to harm facists.

        • @panic
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          82 years ago

          We need a reaction button that says “Fine, I’ll think about this”