Because I also see people on our side doing this:

Can we please stop using mental illness and adjacent medical conditions as slurs, insults, and accusations against people we dislike?

Calling someone “crazy,” “psychotic,” “autistic,” “schizo,” or whatever the flavour of the day happens to be doesn’t make your argument stronger. It just turns somebody else’s medical condition into a weapon.

People with mental illnesses, neurodivergencies, and other conditions (people like you and me!) don’t deserve to see their lives and diagnoses casually dragged into the mud just because somebody is being awful.

You can call someone cruel. You can call them dishonest. You can call them bigoted, hateful, abusive, manipulative, or simply an absolute fucking nightmare.

There are plenty of words available.
Please choose better ones.

Being compassionate and fighting fascism are not mutually exclusive. In fact, I rather think we should be capable of both.

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