Thought: I think when we use the term “mental illness” or “mentally ill” or talk about various mental disorders… We are generally being very literal and saying the person that isn’t well and needs help”… But the hyperwoke types think we mean they should receive the “Canadian treatment” or “Californian treatment” of throwing people away like trash.
This probably isn’t as big as other issues we talk about on this forum. But we need to be careful to watch out for any redefining of vocabulary, as it’s clearly one of their favorite tools.
So be sure to call them out, a concern for someone’s mental health isn’t slander, it’s just THEY are fast use mental health for slander and that’s why it has a negative connotation in their eyes.
Thought: I think when we use the term “mental illness” or “mentally ill” or talk about various mental disorders… We are generally being very literal and saying the person that isn’t well and needs help”… But the hyperwoke types think we mean they should receive the “Canadian treatment” or “Californian treatment” of throwing people away like trash.
This probably isn’t as big as other issues we talk about on this forum. But we need to be careful to watch out for any redefining of vocabulary, as it’s clearly one of their favorite tools.
So be sure to call them out, a concern for someone’s mental health isn’t slander, it’s just THEY are fast use mental health for slander and that’s why it has a negative connotation in their eyes.