a request. well, actually more of a statement, i guess.
dear friands,
please refrain from using pejorative words describing mental illness as adjectives. your burrito was not "crazy" good. the price of those shoes is not "insane". if your sentence does not make sense when you exchange your word-of-choice with "mental illness" or "mentally ill" then do not use it in that context.
when you use these words in this way you are actively hurting me.
(using them in the context of mental illness has its own problems, but that is another matter.)
if you are also a mentally ill person and do not care about this issue, that's great. but i do.
and i do not want to keep being hurt. in the interests of self-preservation i've decided that i need to unsubscribe from individuals when i see this happening. it does not mean i think you're a bad person; it simply means that every paper cut hurts.
thank you for time,
tree
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This entry was originally posted at Dreamwidth.
please refrain from using pejorative words describing mental illness as adjectives. your burrito was not "crazy" good. the price of those shoes is not "insane". if your sentence does not make sense when you exchange your word-of-choice with "mental illness" or "mentally ill" then do not use it in that context.
when you use these words in this way you are actively hurting me.
(using them in the context of mental illness has its own problems, but that is another matter.)
if you are also a mentally ill person and do not care about this issue, that's great. but i do.
and i do not want to keep being hurt. in the interests of self-preservation i've decided that i need to unsubscribe from individuals when i see this happening. it does not mean i think you're a bad person; it simply means that every paper cut hurts.
thank you for time,
tree
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This entry was originally posted at Dreamwidth.