Saying that people who are hurtful and abusive are crazy people associates hurtful abusive people with people who have mental illnesses.
In fact, most abusive hurtful people are just assholes, not mentally ill, and I don't think people with mental illnesses have a much higher rate of hurtful abusive people amongst them - in fact, they're more likely to be the victims of abuse.
If you had said "I don't date because there are a lot of abusive hurtful people out there," I imagine that would have been fine.
I'm trying to reduce my usages of ableist words like 'crazy' or 'lame' or 'dumb', but it is difficult, especially as mainstream society hasn't really caught on to such ableism yet.
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Date: 2010-06-24 01:03 pm (UTC)In fact, most abusive hurtful people are just assholes, not mentally ill, and I don't think people with mental illnesses have a much higher rate of hurtful abusive people amongst them - in fact, they're more likely to be the victims of abuse.
If you had said "I don't date because there are a lot of abusive hurtful people out there," I imagine that would have been fine.
I'm trying to reduce my usages of ableist words like 'crazy' or 'lame' or 'dumb', but it is difficult, especially as mainstream society hasn't really caught on to such ableism yet.