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Please, Stop Using Mental Illness As An Insult

July 29, 2019

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The title is pretty self-explanatory and I could leave it at that: please, stop using mental illness as an insult.

But since my invitation would probably be ridiculed as a prime example of political correctness quite literally gone mad, I feel the need to elaborate further.

In English (but also in other languages, like Italian) there’s an impressive number of ways to pejoratively define someone suffering from a mental disorder or places and situations related to mental illness: crazy, lunatic, psycho, nut-job, whacko, freak, basket case, loony bin, bughouse. And the list goes on.

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