Catch the ableism here: https://lemm.ee/comment/2798300

  • DroneRights [it/its]
    hexagon
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    1 year ago

    Given the immense number of people who use it as a pejorative to refer to mentally disabled people, it is. It's the same as the R word.

    • BountifulEggnog [she/her]
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      1 year ago

      Given the immense number of people who use it as a pejorative to refer to mentally disabled people

      I have literally never heard or seen it used that way.

      Edit: ohh, new account. Good troll ig.

      • DroneRights [it/its]
        hexagon
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        1 year ago

        https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/do-narcissists-cry

        Here's an article discussing ableist myths about NPD

        • BountifulEggnog [she/her]
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          1 year ago

          This article doesn't mention mental disabilities, or online trolling. Why did you link it?

        • DroneRights [it/its]
          hexagon
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          1 year ago

          Here's a wikipedia article about NPD that calls it a disability and frequently refers to pwNPD as narcissists or narcissistic

    • HarryLime [any]
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      1 year ago

      refer to mentally disabled people,

      Since when is narcissistic or narcissist used to refer to mentally disabled people?

      • DroneRights [it/its]
        hexagon
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        1 year ago

        Well, when it's used to refer to people with narcissistic personality disorder, which happens to be most of the time

        • HarryLime [any]
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          1 year ago

          Ludicrous. Having narcissistic personality disorder is not a mental disability by any reasonable definition of the term. Furthermore, one can have narcissistic personality traits without having the disorder in full. If I'm calling someone a narcissist or narcissistic, I'm not presuming to actually diagnose them with NPD.

        • Wheaties [she/her]
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          1 year ago

          isn't narcissism a pattern of behavior and belief? Doesn't really seem like it belongs in the same category as mental disabilities.