• goat@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
          43·
          1 day ago

          That’s not really ableism though.

          i am very curious about your reasoning. is stigma bad? just generally speaking?

          • renzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            21·
            23 hours ago

            when you say “authoritarianism is a mental illness” you mean it as an insult. this implies that you consider mental illness to be something that diminishes your value as a person, which is not true, and ableist

            • goat@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
              3·
              23 hours ago

              I get what you’re saying. I don’t really think we should call authoritarianism an illness, but what should we use when an extremist, like an antivaxxer, flat-earther or someone else actively denies reality?

              And I don’t think mental illness is valued, and I think it is something that diminishes a person. It’s why we call it an illness.

              • renzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
                21·
                22 hours ago

                I mean, you can use any other insult, there are plenty to choose from.You can call them vile, ignorant, close-minded, delusional.

                It diminishes a person in the sense that it diminishes a person’s abilities. Not a person as a whole because people with mental illnesses are worth as much as any other person.

                • goat@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
                  21·
                  22 hours ago

                  Ah okay, so you’re upset about the distinction between those with mental illness and those without?

                  I thought you were defending mental illness itself as something that should be encouraged or whatever

                  • doben@lemmy.wtfEnglish
                    23·
                    21 hours ago

                    Apart from you argueing in favor of ableism, which in and of itself is disgusting, the whole deleted comment is: „maybe that could be a way to justify the killing of what I define as authoritarian people“ and by authoritarian they mean extreme left, which they don‘t even understand. They‘re fascist, just like your community defending that take, cheering it on.

                    What‘s your defense, fascist? What‘s your opinion on that take, goat? or cm0002? let‘s hear it.