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Neoma

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4. Be kind to yourself, there's no reason to call yourself crazy.

Reply to rrneck (Reply #2)

Sun Apr 14, 2013, 05:35 PM

Apr 2013

These words used against someone is more of what I'm thinking of. I unfriended someone from Facebook from his mocking of me with him saying something to the effect of, "look at me, I'm batshit crazy so other crazy people should have guns too!" He was a definite gun nut. (I don't have a problem with the phrase gun nut obviously.) He even had a gun on his marriage invitations...

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What words or phrasing are especially insulting do you think? [View all] Neoma Apr 2013 OP

mentally ill, when used as a pejorative BainsBane Apr 2013 #1

I think people misinterpret what unstable can mean. Neoma Apr 2013 #6

Yes, I mean unstable as in dangerous BainsBane Apr 2013 #9

I don't know if any word or phrase is bad rrneck Apr 2013 #2

Be kind to yourself, there's no reason to call yourself crazy. Neoma Apr 2013 #4

I wouldn't dignify him by calling him crazy. rrneck Apr 2013 #8

He's a scary idiot. Neoma Apr 2013 #10

I hate fools asking people if they stopped taking their meds olddots Apr 2013 #3

I think a real problem is that people cannot distinguish reality from TV. Neoma Apr 2013 #5

i hate that, too fizzgig Apr 2013 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #7

Some of those only work in certain context. Neoma Apr 2013 #11

Alright, I can take care of that HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #13

I've heard high school kids tossing around theorpy jargon olddots Apr 2013 #12

equating conservatism with mental illness fizzgig Apr 2013 #15

Well, maybe they mean Narcissistic personality disorder. Neoma Apr 2013 #16