What words or phrasing are especially insulting do you think?

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8. I wouldn't dignify him by calling him crazy.

Guns on his wedding invitations? He's just an idiot. But truth to tell, although I put little stock in labels "gun nut" has less appeal than "crazy" for me. It seems I'm a "gungeoneer".

That's why labels are so tricky. Language is so plastic most terms get swallowed up in context. Most of the time I call myself "batshit crazy" as a gentle means of warning others that I'm not just exactly who they think I am. And if that makes no sense it's because it only works in context, which is absent here.

I really can't think of any word or label someone might use in reference to me that might hurt me, and not a few that would hurt even if they intended to be so. But I can think of a great many that I don't want to hear if they are intended to be hurtful or dismissive. As a matter of fact, that list is just about as long as the entire dictionary.

For me, context is more important than terminology. And people are more important than context.