tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post760601784435461963..comments2024-03-25T11:49:21.281-07:00Comments on The Splintered Mind: Is My Usage of "Crazy" Ableist?Eric Schwitzgebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541402189204286449noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-33186458849857481652018-09-07T00:09:44.438-07:002018-09-07T00:09:44.438-07:00I think the point about trivialization is valid:
h...I think the point about trivialization is valid:<br />https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiiqbnRqKjdAhWRxIMKHQvMDBYQFjAAegQIAxAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmic.com%2Farticles%2F146806%2Fstop-saying-crazy-and-insane-if-you-care-about-mental-illness&usg=AOvVaw0bd6wvxAR0oB3oFws6GIVX<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-90351185750544048192017-05-07T00:58:58.272-07:002017-05-07T00:58:58.272-07:00Likes may be a bit superfluous, but I personally a...Likes may be a bit superfluous, but I personally agree 100% with your last comment above. Far-out Philosopher? Philosophy takes us places we never thought we'd go? Freaky Philosopher? <br />To offer you a bit of empathy - I'm a translator working in a Chinese company, with mostly Chinese colleagues. So they give me a document to be translated into English, and I do so, and then the querying and criticism begins: Why did you use the word "breakneck" to mean fast? That sounds dangerous! This word doesn't seem very common, can't you use something simpler? And so on and so forth, lots and lots of comments from that seem, well, crazy. I occasionally stand my ground, but in the vast majority of cases, the best thing to do for all involved is simply to accept whatever preference my colleagues express, and find another expression to use. It's an exhausting process, but I haven't found any way around it yet. chinaphilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14572591745611690731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-53179977900410798322017-05-04T12:30:38.820-07:002017-05-04T12:30:38.820-07:00Thanks for the comments, folks!
My own best judgm...Thanks for the comments, folks!<br /><br />My own best judgment is that it my own usage, in this context, is not objectionably ableist. However, some others who have thought more carefully than I about disability issues do think it's ableist. I might defer to that, if that seems to be the general opinion among those who know best.Eric Schwitzgebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16274774112862434865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-48488256895823330862017-05-04T10:00:30.325-07:002017-05-04T10:00:30.325-07:00We may have to recall the whole "___ for Dumm...We may have to recall the whole "___ for Dummies" series of books.<br />On a more serious note - I googled "crazy as ableist" and there went my morning.Pilot Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15485522498959976328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-17607046564723627462017-05-03T19:00:01.717-07:002017-05-03T19:00:01.717-07:00To me it seems like something that needs a book in...To me it seems like something that needs a book in itself (particularly by a 'crazy' philosopher), this cultural movement to hunt down certain words, as if if certain words aren't used, then the world is somehow fine.Callan S.https://brokenmarrow.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-81542870719294938842017-05-03T13:31:18.785-07:002017-05-03T13:31:18.785-07:00Well what is a normal end game in philosophy today...Well what is a normal end game in philosophy today...Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02580641063222662041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-60419645460638478192017-05-02T17:15:53.828-07:002017-05-02T17:15:53.828-07:00From my experience psychiatrists hesitate to use t...From my experience psychiatrists hesitate to use the word crazy as being non diagnostic- a patient would be referred to as having a diagnosis of a given mental illness or instead if having crazy thoughts, thinking unclearly or having racing thoughts.<br />Personally, I think that not using crazy is a nice gesture and an act of kindness, which matters for people who interact regularly with the mentally ill but there are systemic obstacles to the treatment of the mentally ill such as insurance not covering treatment and so forthhowie bermannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-61084289447102989722017-05-02T15:01:35.295-07:002017-05-02T15:01:35.295-07:00Eric, it's not ableist. "Crazy" has ...Eric, it's not ableist. "Crazy" has all sorts of meanings and uses that go well beyond the mental health context (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crazy). Even used as largely overlapping with terms like insane or lacking reason it is not clear to me that it is ableist, unless it is used to stigmatize a category of people. <br /><br />Shelly Tremain won't be happy but you can live with that. Nicknoreply@blogger.com