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[–] 1 point 1 month ago (6 children)

One thing I did to try and help was invent the word "theseist", based on the Greek Theseus, who abandoned his GF on an island and kidnapped 12 year old Helen of Troy to marry her, because he thought it would bring him glory. Theseus deserves the hate, and there's no link to any mental disorders or other stigmas. We can give people new, better words to replace the bad ones.

But I was honestly so tilted by this meme, because I expect better from the community. We should be better than this, I was shocked and betrayed and angry. So My first instinct was not to give people better words, it was to react.

But yeah I don't have the luxury of not engaging with people who use these tropes. I have NPD and I'm ace, so I get hit with both of the stigmas of this word. It triggers Me in the moment, and it contributes to a societal culture that has abused Me time after time. It's easy to DARVO a n*rcissist.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Poorly worded memes aside this really is one of the places on fediverse where you have no enemies. Lady Butterfly is pretty chill and empathetic when she's actually running the account manually so I think she'd get it. I've seen you go to bat for other stigmatized people who to my knowledge you didn't have an intersection in common with so I think you deserve that too.

    As for everyone's awareness of personality disorders, it's all a work in progress right? Gotta meet people where they're at. And I hope where you're at feels better soon.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Yeah, Lady Butterfly is great every other time I've seen her, so I was really surprised. Did you say she's automated her account?

    Thanks for the kind words. Unfortunately, they're not all true, as this community does have some people who are not allies. I've just received a private message from the mod of the community claiming that My reports against the ableist slur are false. I'm told I'll be banned if I do it again. And I've also received... this hate speech

    I really want to report the hate speech, but I've been clearly warned that I'll be banned if do, so I don't think I can. I don't feel safe in this community right now at all.

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