• Grail@multiverse.soulism.net
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    3 months ago

    …yes?

    And in anticipation of what I’m worried you’re going to say next, I’ll say that gender dysphoria is a mental disorder too, it doesn’t make trans people invalid. Personality disorders don’t make otherkin invalid.

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          3 months ago

          I didn’t say that their identity meant they had a disability, that was you.

          I don’t consider mental health problems to be a disability, and I don’t consider trans people to have mental health problems because of their identity.

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            3 months ago

            You used an ableist slur on your friend. You called them a n*rcissist. You implied that being fictionkin is a result of narcissism.

            Personality disorders can influence the manner in which kintypes present themselves, as I well know, for I am an otherkin with NPD. I disagree with you that being fictionkin is a result of narcissism, but I agree that in this particular case, the princess’s NPD has influenced the kind of kintype.

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              3 months ago

              That isn’t what I said or tried to imply, and now I understand why you managed to take entirely the wrong messages from She-Ra

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                  3 months ago

                  Why do you think that narcisicist is a slur, and not a descriptor?

                  I was describing a person who I knew, as an example of why I was not going to respect the self-description of people who have a poor relationship with reality.

                  I also said they were stupid. Which there were. Is that also a slur?

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                    3 months ago

                    The word n*rcissist is a shortened form of a disability, turned into a personal label. It’s like r*tard or sp*rg.

                    Regardless of authorial intent, the use of that derogatory label is inseparable from ableism because using the slur emboldens and covers for ableists. At best it’s a dogwhistle.

                    I assumed you meant it in relation to the disability because you brought up the idea of an identity being caused by a disability.

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                  Why do you think that narcisicist is a slur, and not a descriptor?

                  I was describing a person who I knew, as an example of why I was not going to respect the self-description of people who have a poor relationship with reality.

                  I also said they were stupid. Which there were. Is that also a slur?