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But even fellow Wokes / SJWs / People Who Give A Shit use slurs like 'dipshit' or 'idiot' as if they're not synonymous with the R-slur. They're the same word! Moron, braindead, idiot, dipshit, etc., it makes no sense that we only elude the R-slur. I'll still follow the norm because I understand shibboleths but I think our norms are not consistent. I'll use the word in full to make a point ("Why are you calling me an idiot? Oooh you want to call me a retard so bad") but that's about it.

It's an inconsistent and hypocritical middleground to avoid just one of equivalent words. Might as well use the R-slur too, or none of them. (This is not getting into the issue of how language is policed on most social media though; eluded phrases like 'the r-slur' in place of the word 'retard' predates online discourse but is increasingly tied into algospeak.)

On schizophrenia specifically, I am with you there 🤝 There is both ASPD and schizophrenia in my family history, which was weaponized in other ways (within my family!!) and are the shining duo of completely misunderstood disorders. This might sound corny but you can consider this a safe space on that regard because I have at least the cursory understanding of schizophrenia (positive and negative symptoms, how it presents, and I don't hold the misconceptions and prejudices others have on it).

On "neurodiverse", I dislike it just because it extends a problem I have with the application of "diverse" for an individual, when "diverse" is a property that a group of people can have. It equivocates "diverse" and "minority". It's possible an individual can contribute to the diversity of a group, but it'd be wrong to call them "diverse". I am okay with referring to a group of people as "neurodiverse" but not an individual.

But regarding a good word to use, I don't really have one. I prefer "neuroatypical", but there is the problem of a word being alienating. I can understand why people might prefer "neurodivergent" for sounding very cool, rather than the more-neutral-but-possibly-negative "neuroatypical".

So, TLDR for my preferences personally, neuroatypical >> neurodiverse > neurodivergent >> neurospicy.