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Being an asshole is a mental problem in the literal sense. If you mean the thing more commonly known as a "mental problem", then no, we can't because we don't have access to her diagnosis.
You know why "retard" is offensive nowadays, even though it literally means "slow" which is a pretty nice word to use? Because people overused it to mean whatever they wanted and, unsurprisingly, people stopped liking it. Don't do the same for "mental problems".
A bullshit argument. Mental health is as imperfect as all the other matters of health, even more. People can get many different diagnoses until getting the right one FFS. People may not get any at all.
Most situations when somebody behaves clearly "weird" are about mental health. Definitely when they can be described as "conspiracy-minded".
You know, I'm using it right. The post we are arguing under describes this clear enough. The word "retard" got misused by people like you, not like me.
And no, what I'm doing is better than what you are doing.
I fucking hate NT's who treat the behavior of others by their own measure and then find 100 excuses to not just give people some chance, especially since their judgement is worth less than that of cockroaches ; more than that, they also judge against those others when there is any ambiguity and think it's fine.
Most autistic people (especially those who weren't homeschooled) have had the experience of people around them refusing to accept the fact that they are autistic, because it's much easier and more pleasant for NT's to think that someone is below you in hierarchy and\or just weak and\or worse than you as a person, and not outside of said hierarchy. I just want you to understand that your opinion on that doesn't count. Life is complex and many people don't have a diagnosis till rather late in life.
But then not being autistic - one can call it your own mental problems - you may not be able to.
How would you differentiate "someone with mental problems" from "someone who behaves in a way that is opposed to what I believe is 'right'"?
If I can see it, by whether they are capable to recognize reality and whether they act compulsively or may the wrong choice.