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04 Apr 2009, 3:01 am

Spokane_Girl wrote:
buryuntime wrote:
Almandite wrote:
Yes, those people could all be called atypical.

And "schizo" is, to many of us schizophrenics, a fairly offensive term. In the future, you might want to spell the whole thing out. Just so you know. :)

how is it offensive?



I heard "Jew" is an offensive word, "ret*d" "ret*d" and of course "n****r." Now that is an offensive word for black people. So maybe that's what "schizo" is. That offensive.

I've heard 'schizo' used in a derogatory way, calling a person crazy. So that may be why it is offensive.



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04 Apr 2009, 3:07 am

I've always used it short for Schizophrenia because it was fast to say it than typing out the whole thing.



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04 Apr 2009, 7:35 am

buryuntime wrote:
Almandite wrote:
Yes, those people could all be called atypical.

And "schizo" is, to many of us schizophrenics, a fairly offensive term. In the future, you might want to spell the whole thing out. Just so you know. :)

how is it offensive?


I can't really explain why. I just know that it is, so I was giving you a head's up. That's all. I wasn't mad or anything, and I certainly didn't mean to derail your thread.


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