[DanBC]

> Based on all of the above, it seems to me that the only sane thing to do is sometimes identify other people's behaviour as crazy.

> I encourage you to read more carefully.

You should take your own advice.

Again most people in this thread have said: describing behaviours as crazy isn't the problem. Describing people as crazy is.

> but I don't see a problem with doing so

It makes you sound stupid. It makes you sound like that embarrassing racist grandparent.

It creates a culture where it's acceptable to shoot and kill people with mental illness (about half the people killed by US police each year have mental illness). It creates a culture where people with mental illness are discriminated against in the workplace. It makes it harder for people with mental illness to seek treatment.

Stigma kills people.

[lacantina]

Another problem is that it can make people so angry that it's difficult to articulate coherent replies, so thank you.