predatoryopportunist:

okay folks, PSA:

PLEASE for the love of Jebus do NOT (do not not not not not) under any circumstances defend ace/aro folks by saying “we’re/they’re not sociopaths!!”

unfortunately i see this fairly frequently and it is incredibly ableist:

a) sociopath is not an actual diagnostic term, it’s just a nasty catch-all fearmongering word meaning “scary evil crazy person” that further stigmatizes people with mental illness

b) when you protest discrimination and prejudice by saying “but we’re not crazy!!!” what you’re inadvertently implying is that people who are “””crazy””” deserve to be oppressed 

c) i am quite confident that there ace/aro spec people who experience mental illness characterized by low empathy (you know, those “””scary””” mentally ill people) and idk why you’d want to throw them under the bus like that.

Please pass it on.