Things like this are hard for me. On one hand I get why it would be stigmatizing but on the other I make a lot of jokes about such things too.
For whatever reason it makes me think of Harry Potter. The part where they are afraid to say Lord Voldermarts name....that just gives the name more power. I grew up in a time when people whispered about mental illness and carted people off to sanatoriums. I think there's something a lot more freeing to at least bring it out of the dark, even if it's in the form of costumes. Lots of people have cross dressed on Halloween I think that's pretty acceptable. For myself I think it goes too far trying to censor other people.
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