he takes a group of people whose illnesses virtually divest them of a productive voice in society, and co=opts their narrative to fucking abuse other people
I wonder how much of it is a coincidence. If someone tried to use depression or anxiety, for example, to justify such large-scale abuse, there would be many BNFs suffering from those illnesses who could speak up and call this bullshit out.
But how many BNFs with psychosis do you know? As far as I know, I personally don't know any (it's always possible I know a psychotic BNF who simply doesn't talk about their psychosis, of course). And considering the kind of mistruths and myths about psychosis which keep being mentioned in both canons and fics without ever being called out, it's pretty clear that fandom as a whole doesn't know and doesn't care about psychosis.
I wouldn't be surprised if Andy was purposefully banking on that ignorance and disinterest.
Re: Continued: ADHD is now ADD, "a form of schizophrenia" is now paranoid schizophrenia, +PTSD, -dys
I wonder how much of it is a coincidence. If someone tried to use depression or anxiety, for example, to justify such large-scale abuse, there would be many BNFs suffering from those illnesses who could speak up and call this bullshit out.
But how many BNFs with psychosis do you know? As far as I know, I personally don't know any (it's always possible I know a psychotic BNF who simply doesn't talk about their psychosis, of course). And considering the kind of mistruths and myths about psychosis which keep being mentioned in both canons and fics without ever being called out, it's pretty clear that fandom as a whole doesn't know and doesn't care about psychosis.
I wouldn't be surprised if Andy was purposefully banking on that ignorance and disinterest.