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Re:Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive will be delisted from eBay by tablespoon on Friday March 05, 2021 @12:42AM (#26353218)
> One of many fun things is that most of the politically correct terms at the time ("retarded", "transvestite", "mentally ill" etc) have now become unspeakably offensive.

The euphemism treadmill strikes again.

I'd not heard that "mentally ill" crossed into that territory. What term do they say should be used instead? I'm guessing "neurodiverse."

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Re:Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive will be delisted from eBay by Clewza313 on Friday March 05, 2021 @12:58AM (#26353336)
"a person who has experienced mental health issues".

https://www.time-to-change.org.uk/media-centre/responsible-r...

"Neurodiverse" is code du jour for autism, and HR will be contacting you shortly for the offensive ableism of labeling neurodiversity as mental illness, instead of celebrating it.

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