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Blahaj admin defending a blatant transphobe (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 years ago by DroneRights@lemm.ee to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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[-] DroneRights@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I agree with you and you're being really correct, but narcissistic is a slur. The origin of the word comes from the disability Narcissistic Personality Disorder. You're obvious talking about neurotypical behaviour, so could you use a different word?

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 27 points 2 years ago

Wouldn't choosing to maintain the fake sense of status that running an online community creates instead of deleting it because of the harm it does or will do definitionally narcissistic? Or is there a requirement here for such actions to be a lifelong pattern?

[-] LesbianLiberty@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

Nah I think it's moreso the use of the word, but I've only ever known of it by that term; I'm not sure what other label would exist for it.

[-] DroneRights@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago

Well the word for self-interested behaviour is "selfish"

[-] silent_water@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

or egocentric

[-] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Egocentrism is something else. You're probably thinking of egotistical.

Egocentrists don't necessarily hold themselves in high regard, they just have a bias towards interpreting things as being about them. The most self-loathing person I know is highly egocentric.