Stop Calling Trump “Crazy”: It’s Stigmatizing and Oppressive

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However, offering a diagnosis in such an unethical manner parallels what is occurring in government leadership at this very moment: a definitive conclusion offered on a lack of sufficient evidence. Furthermore, it does so at the expense of millions of individuals labeled as mentally ill. Discrediting President Trump by associating him with a psychiatric diagnosis does nothing more than play upon the stigmatized fears people hold related to mental illness. In the end, leaning into such stigma is unlikely to have a significant impact on Trump, but undeniably is detrimental those who suffer daily from this stigma and are not protected by the privileges of race, class, gender, and power.