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Hey look it's an ableist slur. I'm sure this leftist community is going to be very mature and responsible and take the post down, and not start an argument that using slurs is okay actually
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy
Is it a slur when it's being accurately used to describe a personality type and isn't even a real disorder?
It's Greek for "suffering soul". It just means mental illness, up until it was used as a slur for people with ASPD. Trying to redefine it as a "personality construct" - etymologically, the construct of having a sick head - is dangerous and irresponsible pseudoscience.