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That is the exact opposite to my argument. :facepalm:

Total cop out!

Well I would understand it as someone who sees the world in a different way to the majority, probably totally wrong but if I threw the question back at you, what would you understand if someone accused you of being schizophrenic?

My point is that banning someone for likening another poster's behaviour to that of someone with autism yet accepting as normal the use of schizophrenia or paranoia to describe someone's behaviour is a "double standard". Even the use of schizophrenia in a directly insulting way by using the...

I'd be happy to do so but unable to edit it :(

No, they weren't quotes of your posts but not one of them drew a single critical comment from either you nor any of those claiming to be offended by Husty's use of autism in a critical manner - that is where the double standards lie in my opinion. Personally I wasn't offended by any of the...

Smells a little of double standards Just a small selection of quotes - my best mate's sister suffers from schizophrenia and my wife works in a care home where two of the clients are afflicted - schizophrenia is no joke but getting all high and mighty about anyone using it in this way or...

Strange that references to other mental/behavioural conditions aren't met with the same reaction. Schizophrenic is commonly used to insult or denigrate for example. http://www.northstandchat.com/search.php?searchid=7708642