User blog comment:PullingoffMasks/Mental Health and the Mythos/@comment-24399271-20140128215221/@comment-11170851-20140128234116

This is an angry comment. I am signposting this now, given I've got a very low tolerance for people trying to 'splain away and apologize for stuff that is pretty nasty.

Insane, insanity, crazy, off their rocker, nuts, batshit, etc....all mean the same thing within the venacular and are ALL ableist turns of phrase.

They all, essentially, translate into is "the individual/object is either 'not normative' or unable to be comprehended, thus we/I shall use phrases which are associated with mental health issues to control it"

As such, they are not good words. I can't think of any simpler way to put it. They are words of control, insult, and are used to demean.