People using the word “sanewashing” make it so clear we have a long way to go in disability justice and fighting ableist language
Choosing to spread misinfo, disinfo, conspiracy theories isn’t a mental illness — usually it’s a calculated political or monetization move
That journalists, clinicians and medical researchers especially are using “sanewashing” because they know it’s a buzzword that will get more engagement *because* people weaponize mental illness and ableist language as an expression of morality and anger — it’s really fucked up