The idea behind crisis intervention units is to keep cops out of situations where escalation may result in the officer killing someone who is, for example, having a mental health crisis, or whose petty nonviolent offense doesn't warrant summary execution. Crisis intervention teams are good reform.

Still, science shows some positive effects when social media platforms are used by teens for support, not comparison. Evidence for best practices supports digital literacy, strong family bonds, and balanced, mindful engagement to promote teen mental health, not just social media access in general.

Obviously, participating in ableism, even just unknowingly, can be hard to avoid because it's ingrained in everyone from birth at every level. However, it is incredibly easy and correct to not use "schizo" or "schizophrenic" as insults. Very easy. Something any adult or even child can recognize.

I think ableism is a central indicator of moral character, perhaps one of the strongest indicators. Treatments of mental illness show how a person reacts to vulnerability and powerlessness. It's impossible to be ableist and a "good" person if goodness is defined even in part by compassion.

Most online morality is just social navigation, not ethics. What counts as "good" frequently depends less on principle and more on what keeps you in a group. Moral seriousness is often treated on the internet like a flaw, excessive rigidity, or purity-testing if it deviates from a group's norms.

It's not "woke" to be strongly against ableism. Often, the mentally ill cannot advocate for themselves, so people feel comfortable stigmatizing them. Ask yourself why some slurs are off-limits in certain spaces, but "schizo" is OK. Suddenly, you may be ostracized for caring about consistency.

People who would never use one kind of slur still casually use others, like ableist slurs such as "schizo," because they're culturally permissible. There's no reasoning behind it, just conformity. Never mind that individuals with mental illnesses are among the most vulnerable people in society.

Many people don't act on principle. They say certain things are wrong only because their social group says so. If the norms changed, their morals would change too. This is especially apparent among influencers, for example, between 2016 and 2025.

You are a bad person if you use "schizo" as an insult. Period.

Let's add in how much disdain Hasan Piker seems to have for the mentally ill too. Everyone who criticizes him is "schizophrenic," "delusional," "hallucinating," etc. Truly a despicable person. (And because of him, his fans seem to love the slur "schizo" as a primary insult.)

Also, reminder: Hasan is a millionaire influencer who opens (unsolicited) nudes on Snapchat and either deliberately shows them to people (like a Cosmopolitan interviewer) or "accidentally" lets them see. Does he verify the senders' ages? For many reasons, I can't bring myself to support Hasan Piker.

Many of Hasan Piker's followers tolerate being dismissed, condescended to, shouted at for minor disagreements, light critique. Over time, it seems a lot of Hasan's fans have been conditioned to prioritize loyalty to him over intellectual honesty or internal consistency. (Not totally unique to him!)

It's funny watching Hasan lecture the left every time he's being criticized (like for endorsing Platner) about divisive leftists when he bans anyone who criticizes his misogyny or racism, dismissing them all as "radlibs." Apparently leftist unity means never disagreeing with a millionaire streamer.

If Hasan yells at a woman, his fans yell at a woman. If he yells at a trans person, his fans yell at a trans person. If he calls a Black person a "radlib" for criticizing him, they nod. They mirror his behavior reflexively. Hasan directs anger, they validate it; he's challenged, they defend him.

Speaking of Hasan Piker's fans, it's interesting how you rarely see anyone say anything nice about them. They certainly aren't welcoming or ultimately interested in truth. Many center their entire worldview around the idea Hasan is undeniably "good" and premise all arguments from that assumption.

Nothing says "I understand class analysis" like Hasan Piker's fans quivering with fury over their phones and keyboards every time anyone says anything true about him; e.g., how their favorite millionaire streamer's material interests often align perfectly with never actually threatening power.