Yes; objectively nobody is a creepy weirdo because it's a cheap, nebulous, meaningless term. Yet for some reason there seems to be no shortage of people using it to designate people who are just different in some way.
I don’t think “creepy weirdo” is meaningless. It may not be precisely defined, but that applies to lots of things that are still meaningful. At the very least “creepy weirdo” connotes something entirely different from “genuinely pleasant dude”.
It’s also not fair to say that I used it to designate someone who is “just different”. I suspect many folks would call me pretty different, but no one has ever to my knowledge called me a creepy weirdo-slash-asshole because I don’t do creepy assholish things.
Finally … “autist”, really? Being on the autism spectrum does not excuse any and all behavior. There’s a social uphill battle for some folks with autism, yes, but uphill battles are a fact of life.
> I don’t think “creepy weirdo” is meaningless. It may not be precisely defined, but that applies to lots of things that are still meaningful.
Compared to "legally blind" or "Type 1 diabetic", it's virtually meaningless, on the level on "a person I don't like" -- quite literally. No, seriously, I don't see how it means anything more than that.
