[ElDiabloJoe]

I hate to hear (or read) people accused of being "Creepy." That is such a quickly thrown out comment but it paints the accused with a broad brush of being a sexual predator without evidence and that paint is a long-lasting stain.

It is usually women that so cavalierly like to reference someone as "creepy" but it is extremely damaging. It is no different than if a girl called some other girl a s(ut in high school. Damaging to the reputation without evidence and no way to remedy. Does one call a woman a "s(ut" as easily as one calls men "creepy?"

There is a group of people that like to do the same thing with terms like "nazi," "racist," and "Fascist." Uncalled for, unjustified, inaccurate, and reeks of hysterics.

If someone calls someone else "Creepy" I am usually knee-jerk thinking that the name caller is not entirely mentally balanced and overly paranoid and sensitive. I usually keep all future encounters with said name caller at arms-distance for fear of being labeled whatever comes to the name-caller's mind based on nearly nothing.