OP, I **** you not, I am bipolar (bipolar II disorder). I'm currently on both anti-psychotics and anti-depressants, and I spent eleven days in a psychiatric hospital because my paranoia was so bad that I had considered physically harming my family. In other words, I have suffered a great deal due to this disorder, and I take it very seriously.

The girl who commented is wrong (in my opinion), but first let me say that she does have a point. However, her wording was incorrect, and as a result she appears stupid. What she was trying to say is this: "You shouldn't compare the weather to bipolar people because it inaccurately describes bipolar disorder, a serious mental illness."

Let's be honest with ourselves: when people say, "The weather is bipolar," what they really mean is, "The weather is crazy" (or "insane," or "moody," or "unstable"). So, yes, there is some merit to what the SJW is trying to say.

OP, I live in Michigan. We have ******* crazy weather (one minute it's sunny, and the next minute it's hailing, and then it's sunny again), and people often describe it as being "bipolar." Do I whine and bitch when they do? No, because it's just a thing people say, you know? Not a huge deal. The average person doesn't know the exact symptoms of bipolar disorder, and if it doesn't personally affect them, then I don't expect them to go out of their way to be sensitive about it.

But is it factually inaccurate to compare bipolar disorder to the chaos of the weather? Not really. But are all metaphors factually accurate? No.

All in all, you're right, OP.

But the SJW did have a point, she just worded it horribly and overstepped her boundaries.