I too am not a fan of the 'acceptance' people mostly because I stutter so little that therapy actually really helped my speech and I rarely really stutter (I'm just lucky that way I guess) but because it just seems like defeat of a problem you may be able to overcome or atleast put effort into overcoming - but it's also relative because I'm sure this u/cgstutter who is "proud" of his stutter is essentially very rare in my estimation but he is probably mentally healthier for himself to accept it so I see both sides. And I am not really a fan of those who virtue signal about such things (I say this because when you read papers on stuttering they often flat out say in the abstract that stutterers have a lower quality of life so that's why I have a hard time with virtue signalling about loving your stutter) but he made great points all throughout his comment which was about your own suffering and how you relate to it, your coping skills, and that no matter the disease there will be someone worse off who is mentally healthier. The point is, like u/cgstutter said, it's more about how you deal with your stutter. Do you have underlying social anxiety? Are you getting it treated in a CBT behavioural group? Do you have a severe stutter or just a smaller one? If that's the case accept where you are and believe that you can improve, go to therapy maybe. Having a stutter is very hard to deal with so hang in there and always look for new ways to help yourself - and be careful about saying things like "stutter is better than retard", we don't really need to see that on this forum.