> “Trump never knowingly mocked a disabled reporter.”
Is “knowingly” the operative word here? Because there’s a video of him doing just that.
I believed that for years. It just sounds like the sort of oafish, lame humor I'd expect from him.
But finally, I looked more deeply into it. My impression from that dive is that he was not specifically mocking this reporter's disability. Rather, it's more of a theatrical way of saying "Duh!", which he has used on many prior occasions, and even occasionally when referring to himself. (And of course, "duh" comes from a meaning of mocking people with low IQs or other similar disabilities. You could argue that it's wrong, but it's not particularly unusual in American discourse.)
It's somewhat open to interpretation, but I think a reasonable person could come down either way.
Ah yes, ignorance as a defence. Apropos for Trump.
Anyone interested in the truth can read this: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/08/...
The video of Trump mocking the disabled reporter is right there in the article. For anyone interested in the truth.
My point stands that the goalposts were moved in a doubling down on trump. His personality cult is impressive.
If so and you do not have some disability that makes picking up on sarcasm or humor difficult then please read again as I suppose you may be distracted or going through some problem.
If you do have a disability that makes picking up on sarcasm etc. difficult then no, it was insulting to Trump because it goes back to the common observation that Trump is intellectually deficient, thus if someone is defending Trump they are now left with two problems, I have apparently sided with them and said well of course Trump is stupid so he won't be able to understand that he is mocking a disabled person.
This would be problematic for a defender of Trump because if they admit he is stupid this puts their hero in a bad light, but if they argue he is not too stupid to realize the person they are mocking is disabled then we are back to he knowingly mocked a disabled person.
By pretending to excuse Trump by reason of stupidity I establish the rhetorical point that the mannerisms that were being mocked are commonly understood as being evidences of disability. This rhetorical point once established makes it difficult to argue that he didn't know, they need now to argue:
1. that the mannerisms are not commonly understood as being disabled.
2. that he did not know the person was disabled and
3. because of 1 his not knowing is not evidence of stupidity.
all that would be tall order, and thus someone who was in the bag for Trump would probably prefer not to do any of them.
So it took me a fair bit of time to actually read what children's boston rather than just accept what you said as true, minutes of my life I won't get back. Enjoy!
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From Nature - affects fertility in both boys and girls treated in early adolescence: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41585-020-0372-2
From Lancet - importance of informed fertility counseling for trans young people: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4...
While some may claim the resulting infertility condition that impacts young people given puberty blockers is the price worth being paid due to trans suicide rates, it is worth stating: it is not benign and it is not reversible.
The treatment side effects are permanent and are life altering for most people. Imagine a person finding out at 26 that they are infertile - it is a life impacting event that causes mental anguish, divorce in some cases, and even suicide.
Lets trust the science here.
I make literally no statement on what is worst (trans suicides are a thing, and infertility is a thing also). Its a tough place for parents to be to help their children.
What does not help anyone - including yourself - is making up statements that you then get hot and yell about. If you scream about dog whistles / terfs / transphobes it has the impact of shutting down conversation.
Lets be better and lets trust the science.
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