I heard that President Trump makes fun of people with autism

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18 Mar 2017, 5:02 pm

I don't doubt that bullies with ASD exist, but I sure hope they don't have such persistence or achieve such prominence.

Do you DJT supporters consider him a bully or not? Does each instance of bullying get a separate justification, or does one blanket excuse cover everything? Or, does the White House seem like the right place for a bully? Or something else?

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18 Mar 2017, 8:23 pm

textbook example of fake news

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19 Mar 2017, 7:54 am

I have never heard of that. But even if it was true i wouldn't care that much. He can make fun of whomever he wants.

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19 Mar 2017, 9:47 am

PatrickJane wrote:

I have never heard of that. But even if it was true i wouldn't care that much. He can make fun of whomever he wants.

Have you heard of him making fun of anyone?

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19 Mar 2017, 1:55 pm

I don't even care if he does or not really. I don't know him, I'm never likely to meet him, and there's always these stories and things made up about him so it's just not worth getting worked up over.

Why, I could make up a dumb rumour about him right now. Hmm...President Trump is...um...secretly gay or something.

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19 Mar 2017, 4:31 pm

As far as I'm aware, he is not autistic. But wannabe Cherokee Elizabeth Warren (it was her, right?) said that his son could be. Whether she was throwing accusations or being observant is up to you.

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19 Mar 2017, 5:27 pm

Thanks for bringing up that bit of DJT bullying, The Unleasher. I had been meaning to look into it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fac ... ocahontas/
Her story seems perfectly plausible, and the claims she used that to gain any benefit seem completely baseless and politically motivated. To my satisfaction, the nickname bears the same seal of racist approval as DJT's innumerable lies about BHO.

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19 Mar 2017, 6:34 pm

jrjones9933 wrote:

Do you DJT supporters consider him a bully or not? Does each instance of bullying get a separate justification, or does one blanket excuse cover everything? Or, does the White House seem like the right place for a bully? Or something else?

jrjones9933 wrote:

Thanks for bringing up that bit of DJT bullying...

If the thread now concerns whether DT is a bully in general, it should get very boring, or very interesting.

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19 Mar 2017, 6:42 pm

DJT supporters often fail or refuse to answer such questions.

We don't have much to discuss regarding the original claim, other than its plausibility.

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07 Apr 2018, 5:03 pm

jrjones9933 wrote:

"...things we saw with our own eyes didn't happen."

I.e., hallucinations. :lol:

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08 Apr 2018, 3:40 am

Not that I like standing up for Trump at all, but was apparently making fun of a physically disabled reporter which is horrible, but I have not seen any reports of him making fun autistics in general.

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It would be very ironic if Trump himself has Autism Spectrum Disorder.

That would be the worst thing that could happen to Autistics, even worse than the association with mass shooters.

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08 Apr 2018, 8:13 am

Darmok wrote:

I heard that Trump has built a secret laboratory in the basement of the White House where Steve Bannon boils the blood of Mexican kittens to make a special red dye for the dress uniforms of the American Nazi party.

But then you can't always believe everything you hear.

Nobody has to believe these things to see that Trump is an as*hole. I see that right wing people have a tendency to like as*holes and bullies.

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08 Apr 2018, 9:00 am

No, I don't think so.

I do remember Obama making fun of the handicapped when he talked about his bowling skills, comparing them to competitors in the Special Olympics. It was very snarky and mean. I also remember Biden telling a man in a wheelchair to "stand up."

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09 Apr 2018, 4:28 pm

I make fun of Trump so I guess we're even. Why would I care what Donald thinks anyways?

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09 Apr 2018, 4:37 pm

Exuvian wrote:

No, Trump mocked a man who happens to have arthrogryposis (Serge Kovaleski), but the mocking wasn't because of his disability (it was for disagreeing with his recollection of an event).

Trump's wife threatened to sue a kid with autism (James Hunter), for making observations about Baron's behavior which he thought were similar to his own (thus indicating possible AS).

I haven't (yet) seen or heard of outright mockery/attacks on the disabled for their disabilities.

Trump still used the fact he had a disability to mock him, doesn't matter if it was because he was unhappy he disagreed with him. He still quite visibly mocked a disabled person for their disability...I think most people call that bullying regardless of what excuse the person has for having done it.

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09 Apr 2018, 4:43 pm

Darmok wrote:

jrjones9933 wrote:

Exuvian wrote:

Hogwash. Trump mimicked the physical and speech disability for laughs at a rally. All any sensate person has to do is look at the tape.

Hogwash. This is another Big Leftist Lie propagated endlessly be the Big Leftist Lie Machine.

Trump has mocked all kinds of people for years with a running-around-crazy schtick, including mocking himself that way (saying that's how he'd act if he was forced to go on a vacation for two weeks).

Anyone who still says "Trump mocked a reporter's disability" is just continuing to propagate the Big Leftist Lie.

Then what was he doing when he started flailing his arms to mock the physical aspects and mocking his voice. I guess the left was in control of him and made him flail his arms and use that mocking voice... :roll:

Also the video you posted is unavailable.

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