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In the first video, Mr. Trump tucks in his chin, draws back his eyelids, and adopts a "retarded" tone of voice. In the second video, Mr. Trump just moves his h

by twr 10y ago

In the first video, Mr. Trump tucks in his chin, draws back his eyelids, and adopts a "retarded" tone of voice. In the second video, Mr. Trump just moves his hands around a bit, as you say. I had not seen the first video until now, and I am unfamiliar with the disabled reporter, but I concluded right away that he was embodying someone with a physical/mental disability -- something like Parkinson's or cerebral palsy. If he was not, then Donald Trump has only himself to blame, for behaving in a misconstruable manner.

sparkzilla 10y ago
Except that the disabled reporter doesn't behave like Trump's mockery at all. He has no outward shaking or hand waving at all. [1] So the situation is actually worse: The Times not only falsely painted Trump as someone who mocks the disabled, they used a reporter's disability as a prop to attack Trump, AND they took advantage of a stereotype of disabled people to mislead their own readers. You can either accept the evidence that they lied and manipulated the reader, or continue to follow the narrative. Choose wisely. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baUuXQ443fA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baUuXQ443fA
- twr 10y ago
  Depends on your take. Was he re-enacting the disabled reporter? Obviously not. Was he ridiculing him in a mocking caricature? For the audience, who is mostly unexposed to the subject, it seems likely. Such exaggerated mimicry is a regular occurrence in American secondary schools. I saw his exact performance targeted at the "special" kids, some of whom were quite normal, many times in my youth. If Mr. Trump was raised in America, he would know not to use those kinds of expressions. > You can either accept the evidence that they lied and manipulated the reader, or continue to follow the narrative. Choose wisely. No, those are not the only narratives. Here's a third: Donald Trump, regardless of his intentions, briefly acted the part of the fool. The media, acting in their own self-interests, covered the story -- with dramatic embellishment -- which had practically been handed to them. Either way, it's his own damn fault.

by twr 10y ago

sparkzilla 10y ago

Except that the disabled reporter doesn't behave like Trump's mockery at all. He has no outward shaking or hand waving at all. [1] So the situation is actually worse: The Times not only falsely painted Trump as someone who mocks the disabled, they used a reporter's disability as a prop to attack Trump, AND they took advantage of a stereotype of disabled people to mislead their own readers. You can either accept the evidence that they lied and manipulated the reader, or continue to follow the narrative. Choose wisely. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baUuXQ443fA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baUuXQ443fA

twr 10y ago
Depends on your take. Was he re-enacting the disabled reporter? Obviously not. Was he ridiculing him in a mocking caricature? For the audience, who is mostly unexposed to the subject, it seems likely. Such exaggerated mimicry is a regular occurrence in American secondary schools. I saw his exact performance targeted at the "special" kids, some of whom were quite normal, many times in my youth. If Mr. Trump was raised in America, he would know not to use those kinds of expressions. > You can either accept the evidence that they lied and manipulated the reader, or continue to follow the narrative. Choose wisely. No, those are not the only narratives. Here's a third: Donald Trump, regardless of his intentions, briefly acted the part of the fool. The media, acting in their own self-interests, covered the story -- with dramatic embellishment -- which had practically been handed to them. Either way, it's his own damn fault.