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>He didn't the reporter was disabled Ah yes, ignorance as a defence. Apropos for Trump. Anyone interested in the truth can read this: https://www.washingtonpo

>He didn't the reporter was disabled 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/2016/08/02/donald-trumps-revisionist-history-of-mocking-a-disabled-reporter/ 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.

bryanrasmussen 4y ago
I mean I have to be honest here and there is a pretty good chance Trump isn't smart enough to realize the mannerisms he is mocking are in any way related to common disabilities.
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 4y ago
  From its fake news to apologist in a few comments. If you apologized for being wrong instead of defending a buffoon.
  - bryanrasmussen 4y ago
    am I the 'you' in your comment?
    - Red_Leaves_Flyy 4y ago
      The last part is obviously nonsensical, sorry about that, I can’t edit it now. My point stands that the goalposts were moved in a doubling down on trump. His personality cult is impressive.
      - bryanrasmussen 4y ago
        I'm not sure what your point is actually? Are you reading my comment as being somehow pro-Trump? 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.

bryanrasmussen 4y ago

I mean I have to be honest here and there is a pretty good chance Trump isn't smart enough to realize the mannerisms he is mocking are in any way related to common disabilities.

Red_Leaves_Flyy 4y ago
From its fake news to apologist in a few comments. If you apologized for being wrong instead of defending a buffoon.
- bryanrasmussen 4y ago
  am I the 'you' in your comment?
  - Red_Leaves_Flyy 4y ago
    The last part is obviously nonsensical, sorry about that, I can’t edit it now. My point stands that the goalposts were moved in a doubling down on trump. His personality cult is impressive.
    - bryanrasmussen 4y ago
      I'm not sure what your point is actually? Are you reading my comment as being somehow pro-Trump? 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.