“We will institute the powerful death penalty for drug dealers, where each dealer is responsible for the death, during their lives, of 500 people or more,” he said.
"Mothers will never again be forced to watch their children overdosing in hosp … and we will never allow mothers to watch their child hopelessly dying in their arms screaming, ‘What can I do, what can I do? Help me God, what can I do?’ We are a nation whose once revered airports are a dirty, crowded mess,” Trump continued, pivoting suddenly.
“You sit and wait for hours and then are notified that the plane won’t leave, that they have no idea when they will. Where ticket prices have tripled. They don’t have the pilots to fly the planes, they don’t seek qualified air traffic controllers, and they just don’t know what the hell they are doing.”
“We will take over the horribly run capital of our nation in Washington, D.C., and clean it up, renovate it, and rebuild our capital city, so that it is no longer a nightmare of murder and crime. But rather it will become the most beautiful capital anywhere in the world,” Trump said.
“Right now, if you leave Florida, ‘Oh, let’s go, darling, let’s look at the Jefferson Memorial, let’s look at the Washington Monument, let’s go and look at some of the beautiful scenes,’ and you end up getting shot, mugged, raped,” he warned, promising that he’d run the city “tough and smart.”
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I’m not a girl, but if you want to call me one, be my guest. I have better things to be concerned about.
I watched the debate and he did much, much, much better than I could ever do, because I suffer from stage fright. Does that mean that I’m not “mentally competent” to be a president because “I can’t speak good” in public? Is he not the same as 10 years ago? Sure. But as long as a doctor, a doctor does not declare him incompetent, I couldn’t care less what anyone else says about it.
The bigger issue here is Trump. Trump lied left and right. He said horrible things, like “illegal immigrants will take black jobs” and “there will be a bloodbath if I don’t win.” Oh, but ERGMAGERD BIDEN OLD!!!
I don’t care to compare Biden to a random person - I care to compare him to himself, 4 years ago. And I’ll vote for him, but for fucks’ sake, stop gaslighting us. It’s clear he’s in mental decline. If this was my grandpa, I’d force him to go to the doctor and I would probably not let him drive.
And yes, part of being president is public speaking - so if you cannot do that, then you aren’t qualified to be president. You’re correct there. That’s like, vitally important to the job.
No doctor can make that declaration due to HIPPA and state laws regarding diagnosing someone who isn’t your patient.
Yes, Trump is worse. I’ve never disagreed there. But it’s kinda concerning the only thing in the way of a fascist dictator is a man who is visibly going senile, and that man also will be in charge of laws and nuclear codes. It’s like, bad dude. Like really really bad. I’d vote for fucking Dolly Parton or Willie Nelson over either of these guys. I’d vote for a dog or a cat. I’d vote for a toddler over them. I’m sure a toddler could understand climate change better to be honest.
It doesn’t matter really anyway. We ran out of time. We are all walking corpses anyway. Enjoy your last few years. Even if we got the perfect climate president, even if every country in the world had perfect climate presidents, we’d still be pretty much out of time before we could make a solution (which will take years and will release more carbon and greenhouse gases). It was a good run.
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Work is inherently ableist. There are many many medical conditions that would stop someone from being an effective president, including dementia and aphasias. You could say it’s ableist to allow a person who can’t consent (not being in their right mind), to do as dangerous of a job and as taxing of a job as president.
And being able to communicate is pretty critical lol, regardless if you agree or not. A speech impediment is fine if it doesn’t impact communication, but yes it’s an issue if you can’t understand them at all, unless they could perhaps sign (as in sign language). Communication isn’t about speaking perfectly, it’s about understanding your thoughts and getting others to see your point of view. Biden is not able to do either as he’s switching names entirely, eg VP Trump and President Putin snafus.
That’s not what ableism is about, though. A person who can’t consent is a person with a disability, sure. But not everyone with a disability is at a disadvantage. If Biden was in a wheelchair, and people said that he shouldn’t be president because he can’t walk, that’s ableism. Biden has a speech impediment, and yet, he can think clearly. If you say that because “he can’t talk good” then he can’t be a president, then yes, that’s ableism.
I’ll give you the “Trump” example, but I don’t like the “Putin” example, because he was quick to correct himself.
That is 100% what ableism is about. Or do you think it’s okay to let mentally handicapped people be first line soldiers in war? Should Forrest Gump have fought in Vietnam? Is it not specifically taking advantage of their cognitive disability to have them perform a dangerous job they can’t fully understand?
One of the most abused groups are the disabled, particularly if they cannot communicate well. Making sure people with cognitive decline can actually consent and aren’t being taken advantage of is so important, we have special jobs called bioethicists who consult with hospitals about this. It’s exactly what ableism is about.
I have no problem if Biden was in a wheelchair. You don’t need to walk to be president. It doesn’t interfere with his ability to consent. It doesn’t interfere with his ability to communicate. Both are essential for the job.
Also I can tell you aren’t disabled and don’t know anyone who is disabled. Because if you k ew these things, you’d know about reasonable accomodation which already covers this topic. If your disability fully stops you from doing the job, legally you can be fired and it’s not considered ableism. I highly recommend you read the various cases and reasonable accomodations workplaces implement. It will help you better understand why you’re so blatantly incorrect on multiple fronts.
But the problem here isn’t a stutter, IT’S APHASIA. That’s significantly worse, and he’s gotten NOTICABLY WORSE over time. It’s honestly a shocking level of decline in a person who can declare war and has the nuclear football. I would not allow my grandma to drive if she was having that many absent moments and aphasia issues because it implies she has brain damage. It’s not that he cannot SPEAK, it’s that he cannot COMMUNICATE because he has SEVERE COGNITIVE ISSUES he can no longer hide!!! That’s how bad they are!!! It would be totally fine if all he has was a stutter. That’s not what he has.
He also didn’t fully correct himself - he never stated Zelensky’s name. He appeared to have forgotten it. And he’s met Zelensky more than once.
Eta: I take that last paragraph back, he does say Zelensky’s name
Double-comenting because I worked for a Disabilities Office in a college campus long ago. And I’m the one who is always pointing out ADA failures left and right (like when coworkers send e-mail announcements consisting in images of text.)
So… sorry, you’re wrong here.
Was it before the ADA was put in place? If that’s actually true, and you weren’t some low level receptionist/worker, your opinions are genuinely shocking and do not line up with the disabled communities’ general thoughts on ableism. You do not come across as being even slightly educated on this.
Did you have a coworker or person who needed text to voice? If not, why advocate for that? You don’t need to accommodate a disability that none of your coworkers have lol. This is different than making public spaces accessible to the general public, eg wheelchair ramps and wheelchair accessible bathrooms.
Nope, I was a teaching assistant. And it’s silly (to put it mildly) that you dismiss the role of receptionists/office workers in an Disability Services office. Do you think they’d put just about anyone without being at least trained how to deal with students with disabilities entering the office?
This is an absolutist statement. Did I say “who cares about the disabled lol” or something like that for you to say that I’m not even “slightly educated” on this? and Frankly, you attacking the person and not the argument is starting to get old. You remind me of that other poster that for him, it was his way or the highway, no middle-grounds.
And now I can see why you think the way you think. Given the conversation so far, it seems like for you Biden must either be “100% superman” or else he’s useless. No middle ground. The funny thing is that I don’t even like Biden!
I don’t understand why you said this or how this is relevant to the conversation.
A’aight. Let’s just leave it at we disagree and I don’t like your way of arguing these matters. You can say I’m an ignorant fuck and feel good about yourself. Awesome! Alright. Have a nice day.
I’ll stop you right here. That’s a false equivalence, or a weak analogy, whichever you prefer.
Again, you are not a doctor, and I am not one either. When an actual doctor diagnoses him and says that he is not competent enough to be president, in public, I’ll come back here and admit that you have a point.
He did say Zelenskyy’s name. You either forgot that, or didn’t notice, AHA! I don’t think you’re competent to be a Lemmy commenter (ok, just joking.)
It’s absolutely not a bad analogy, it’s actually quite apropos since the president’s other title is Commander in Chief, and he also could be shot in the line of duty as others before him have been. Why do you want to down play this so bad? You just enjoy abusing the disabled that much? Or do you like gaslighting others?
Again, doctors cannot publicly say he has dementia without losing their license. Either because of HIPPA, or because of doctor/patient laws regarding diagnosing someone who you’ve never seen. So unless Biden tells his personal doctor it’s okay to release this info, you won’t get that. And it’s an absolutely preposterous standard to have imo but ofc up to you.
You can have a medical condition without being diagnosed. Diagnosis is a description of what’s being observed. It’s completely observable in Biden in recordings that he has aphasia. If you need to take time to educate yourself about aphasia, go ahead. You seem very confused about it. If you want to wait for an “official” press release, go for it, but this is just like when there was OBVIOUS ELECTION interference happening and people were saying “well idk, let’s see what the judge says.” LOL we can see it!!! In front of our faces!
If you could kindly time stamp where he says Zelensky’s name: https://youtu.be/0WGDsrRUsTc?si=nnDCT4nNisQu7a6T
Eta: nvm! I saw it! I didn’t remember that part, my bad. I still think he’s having aphasia issues.
Commanders in Chief are not first line soldiers lol
Ah, I didn’t know that. But someone who is an expert in the field could chip in. Right now, it’s only political pundits, rich people, newscasters and gasp Hollywood stars!
Actually, here’s a couple of them:
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/bidens-memory-issues-draw-attention-neurologists-weigh-rcna138135
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-03-07/joe-biden-age-memory-alzheimers-cognition
I’ll concede that those may be biased, so if you find links supporting your claim from alleged experts in the associated medical field, please do share.