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'Fake' deaf Mandela signer had 'schizophrenic episode'
AFP via Yahoo! ^ | 12DEC2013 | AFP

Posted on 12/12/2013 7:12:06 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine

Johannesburg (AFP) - The sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela's memorial ceremony denied he was a fraud Thursday, claiming he gesticulated nonsense during the service because he was suffering a schizophrenic episode and hallucinating.

Thamsanqa Jantjie has been branded a fraud by members of South Africa's deaf community, who said his signing for US President Barack Obama and other world leaders amounted to little more than "flapping his arms around."

Jantjie on Thursday insisted he was a qualified signer, but said his behaviour was down to a sudden attack of schizophrenia, for which he takes medication.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: fake; interpreter; mandela; sasl; schizo; sign; signlanguage; thamsanqajantjie
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1 posted on 12/12/2013 7:12:06 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine
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Not buying that story. I’ve been around people who were having these episodes.


2 posted on 12/12/2013 7:13:03 AM PST by Mercat
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Secret Service at top of their game placing overt schizophrenic next to POTUS.


3 posted on 12/12/2013 7:13:53 AM PST by Mikey_1962 (Obama: The Affirmative Action President.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

He did perform it dead pan
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4 posted on 12/12/2013 7:14:26 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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He wasn't the only fake there.
5 posted on 12/12/2013 7:14:31 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
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To: Mercat

Don’t those people having a schizo attack gesticulate wildly like this guy for four hours straight?

There ya go!


6 posted on 12/12/2013 7:15:30 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Everything is spin with these people.


7 posted on 12/12/2013 7:15:31 AM PST by Arm_Bears (Refuse; Resist; Rebel; Revolt!)
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To: Mercat

Right. Haven’t seen anywhere yet in which he actually demonstrated competent signing abilities for anyone yet.


8 posted on 12/12/2013 7:15:43 AM PST by alancarp
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To: Jack Hydrazine

I think he probably made more sense than what the speakers were saying.


9 posted on 12/12/2013 7:15:53 AM PST by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: Mikey_1962

Exactly. Like that’s OK.


10 posted on 12/12/2013 7:16:02 AM PST by Gamecock (There are not just two ways to respond to God but three: irreligion, religion, and the gospel. (TK))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
INDEED!


11 posted on 12/12/2013 7:16:46 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ( Visit http://icantenroll.com/ In Glitch We Trust....;o})
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To: Mikey_1962

Perhaps there was a method to their madness?

One can only hope......


12 posted on 12/12/2013 7:17:24 AM PST by Howie66 (Molon Labe, Traitors!)
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13 posted on 12/12/2013 7:17:35 AM PST by New Perspective (Proud father of a son with Down Syndrome and fighting to keep him off Obama's death panels.)
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placing overt schizophrenic next to POTUS.

Very sad actually. One man is delusional, has no idea what is going on, lives in another world and does not realize the impact of the world around him, while the other man works as a fake sign language interpreter.

14 posted on 12/12/2013 7:17:51 AM PST by Michael.SF. (I never thought anyone could make Jimmy Carter look good in comparison.)
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15 posted on 12/12/2013 7:18:05 AM PST by New Perspective (Proud father of a son with Down Syndrome and fighting to keep him off Obama's death panels.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Are you sure they didn’t mix this excuse up with Obamas excuse for taking the Selfie?


16 posted on 12/12/2013 7:18:09 AM PST by digger48
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To: Jack Hydrazine

A certain song comes to mind, ‘hand jive, hand jive, doing that crazy hand jive’.


17 posted on 12/12/2013 7:18:18 AM PST by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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To: Mikey_1962
So if he were denied employment, does SA have their own version of the ADA or is this just another example of the "Idiot Cousin Theory of Government" hiring?

"Idiot Cousin Theory of Government"

http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2012/02/idiot-cousin-theory-of-government.html

18 posted on 12/12/2013 7:19:48 AM PST by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Maybe he ‘signed’ gibberish because that was what he was hearing.


19 posted on 12/12/2013 7:19:52 AM PST by CMailBag
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Do you think SNL will do a skit on this?


20 posted on 12/12/2013 7:20:07 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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