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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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To: Jack Hydrazine

The more frauds on that stage the better


61 posted on 12/12/2013 7:59:17 AM PST by woofie
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To: Jack Hydrazine

So let me get this straight.

A fake, schizophrenic signer stands within arms length of the President of the United States, and nobody in the Secret Service picks up on any of it.

Look, I despise Obama, but I do NOT want to see this guy become a martyr!!!

GET ON THE BALL, SECRET SERVICE!!!!


62 posted on 12/12/2013 7:59:35 AM PST by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

GREAT new meme! YOU GO!!!


63 posted on 12/12/2013 8:00:18 AM PST by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

To balance things off they needed a fake interpreter.


64 posted on 12/12/2013 8:00:29 AM PST by count-your-change (you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough)
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To: BenLurkin

Yes!


65 posted on 12/12/2013 8:02:41 AM PST by sarasota
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To: Jack Hydrazine

My original thoughts about this were that the man was a Christian forced to interpret through coersion and couldn’t in right conscience sign the words of a truly evil man. Just my first impression.


66 posted on 12/12/2013 8:03:00 AM PST by wolfman
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To: Jack Hydrazine

The good thing is, between this and President Selfie’s selfie, people have stopped talking about how Nelson Mandela was the greatest man who ever lived (next to Obama, of course).


67 posted on 12/12/2013 8:03:25 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

You do have a point there. Both of the instances are probably good for at least another point drop in Obama’s popularity polls.

Maybe 37/38 percent will be reported in the next few days?


68 posted on 12/12/2013 8:08:12 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

He was only paid $85 ,if he worked for Obama he would received $85,000


69 posted on 12/12/2013 8:09:57 AM PST by molson209 (Hillary Clinton)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating
http://news.yahoo.com/interpreter-mandela-event-hallucinating-105631444.html


70 posted on 12/12/2013 8:10:41 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

In other words (or signs), the Dan Rather defense: fake but accurate?


71 posted on 12/12/2013 8:11:07 AM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: RandallFlagg

Certainly in Cartman’s bag of tricks!


72 posted on 12/12/2013 8:15:57 AM PST by Dexter Morgan (Everyone hides who they are.)
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To: catnipman

‘Zackly!


73 posted on 12/12/2013 8:18:29 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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To: wolfman

“My original thoughts about this were that the man was a Christian forced to interpret through coersion and couldn’t in right conscience sign the words of a truly evil man. Just my first impression.”

Perhaps he was signing in tongues.


74 posted on 12/12/2013 8:24:59 AM PST by Carthego delenda est
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To: Carthego delenda est

If he was signing in tongues there is a possibility that someone could actually understand it. I think he was actually saying “Help help help”


75 posted on 12/12/2013 8:33:05 AM PST by shineon (.)
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To: shineon

That’s what I would be saying up there anyway.


76 posted on 12/12/2013 8:33:51 AM PST by shineon (.)
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To: shineon

This makes me like Obama more. Now I can truly get a good laugh whenever I think about him.


77 posted on 12/12/2013 8:35:04 AM PST by shineon (.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine; All

Where was the Secret Service?

Probably too busy spying on law abiding Americans.

(no sarc tag)


78 posted on 12/12/2013 8:35:12 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Jack Hydrazine; All
Do you think SNL will do a skit on this?

Probably not. Cannot offend the mentally ill after all.

That is obozo's core constituency.
79 posted on 12/12/2013 8:36:31 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Jack Hydrazine
Great headline: Headline of the Day
80 posted on 12/12/2013 8:41:17 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (Obamacare: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.)
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