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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: Jeff Chandler

Perfect!


81 posted on 12/12/2013 8:42:02 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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To: Iron Munro

I swear I saw the guy sign...all your healthcare are belong to us...I did really... :-)


82 posted on 12/12/2013 8:46:02 AM PST by Conservative4Ever (Dear Santa.....I can explain...)
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To: Jeff Chandler

He was under NSA surveillance.. Not Signing Accurately.


83 posted on 12/12/2013 8:46:47 AM PST by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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To: Jack Hydrazine
'Fake' deaf Mandela signer had 'schizophrenic episode'

What's with that headline? He didn't fake being deaf, he faked knowing sign language.

84 posted on 12/12/2013 8:47:46 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Not sure about Africa, but making the “OK” sign is a huge insult in many parts of the world.


85 posted on 12/12/2013 8:48:46 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: dead

LOL!

The urinalists (aka journalists) really need to double check their work, eh?


86 posted on 12/12/2013 8:52:24 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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To: Vigilanteman

He still comes way cheaper than the bungled ObLahMaoScare website plus he doesn’t ask for your SS#.


87 posted on 12/12/2013 8:52:30 AM PST by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Maybe he was trying to tell us what the fox says.


88 posted on 12/12/2013 8:54:54 AM PST by thesharkboy (posting without reading the article since 1998)
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To: thesharkboy

89 posted on 12/12/2013 8:57:39 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: oh8eleven
Thank You!

barry deserves nothing less!


90 posted on 12/12/2013 9:04:10 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ( Visit http://icantenroll.com/ In Glitch We Trust....;o})
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To: shineon

“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””

Lol! Lol! Lol!


91 posted on 12/12/2013 9:05:30 AM PST by Carthego delenda est
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To: Jack Hydrazine
...said his behavior was due to a sudden attack of schizophrenia, for which he takes medication.

Could be a side effect of the meds...

Warning, this drug may induce nausea, drowsiness, dizziness, anxiety, trouble sleeping, loss of appetite, or desire to imitate a sign language interpreter.

92 posted on 12/12/2013 9:09:13 AM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: ETL

Sounds like he should be smoking more doob! He can get a prescription for that and get it filled in WA or CO.


93 posted on 12/12/2013 9:17:01 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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To: dfwgator

They tried, too.


94 posted on 12/12/2013 9:18:42 AM PST by thesharkboy (posting without reading the article since 1998)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Is this Soweto Bob? Where is Baghdad Bob?


95 posted on 12/12/2013 9:27:13 AM PST by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Safetgiver

Soweto Bob! HA! Good one!


96 posted on 12/12/2013 9:57:36 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Things like this naturally happen, there are nuts everywhere. But that the Secret Service allowed him within three FEET of the POTUS is “unnatural.” Why is everybody focusing in the translator and not the PPD of the Secret Service? Amazing!


97 posted on 12/12/2013 10:17:58 AM PST by ThePatriotsFlag (...and to the Republic for which it stood.)
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To: ThePatriotsFlag

Why should I have a problem with Obie having people like this around him? I think the SS is doing a great job!

>pssst!< Gives him more credibility that way!

LOL!


98 posted on 12/12/2013 10:19:58 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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To: Lazamataz; Jack Hydrazine; Iscool

I’ve read several articles and youtube interviews about this.

Apparantly the interpreter had been formally trained to sign and had been paid $85/hr to interpret/sign for the event.

He had a history of being placed in a mental hospital for about a year, and is now out, but has to revisit the doctor every 6 months. Some of his episodes also included strong impulses to murder people, but those he has resisted.

He also claims he is being visited by angles and then has hallucinations. He claims he was seeing angels and was in a dangerous situation, so continued to sign, although his attention was on resisting the angelic or hallucinations and their temptations.

BTW, reportedly all attempts to reach the general contractor who was paid to provide the interpreter, has resulted in a dead end, unable to be found, as if they never existed. Almost as if they had contracted with angels?

So if speaking to a spiritually gifted deaf mute, do they speak in Tongues or Thumbs?


99 posted on 12/13/2013 5:11:13 AM PST by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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