Posted on 10/19/2016 7:59:24 AM PDT by BubbaBasher
This Monday I was watching TV and saw what I thought was an astonishing commercial. It starts with the mother of a handicapped child explaining her sons condition. Then a video of the child is overlaid and shows him flailing his hands wildly. The mother explains that it's a common sign of being autistic. The video then shows Trump explaining something with hand gestures and states he has autism and shouldn't be president because of it. It closes with HRC endorsing the ad.
I was completely astonished. I'm not a huge Trump supporter but this was way over the top.
So she doesn’t “ALWAYS agree with Hillary” and that somehow qualifies her as a Republican? I’ll bet if you looked into her, you would discover her to be a lifelong Democrat.
I think it’s projection. Mrs. Clinton seems autistic to me.
Is she making fun of handicapped people?
I also saw that Commercial here in FL and I thought they were saying that Trump has autism as well. If that is not what they are saying then it is not a good commercial since the message is not clear.
My next thought was weaponized Autism can be a good thing. Did anyone see The Accountant?
“I think their point was that Trump was making fun of a disabled person (which he was, let’s be honest)”
This is simply wrong, and people only believe it because they’ve never seen the disabled reporter in question. I’ve seen footage of him, and he couldn’t move his arms around like Trump did to save his life. One of his arms is perfectly fine. The other is shriveled and small, and he keeps it immobile by his stomach. If the press actually showed footage of the reporter, no one on earth would think Trump was imitating or mocking him. Trump, however, has used the same movements in the past to mock both Cruz and Rubio—whom we are supposed to view as disabled now I take it.
People with AS diagnoses develop language normally, but often have difficulty with social interactions, fine and gross motor coordination, and eye contact. They may be extremely passionate about just one or two topics, with little patience for small talk. They also may struggle to handle normal daily activities, such as organizing time, managing conflict, or even facing the sensory overload presented by malls and grocery stores.
Adults with AS may appear painfully shy, or they may be extremely outgoing - sometimes to the point of being "in your face." That's because people with AS often misinterpret social interaction. Questions they may ask themselves might include: How far away do I stand from another person? How long can I talk about my favorite subject? What's the right answer to "how are you?"
... and body language is a mystery.
I saw video of Hillary barking.
Dogs bark.
Ergo:
Trump never mocked the disabled reporter.
Get up to speed and stop peddling Hillary’s propaganda.
I do not want to come across as arrogant; but based on 60+ years of fighting for traditional American values, including hours of using live TV to advantage, I want to share some experience driven suggestions, both for our candidate, and all of us who will be actively promoting a Trump victory in just 20 days.
While speaking in anger can sometimes help rally those who share your beliefs and priorities, it is not the most effective way to convert those who dissent from our purpose. When there is a real problem to be addressed, it is almost always better to speak in sorrow than in anger.
In the present ideological conflict, there is great reason for sorrow. We need to interject, in every possible exchange, those contemporary phenomena that are not only unfortunate from our stand point; but which are likely to be understood as sad by anyone listening to us.
Putting this understanding to work in a situation such as tonight's Presidential debate; Trump needs to intertwine his response to essential policy issues, by sadly lamenting the background social climate, which certainly impacts all aspects of contemporary American life, including the problem reflected in the issue. For example:
The decline in pride in heritage, openly encouraged by Obama's repeated apologies to others for America's traditions & achievement--leading to Americans kneeling through the Star Spangled Banner;--his & Mrs. Clinton's siding with Soros financed thugs against the Police--leading to the cold blooded assassination of American cops;--their refusal to protect the border, leading to job losses among rooted Americans, brutal crimes against American women, and the despicable riots in California, where aliens who do not share our values, or honor our heritage, intimidate local officials into not celebrating the achievements of the Founding Fathers and their posterity.
It was only last week, when anti-American culturalists advocated not celebrating Columbus Day! The Obama/Clinton cabal seem intent on denying that our values & achievements, under uniquely American cultural values, grew directly out of the experience driven values of particular European settlers. That is fact. It takes nothing away from the achievements or values of any other people; but it is our fact, and we are entitled to honor that fact and the rich cultural heritage it reflects.
To the extent that the Obama/Clinton cabal would deny us pride in our history, they are truly bigoted enemies. But we do best, again, when we lament the success of our enemies, as we explain, again quietly and sadly, how totally despicable is this ongoing attack, coming indeed from those who have benefited so much, while gaming our system.
Some may think that this approach is going soft. It is precisely the opposite. In place of venting our wrath at the Obama/Clinton betrayal, we begin to instill wrath in some of those who otherwise would simply go along with the enemy, "to get along."
There is nothing the least bit new in these tactics. Anyone familiar with Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar," is quite familiar with the technique. It worked in the play because it reflects a true understanding of the psychological factors involved.
William Flax
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The only problem with the “mocking disabled reporter” claim is that the reporter in question doesn’t flail his hands like that. He has a deformed hand, but exhibits no tremor or twitch reflex. Trump’s hand gestures are consistent with imitation/mockery of someone who is dissembling; he used the same gestures when mocking some retraction or denial that Cruz was making.
Is that a promotion from being able to wipe a server, like with a cloth?
Of course Trump was making fun of the reporter.
Let's not have blinders on like Hillary's supporters do. I'll be voting for Trump because there is nothing in Heaven or Earth that would make me vote for the Hildebeast.
But Trump is far from the perfect candidate. He has said and done many things (this incident, saying McCain was not a war hero) that would probably give me good cause to vote for someone else in any other year.
In his autobiography, The Art of the Deal, Trump talked about what a good thing it is to be able to fixate on certain issues until you figure out a way of getting them done successfully. In another of his books (Think Big maybe or perhaps Think Like a Champion?), he talked about barely being able to sleep because he is so excited to get back to his business dealings. Obsessing over specific topics sounds a lot like Aspie “special interests.” All his pacing, awkward gestures, and repeative movements (on full display during the second debate) could also be Aspie “stimming.”
In Surviving at the Top, he wrote about how passionately he loathes small talk and how he saw Ivana dragging him off to non-business related social functions as one of the key reasons their marriage failed. His Aspie-level frankness has gotten him into trouble many times too. I think it would be extreme to consider him actually autistic, but since autism is now considered a “spectrum” of various traits, it might not be too far-fetched to claim he might have some high-functioning austistic/Aspie traits (there have also been certain rumors for a while in this regard about his youngest son, Barron—and remember autism is very heritable). Fortunately, these sort of neurological differences often correlate with a high IQ and great success (think Einstein and Bill Gates).
Please watch this video of the reporter in question, Serve Kovaleski, being interviewed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydGOPzW227E and then attempt to explain how in the world you think what Trump did was mocking this reporter? If you can’t explain that (and you won’t be able to), then you should quit spreading bold-faced lies about Trump. As we’ve already explained to you, Trump did not even vaguely act like Kovaleski and he’s made those motions many times before. You know you have zero evidence for your allegation against Trump except for the Dem talking points you’ve heard. Put up or shut up. How specifically did he “make fun” of this actual reporter Kovalesky?
Nice, Hillary — tell autistic kids they can’t grow up to be President.
We’ll, if she wins, autistic kids will be euthanized, anyway.
I didn’t say he wasn’t making fun of the reporter. I said it’s possible he wasn’t making fun of the reporter’s disability. There is a difference.
Of course, he was.
But, the question is: was he making fun of the reporter's disability, as the ad claims?
Since Trump has used the same mannerisms to mock other people -- including Ted Cruz -- the answer is no.
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