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At Kamala Harris rally a speaker refers to Trump's actions as "mentally retarded", she responds "well said, well said."
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So ableism doesn't count if you don't say it yourself and just agree with it?
I do that too, but I'm not running for President. She should be more careful if she is being honest.
Why the hell can't these people be real? You fucked up Harris. Tell me you fucked up and apologize. Not that it matters to me because I don't like her at all regardless, but god damn. Trying to say she didn't hear what they said...after laughing and saying "Well said". Ummmm
Not everybody's going to read the link, so I'll quote it
She never does that. Literally refuses to say she fucked up and apologize for anything in her prosecutorial career. Because, you know, she doesn't see anything wrong with it.
You don't get it. This is a trend of her lying or going back on what she's said. That isn't a person you should want as president. She could lie about many other things that matter to all Americans.
I wonder how much longer she's going to keep going, I suppose she'll hang on through the October debate at least since she's already qualified for it. Her campaign has gone terribly since that first debate and I don't see any way she can get her polling numbers above 10% again
I'm surprised she didn't say "we should have a conversation about that" in either the reply or the apology. She must have learned a few new sentences.
User Warned: Dismissing derogatory language
I don't really see this as mocking mentally challenged people but it was in poor taste, I suppose. Personally, I don't see it as a big deal but the lying to cover it up part is pretty stupid. She should've just owned up to it and apologized for offending people.
Well, she wouldn't be the first person to pretend like she heard someone. But who knows--maybe she did hear it?
seriously
she laughed at it and then lied about not hearing it when she clearly did.
It would be nice if her word actually meant shit and we would be able to tell if her apology is genuine. As it is, anyone believing her is pretty naive.
My point is it's not going to affect her politically nearly as bad as if she had said it herself. So in a way, to answer your question, yes it doesn't count.
The trend already existed before this, this changes nothing for her or her campaign. I'm tired of the dogmatic cancel culture, it's getting worse like this and its impacts overstated on a constant basis. The race starts like a month or two before Iowa.
Maybe ableist slurs are broadcast at a lower frequency? People seem to hear other discriminatory language just fine...
Every lie and backpedal adds up. It isn't this particular instance that will torch her campaign, but the collective lies and backpedals. If it's brought up in the debates, I can see her falling in the polls.
Glad to see your moderate defense game is as weak and obvious as always.
Funny you mention Veep because she might be Biden's top choice as Veep
It was definitely the wrong choice of words. But people convince themselves that they're so upset by this but everyday people on this very forum are making fun of Trump and his 'dementia' or his 'mental illness' or whatever ailment they can blame as the cause for his malfeasance. It is hypocritical as fuck.
So it's not bad because it won't affect her politically? Also who is talking about 'cancelling' her? This is just reason #152 of why she's a bad choice for president.
How is it a reach? She served as a prosecutor and then AG for years. Given the rate at which people with mental disabilities or mdental illness are criminalized it's almost a sure thing.
Next day: "I didn't see the mine it was not my intention to stomp on it with all my bodyweight"
Why imagine? He did more than that and was applauded for it.
I kind of buy that she used "well said" as a strategy to respond to a voter she didn't hear, mostly because I don't think she'd respond that way to "Trump is a fucking idiot," but this is why they obviously doesn't work. What a fuck up.
No, she said "well said" to his entire statement, which includes the ableist language.
is there a link to his entire statement? the framing seems to only quote those two words.
Listening to this again, what gets me is the fact that her answer makes no sense anyway, even without the "well said" comment. He specifically asks "what are you going to do in the next one year", i.e. as a senator before the election. Her follow up response, "I plan to win this election, I tell you that" doesn't make sense as an answer to that question and it would sound pretty dumb even if she did actually answer the question after the clip ended
I love, love, love Proops' but I finally bailed on Smartest Man in the World. I just couldn't take his shallow political analysis anymore.
Talking about whether Trump has dementia or a mental illness is not the same as calling him "mentally r*tarded" and even if it was, none of us "hypocritical" posters here are running for president.
I'd say calling someone "mentally r*tarded" in your statement disqualifies it from being "well said" regardless of the rest. She could have easily agreed with the person on the whole, pointed out that she disagrees with the use of that phrase and moved on. Politicians have to do that when things like this come up, as they do when you take questions from potential voters on the campaign trail.
