Subj : Anyone think there will b
To : Bf2k+
From : W5jsn
Date : Mon Sep 23 2024 09:08 am
Re: Anyone think there will b
By: Bf2k+ to Nightfox on Sun Sep 22 2024 20:02:02
I also have an autistic man, my son, living with me. I know the word "retarded" gets a terrible wrap, but it seems to be a clinical word for the problem with my son. He is a bit slow and that is what retarded means (like retarding the timing on your older car). I don't fault mature people for using what was a common decent term in the past. It was not derogatory. I remember that the ARC organization's name was an acronym for "Association of Retarded Citizens". No stigma until jerks started saying "retard" or just "'tard" to people who, like my son, doesn't have capacity to understand that he is different from others.
I suppose people will have a sorts of reasons to vote for particular people, but I think "using the right words" is a pretty shallow criteria for a person tasked with lots of authority and power. "Pretty" or flattering speech is usually a sign that someone is trying to manipulate you, as Harris is trying to flatter votes away from a proven business leader and a former government executive who runs on his record. Kamala whispers "sweet nothings" in so many ears and people seem to like that, as if they were working with a whore as opposed to a potential president. I am not looking for a good lay, I am looking for a president.
For all his trash talking, Trump is a man who is offering to sacrifice (again) a successful career to take on a political war to solve systemic problems that the crony government (swamp) profitably ignores. He points out that Kamala and Biden could have worked to tackle problems for four years that she now says "this is what I will do".
Those are lines every "leader" for decades has spewed to pander for votes and on which few have ever delivered - they get their office, enrich their friends, punish their enemies, and ignore the people who voted for them. Kamala is playing the same old game of saying what more voters want to hear (using "acceptable" words) and her record is to do nothing other than support her friends and benefactors and hide Biden. Harris is just another "good ol' politician" that just happens to be a multy-culty woman (another way to get a few more votes from low-infomation voters).
It is depressing to see the criteria people use to choose their leaders.
