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Did Trump make fun of a disabled reporter?[W:314]

MaggieD

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Trump supporters may be interested. Those who don't support him won't believe it anyway.
 
Re: Did Trump make fun of a disabled reporter?

MaggieD said:


Trump supporters may be interested. Those who don't support him won't believe it anyway.
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This has already been posted and discussed countless times before. Also this is a very poorly made video :)
 
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ModerateGOP said:
This has already been posted and discussed countless times before. Also this is a very poorly made video :)
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Boy, I'm here a LOT. Hadn't ever seen it until someone posted it on Facebook.
 
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MaggieD said:
Boy, I'm here a LOT. Hadn't ever seen it until someone posted it on Facebook.
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I've seen it inside threads and there are threads that had this video as the OP. I'm not sure who posted them.
 
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MaggieD said:


Trump supporters may be interested. Those who don't support him won't believe it anyway.
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maggie - can you explain to me why it takes a 12 minute video to explain what I and the nation saw months ago with Trump obviously gesticulating wildly in mockery of a disabled reporter he was talking about?

The narrator is full of crap. The gesticulations Trump made in talking about the the reporter would far more exaggerated and far more akin to the stereotype of a disabled person flailing about that the other examples used in the video. He was mocking the mans disability pure and simple and almost everybody in America recognized it for what it was.

I can see where this might get some really stupid true believers to accept this reeking offensive BS explanation. But you? You are too smart for this outright crap.
 
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haymarket said:
maggie - can you explain to me why it takes a 12 minute video to explain what I and the nation saw months ago with Trump obviously gesticulating wildly in mockery of a disabled reporter he was talking about?
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Don't watch it. Never let the truth get in the way of a good slander.
 
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MaggieD said:
Don't watch it. Never let the truth get in the way of a good slander.
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But I did watch it - out of respect to you I watched it.

The narrator is full of crap. The gesticulations Trump made in talking about the the reporter would far more exaggerated and far more akin to the stereotype of a disabled person flailing about that the other examples used in the video. He was mocking the mans disability pure and simple and almost everybody in America recognized it for what it was.

I can see where this might get some really stupid true believers to accept this reeking offensive BS explanation. But you? You are too smart for this outright crap.

You know what this reminds me of. You show somebody a video of a forced rape. Then you show somebody a video of consensual intercourse. And then some worthless barfbag tries to say that the movements in the supposed rape are almost identical to the movements in the intercourse video - and thus was not at all rape but merely two people having sex. After all - just like your stupid excuse making narrator - the movements are pretty much the same.
 
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Trump has to live with what he meant and did, whatever that may be. I'm not judging either way.
 
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yes, he made fun of the disabled reporter. that's not even up for debate.
 
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I thought his supporters were comfortable with who he is. Why the half-hearted attempts at whitewashing?
 
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Was anyone else bothered by the fact that Hillary used this and other offensive footage to her advantage over and over and over again? Wasn't that like rubbing salt in a wound? I am not defending the Donald, believe me.
But why did our kids have to see what is soooo offensive over and over again?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7bhGnxfLSc
Your kids didn't see it the first time, so Hillary had to show them again?
Did that, does that, make sense to anyone?
 
Re: Did Trump make fun of a disabled reporter?

MaggieD said:


Trump supporters may be interested. Those who don't support him won't believe it anyway.
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No, of course not. That has been proven.

For many on the left, facts are not allowed to get in the way of approved narrative.
 
Re: Did Trump make fun of a disabled reporter?

Lovebug said:
Was anyone else bothered by the fact that Hillary used this and other offensive footage to her advantage over and over and over again? Wasn't that like rubbing salt in a wound? I am not defending the Donald, believe me.
But why did our kids have to see what is soooo offensive over and over again?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7bhGnxfLSc
Your kids didn't see it the first time, so Hillary had to show them again?
Did that, does that, make sense to anyone?
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Frankly, I think children should be exposed to the lies and distortions potential leaders like Hillary tried to manipulate the country with. It's important they learn to decern between people who create propaganda, and those who don't.
 
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haymarket said:
maggie - can you explain to me why it takes a 12 minute video to explain what I and the nation saw months ago with Trump obviously gesticulating wildly in mockery of a disabled reporter he was talking about?

The narrator is full of crap. The gesticulations Trump made in talking about the the reporter would far more exaggerated and far more akin to the stereotype of a disabled person flailing about that the other examples used in the video. He was mocking the mans disability pure and simple and almost everybody in America recognized it for what it was.

I can see where this might get some really stupid true believers to accept this reeking offensive BS explanation. But you? You are too smart for this outright crap.
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So you deny all the other times when Trump used the same exact gestures? That's bordering on delusion.
 
Re: Did Trump make fun of a disabled reporter?

MaggieD said:
Don't watch it. Never let the truth get in the way of a good slander.
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Without feeding their followers hate messages, all the other propaganda the powers on the left try to sell would be a greater challenge to have them absorb.
 
Re: Did Trump make fun of a disabled reporter?

Helix said:
yes, he made fun of the disabled reporter. that's not even up for debate.
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There seem to be a lot of things regarding Trump that aren't even up for debate.

Trump's a racist. Not up for debate.
Trump's a misogynist. Not up for debate.
Trump advocates sexual assault. Not up for debate.
Trump is going to kill us all with global warming. Not up for debate.
Trump is going to send out his minions to round up brown people and deport them. Not up for debate.
Trump is a closet Nazi. Not up for debate.
Trump is a surrogate of Putin and the Russian Federation. Not up for debate.

The "Never Trump" crowd and the "Stronger Together" crowd have become worse than the birthers.
 
Re: Did Trump make fun of a disabled reporter?

ocean515 said:
No, of course not. That has been proven.

For many on the left, facts are not allowed to get in the way of approved narrative.
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All this video proves is that Trump uses a lot of stupid hand gestures. I bet he got really giddy once he saw that reporter so he could use more wild frantic hand gestures to make fun of him. Sad.
 
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I watched the video, and if the hypothesis is accurate then why doesn't Trump at least address the issue, apologize, or something? Blaming the media is getting old. I don't consume much MSM, so the MSM is not telling what to think or how to react. I know what I saw, and I think he was mocking the person's disability. It's obvious by the hand movement and they way the reporter's hand is disabled. It's not the MSM's fault. Trump actually is responsible and culpable for his behavior, and he should address it himself.
 
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Lutherf said:
The "Never Trump" crowd and the "Stronger Together" crowd have become worse than the birthers.
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PFFFFF so is this up for debate? Or no?
 
Re: Did Trump make fun of a disabled reporter?

Lovebug said:
Was anyone else bothered by the fact that Hillary used this and other offensive footage to her advantage over and over and over again? Wasn't that like rubbing salt in a wound? I am not defending the Donald, believe me.
But why did our kids have to see what is soooo offensive over and over again?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7bhGnxfLSc
Your kids didn't see it the first time, so Hillary had to show them again?
Did that, does that, make sense to anyone?
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That's what "by any means necessary" is all about.
 
Re: Did Trump make fun of a disabled reporter?

ModerateGOP said:
PFFFFF so is this up for debate? Or no?
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It's an opinion and, as such, is open for discussion.

Come to think of it, the claims that Trump was mocking a disabled person are also an opinion and should be open for discussion but, apparently, it's a closed case.
 
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SheWolf said:
I watched the video, and if the hypothesis is accurate then why doesn't Trump at least address the issue, apologize, or something? Blaming the media is getting old. I don't consume much MSM, so the MSM is not telling what to think or how to react. I know what I saw, and I think he was mocking the person's disability. It's obvious by the hand movement and they way the reporter's hand is disabled. It's not the MSM's fault. Trump actually is responsible and culpable for his behavior, and he should address it himself.
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If Trump apologized for every manufactured faux outrage perpetrated by the left, he'd have little time to do anything else. He won, get over it.
 
Re: Did Trump make fun of a disabled reporter?

ocean515 said:
So you deny all the other times when Trump used the same exact gestures? That's bordering on delusion.
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But he did not use the exact same gestures. Even the narrator concedes that reality while trying to poor mouth and downplay the differences. That is the point. They were NOT the same.

And for the moment, let us indulge both you and the narrator of that excuse making video just for the sake of argument- let us say that they were more or less, give or take, pretty much the same gestures in the eyes of some people. Why is it not fair to interpret those earlier gestures where he was taking issue with the two other people that he was trying to make them appear disabled - even though we know they are not - but its like calling person RETARD when they are not just to mock them and get their goat. Why is it not then fair to assume that is what Trump did in those earlier cases and in the case of the reporter went even further with it to actually mock a disabled person?
 
Re: Did Trump make fun of a disabled reporter?

Lutherf said:
It's an opinion and, as such, is open for discussion.

Come to think of it, the claims that Trump was mocking a disabled person are also an opinion and should be open for discussion but, apparently, it's a closed case.
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so what has the never trumpers done in your opinion that is worse than forcing a President to show his papers to make sure he was legally born here? I'll wait.
 
Re: Did Trump make fun of a disabled reporter?

MaggieD said:
Don't watch it. Never let the truth get in the way of a good slander.
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Remember what I said about posting stories they KNOW are lies..
 
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