What do you think about people calling Trump "autistic"?

[goaded]

Personally, whatever their political leanings, I think it's unacceptable to use the term as an insult.

It says more about them, that they're bigoted a**holes

Typical leftist attack

They could be right

Don't know, see results

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I should probably mention that the people calling Trump "autistic" are Tucker Carlson and Alex Jones. Rabid left-wingers, both.

They can see the writing on the wall for Trump.

[msc545]

Tump has an affective disorder and a personality disorder.

I wish to hell people that know nothing about psychopathology and have no education about it would stop pretending that they do. Reading material on the internet does NOT count as education because it isn't.

[call_me_scar]

Now, now that's an insult to autistic trumps just a stupid, silver spooner con man

[call_me_scar]

What drugs are u on to think Alex Jones is left wing given he wasn't in favor of a war back in the day but lately he's been backing trump and or desantis

[goaded]

I never said he was right-wing, I expected nutters to assume that Trump could only be attacked by the left.

[call_me_scar]

Yeah you called him left wing which is wrong Alex is right wing

[call_me_scar]

Last I checked dispite his Cole addiction he's not exactly in favor of legalizing drugs lol

[call_me_scar]

Coke*

[goaded]

Ah, I did say that, but it was sarcasm. I assumed everyone knew what they were.

[call_me_scar]

Oh ok just making sure u never known when it's on a screen. Earlier today I saw a post claiming liberals were blood thirsty war lovers or something like that so it wouldn't be the first way off thing I've seen on this site

[exitseven]

Trump is ahead in the polls and his campaign is gaining momentum. The democrats are resorting to dragging out the old chestnuts like the stormy daniels payoff deal and they are still looking for classified documents. It would not surprise me if they start saying he is autistic. I actually think this would be good. Trump would take a mental competency test and then demand that Biden take one too. It would not be a good look if the Big Guy says that he already took one like he did the last time he was asked.

[goaded]

To be fair, they already found hundreds of documents and that Trump intentionally hid them from the government. Some classified documents were even uploaded to the cloud. As for mental competency, did you not see how Biden got Republicans to stand up for Medicare?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKeYcFk3bTQ

[exitseven]

Who said some of those documents were uploaded to the cloud? And dragging out that old story about how Republicans want to get rid of social security and Medicare is just what MTG said , it is a lie.

[goaded]

Nice strawman. Here's what he actually said: "Instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share some Republicans... Some Republicans want Medicare and Social Security [to] sunset. I'm not saying it's a majority."

Guess what that would do? It would give massive power to any party that was willing to hold the programs hostage, even if they are in the minority. That only describes one party in the US.

As for the documents...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhU0kC1KZu0

"A Trump aide had previously copied those same pages onto a thumb drive and laptop, not realizing they were classified, sources said. The laptop, which belonged to an aide, who works for Save America PAC, and the thumb drive were also given to investigators in January."
edition.cnn.com/.../index.html

[exitseven]

Okay, the aide did not realize they were classified and it was turned over to investigators. Sounds to me that Trump and his lawyers are cooperating with the DOJ

[goaded]

Except that's two years late, and someone gave an aide who worked for a PAC, who probably had no security clearance, classified documents. Can you say mishandling classified documents?

[msc545]

@exitseven The test you are talking about is not a "mental competency test" (there is no such thing) and it is worthless.

[exitseven]

@msc545 If the test is worthless why didn't Biden take it? The press demanded Trump take it and he passed with no problem. Biden was asked to take the same test and he said that he already took it. The fact that he is so befuddled that he actually thought he took it already should be a good enough reason to have him evaluated by a real professional instead of the hack democrat doctor that he got to do his physical.

[msc545]

So you want to use the "whatabout " excuse this time?

[goaded]

@msc545 Hey, what's a clearly intelligent man making fools of the entire Republican party compared to being able to remember five words in order?

[msc545]

exactly...

[Dargil]

Any document Trump handled was declassified if he chose.

[goaded]

@Dargil So what? They still belong to the government, not him.

[msc545]

@Dargil He literally took documents home with him. I know you believe he can do no wrong ever, but does that strike you as perhaps a bit excessive?

[Dargil]

And you also know he had consented to their transfer to the National Archives

[exitseven]

@msc545 well, as president he had the ability to declassify any documents he wants which he did. He probably anticipated this would happen. Democrats still tried to prosecute him for something that was not really a crime. I guess it really doesn't make a difference when you have control of the DOJ and FBI and the fake news will say anything to support the democrats.

[exitseven]

@msc545 every president takes documents with them when they leave office. Obama took ten times as many and I bet if they were scrutinized you would find that there are classified documents in with them. I bet Obama did not have the foresight to declassify them because he knew he would not have the FBI sniffing around his house in the middle of the night like a banana republic.

[Dargil]

"Nice strawman" Nice dismissive statement. You seem to do this a lot.

[msc545]

@Dargil I do not know that. But so what? They were only transferred to his residence- by him.

[goaded]

@Dargil I was referring to what was a textbook straw man argument. @exitseven
pretended that Biden had said "Republicans want to get rid of social security and Medicare" in order to argue against that rather than what Biden really said: "Instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share some Republicans... Some Republicans want Medicare and Social Security [to] sunset. I'm not saying it's a majority."

Look it up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man

[goaded]

@exitseven Obama was given documents from his administration by the National Archives. That's the legal way to do it.

Nobody makes much of a fuss if a high level executive officer accidentally misplaces a few documents as long as they're returned promptly (like Pence and Biden). Trump took documents, refused to return all of the ones he knew he had when asked, returned some more of them when subpoenaed and claimed that was all of them, until the FBI finally had to search for the rest and found hundreds. Even then there were more, not sitting forgotten in a box somewhere, but being copied by someone who probably had no security clearance and even uploaded to the cloud.

[andreasderjuengere]

Most ''people'' are under-educated, but for some reason believe that others are interested in their pointless opinions.

To allow Trump to hide behind a mental disorder will not excuse his shortcomings in social manners, tactfulness and diplomatic skills.

I do understand the efforts to prevent a bully (or dictator?) becoming too influential - but to drop down to this man's level oneself would be a disgrace.

[DryGermanGuy]

Back in high school the universal insult was „faggot“ or „faggotty“. It practically had no meaning. So, maybe calling another person „autistic“ is just the latest trend.

[goaded]

These are grown famous media personalities saying this. They should know better. It's a favourite insult of @joeldalton's, too, so that's the level of person who uses it.

Faggot was a US insult meaning homosexual, I thought. In the UK it is (was) a meatball, or a bundle of sticks, and a fag was a cigarette.

Poppy asked a question about them a couple of months ago:
Great British Food Part Two. Faggots. ↗

[Dargil]

I liked twink, swish and My Brit friend liked Poofter.

[Juxtapose]

As an autistic person myself I wish people would go back to using the word "retarded" properly instead of saying "autistic."

If someone is stupid they are retarded.

If someone struggles socially then yeah, comparing them to an autistic person is sensible.

Trump has charisma! I would much sooner call him retarded than I would call him autistic.

[andreasderjuengere]

Agreed - too place the Trump into the ''autistic'' fraction is an insult towards autistic people :) - Be well, mate.

[HippieVeganJewslim]

Not all stupids are retarded, but then again, everyone is a genius, but if You judge a fish by their ability to climb a tree, they’ll live their whole life believing they’re stupid. However, I agree as I’m also autistic.

[abc3643]

I won't say it's a typical leftist attack, but I certainly don't believe Trump is autistic.

He's narcissistic, but not autistic.

[goaded]

I agree, except for it being a "leftist" attack. It's predominantly used by the right, because the left is about acceptance. Autism is a real thing, it's not an insult.

[Dargil]

Trump IS Artistic. He wrote the Art of the Deal. But being Artistic is a judgement call or an unqualified diagnosis best left to "the experts".

I doubt Trump will be the Candidate. I'm looking at DeSantis/Ramaswamy in '24. Surely you have presumptive talking points to say about DeSantis, but ya got to keep that narrative going so you don't miss any Leftist drum beats.

[goaded]

"[Trump] wrote the Art of the Deal" No, he didn't.

[goaded]

Do you think Alex Jones and Tucker Carlson were calling him "artistic"?

[Dargil]

He had a collaborator, Tony Schwartz. But Schwartz was and is a journalist who undoubtedly interviewed Trump. You didn't write your academic Term Papers, either. They were the product of research of what someone else said.

[Dargil]

I don't think about that one way or the other. But do tell me either's qualification for such a judgement or uncredentialled diagnosis. You're a smart guy. You should already know.

[goaded]

"According to Schwartz, Trump wrote none of the book, choosing only to remove a few critical mentions of business colleagues at the end of the process"
"Schwartz said he came to regret writing The Art of the Deal... he "put lipstick on a pig","

Of course Tucker Carlson and Alex Jones aren't qualified to make a diagnosis, they're just insulting Trump because he's on his way out and they're sad assholes who make a living lying about everything.

[Dargil]

That can't be true. Schwartz would have known next to nothing unless Trump explained it to him. Trump didn't physically build a large part of Manhattan, either.

[goaded]

Wait, did you skip over the whole Tucker Carlson and Alex Jones insulting Trump part?

How many buildings do you think Trump actually had built, rather than just buying, and what proportion of Manhattan do you think he owns?

[Dargil]

Does it matter?

[goaded]

Do you mean skipping over the whole Tucker Carlson and Alex Jones insulting Trump part, or the difference between actually building something or just buying it or getting paid to put your name on it?

[Dargil]

I don't give any credence to anything Alex Jones says. The man is deranged.
Carlson is entitled to his opinions about Trump and Ukraine. He can offer credible arguments that won't get me cancelled or attacked by the FBI if I disagree or squirm a little. Ain't Constructional free speech grand? DeSantis/Ramaswamy 2024!! MAWU! Make America Wake Up!

[OddBeMe]

We lefties can get out of control. Just ask Bernie Bros. But don’t think for one second it’s even ground. Right wingers call us faggot, traitorous lecherous pigs and we shrug it off because our liberal policies are more important.

Which they are.

[Anonymous]

It’s just more evidence of the Left ( you know, your butt buddies) being hypocrites.

The same people who will tell you it’s CRUEL to make fun of someone for their appearance...

... LOVE to make fun of him for his SKIN COLOR and his GODDDAMN HAIR.

Real EVOLVED people on your side. 🤦‍♂️

[goaded]

I'm pretty sure Trump's skin colour is a personal choice. It's certainly not natural.

Oh, and you should have read the update, it was Alex Jones and Tucker Carlson calling him that.

[Jamie05rhs]

Well, he did make fun of a disabled person on the campaign trail.

Then again, it's probably best not to stoop to his level. Even if he does deserve to get "hit," the other autistic people do not. They are innocent bystanders.

[Dinosaursandanime65]

Skill issue, they’re self projecting. They’re almost as retarded as a Nazi. Sir Trump all the way, dice literally make the world go round.

[AngryCarl2]

I don't see how he's autistic. He definitely has delusions of grandeur but that's not indicative of autism. Maybe he's a paranoid schizophrenic?

[Agape93]

Couldn't care less. I've called him retarded, an orange nutsack, wet socks in man form etc.

[Friendlybro79]

I don't think people should be diagnosing anyone from afar. Especially when they're not doctors.

[HippieVeganJewslim]

I’m autistic and there’s no way comrade Trumpf has my case! Calling that Earthling ‘autistic’ really offends me.

[1User12345]

Bigots right narrow minded parachutes only work when open no profanity

[goaded]

Sorry, what?