*winces*

[conuly]

I pointed out that I dislike making fun of the Shrubboy's speech patterns because I vaguely feel they indicate some sort of learning disability rather than outright stupidity... Not that I think he's not stupid, but that his speech impediments aren't a sign of stupidity.

I'm not against learning disabilities or anything, but seriously, would you want a disabled (and I mean mentally... physically is different) man governing your money, jobs, social standing, marriages and life?

Well, yes, if I thought that he were retarded or insane (both of which probably holds true in this specific instance), but a LEARNING DISABILITY does NOT make one unable to lead! Neither does a "mental disability"... something which can encompass autism (duh), AD(H)D, depression, dyslexia, SLI, and other things.

Comments

[rainbow-goddess.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's an indication of a disability; I think that he just never learned how to pronounce words correctly. Or that he never bothered.

[conuly]

THAT is a whole different argument, mainly that his "mispronunciations" are actually a valid regional difference. I'm refering to mistakes like "is our children learning" where that's clearly the wrong form of the verb "to be".

[marveen.livejournal.com]

Pointing out that a "mental disability" is just that--a *dis-ability*, meaning that the mental processes are less "able" than average.

It is, indeed, quite possible that some of the mental disabilities you list could impair the ability of the man to do his job as C-in-C, leader-of-the-country and Ambassador Supreme to the foreigners.

[conuly]

Not necessarily. There's a number of people, for example, who suspect that Jefferson was an aspie. Almost certainly Einstein was.

[rainbow-goddess.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's an indication of a disability; I think that he just never learned how to pronounce words correctly. Or that he never bothered.

[conuly]

THAT is a whole different argument, mainly that his "mispronunciations" are actually a valid regional difference. I'm refering to mistakes like "is our children learning" where that's clearly the wrong form of the verb "to be".

[marveen.livejournal.com]

Pointing out that a "mental disability" is just that--a *dis-ability*, meaning that the mental processes are less "able" than average.

It is, indeed, quite possible that some of the mental disabilities you list could impair the ability of the man to do his job as C-in-C, leader-of-the-country and Ambassador Supreme to the foreigners.

[conuly]

Not necessarily. There's a number of people, for example, who suspect that Jefferson was an aspie. Almost certainly Einstein was.