r/JewsOfConscience • u/PreparationOk1450 Jewish Anti-Zionist • Jul 22 '24

Discussion Dementia is Disqualifying, but Not Genocide

It's really disturbing to me that dementia is disqualifying for Joe Biden, but him doing a genocide is not. That shows how Palestinians are viewed in America by the political class.

If only Hitler had dementia, maybe we could've gotten rid of him sooner, since the Holocaust wouldn't have been a problem for him with his domestic constituency.

What do others think?

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u/Klutzy-Pool-1802 Ashkenazi, atheist, postZ Jul 23 '24

Sometimes they say things that aren’t, and people amplify that disinfo who should know better.

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u/PreparationOk1450 Jewish Anti-Zionist Jul 23 '24

Joe Biden having cognitive decline is disinformation? Are you trolling?

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u/Klutzy-Pool-1802 Ashkenazi, atheist, postZ Jul 23 '24

You led with an accusation of dementia, which was exactly the disinformation line they’ve been pushing for years.

Now you’ve walked it back to cognitive decline. No? Or are you still claiming that he’s exhibiting dementia?

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u/PreparationOk1450 Jewish Anti-Zionist Jul 23 '24

If shitlibs weren't in denial and lying for years, republicans wouldn't have an opening for a maximalist claim. Dementia is shorthand for cognitive decline and they were right while shitlibs denied it. Anyone on the left who brought this issue up was told they're just supporting Fox News lies and these are edited videos and you support Trump, etc. Now look at the result of all that. He has severe cognitive decline. I am not a doctor and even if I was, I cannot diagnose dementia in someone who's not my patient.

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u/Klutzy-Pool-1802 Ashkenazi, atheist, postZ Jul 23 '24

Dementia is not shorthand for cognitive decline. Cognitive decline can be very mild. Dementia means you can’t function normally.

He seems to be functioning normally. I don’t know how much you know about the subject, but this isn’t severe cognitive decline. It could be mild, or could be a sign of something developing that will get severe someday. If he weren’t functioning well now, they’d never put him in front of a camera for a live unscripted interview. They’d try to hide it. His team obviously thinks it’s not a serious problem.

But it could become one someday.

This disingenuous line of attack far predates the kind of misspeaking he’s done lately. And the neurological exams he’s passed as part of his annual physical.

I’ve seen a couple articles about neurologists discussing his recent verbal mixups. I’m not aware that any neurologists saw anything to discuss six months ago, or two years, or four years. Are you?

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u/PreparationOk1450 Jewish Anti-Zionist Jul 23 '24

OK, sorry. He has evidence of cognitive decline. I shouldn't have used the word dementia. He may have Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, dementia or something else. I don't know. I know he struggles to speak properly publicly and privately. I know I wouldn't trust him to drive my family at night. I know I don't trust him to prevent WWIII. I think he should step down immediately both for his cognitive incapacity and genocide.

His team knows it's a serious problem and it's going to get worse over time. It doesn't get better.