Ooh, I’ll take this one!
No.
That is way different than calling him a “shithead” due to his political positions, etc,
It’s also not mockery to point out objective reality. Mockery would involve exaggeration, hypothetical situations that paint the subject in a bad light, that sort of thing. Mentioning a person’s observable shortcomings is not making fun of a person even the slightest amount.
It’s also not making fun.
It is a relevant counterpoint to my position that he will win the GOP nomination, probably Senator as A GOP, and be horrible from an R perspective as he’d still vote the same.
If he cannot be coherent, whether than is from stroke or predates it, it is harder to campaign successfully.
Being a shithead however may be qualifying enough to win the nom as a Republican. I expect so.
When a person has a disability, reasonable accommodations should be made to allow them to work a job. But if, even with reasonable accommodations, a person is still unable to do a particular job, then they shouldn’t be in that line of work. They should either be doing some other job, or if no reasonable accommodations can enable them to do any job, they should be supported through disability payments.
A person who is incapable of communicating coherently is not competent to be a Senator.
The state agency I work for has a whole department devoted to helping people get back to work after suffering an on-the-job injury that changes how they can work and what kind of work they can do. They help make sure that employers offer reasonable accommodations, but in many cases there are no accommodations that will be sufficient to allow a person to do their job anymore. Therefore, they also help a person find training to change their career and help them in finding an employer in a new field. Finally, if they just can no longer work, they help ensure that they are able to receive money to help support them paid out of the state insurance fund (workers’ compensation).
This is just all because the reality is that sometimes a medical incident prevents a person from being able to do the work they used to, or any work at all, regardless of whether that person wants to work and no matter how much you want to support that person in continuing the job.
My best friend had a stroke right before Christmas of 2020, much as Fetterman did. He has mostly recovered, but he has mobility and memory issues and gets confused easily. He can no longer do things like hold a job or operate a vehicle safely. He was forced to retire years earlier than he had expected to.
(The irony is that his previous employer was Social Security, and now he lives off the same benefits he helped people get for years.)
That just happens sometimes in life, and it sounds like it’s what has happened to Fetterman.
My standards are different. If you are not willing to dress professionally you should not be a Senator.
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