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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumscan someone close to fetterman drag him to the neurologist? dead serious about this.
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i have seen a couple ppl have strokes followed by big personality changes. usually just like this- a fighter who goes all kumbaya. it can go the other way, but the 1s i know, this was it.
esp as so much of the damage/recovery were about depression (i wish we had a different word for the array is symptoms we call depression, but w a physical cause.) i think a more accurate was to say that is that it effected the emotion centers.
i honestly think thats it. dont think he is a good enough actor to b pretending now, nor then.
every thread about him, replies are 95% calling names and a few souls pointing out the brain damage. in this case i think the kind answer is also the correct 1.
no idea if there is penn law to remove him, but his ppl rly shd get him to step down if this is the sitch. cuz he isnt gonna improve now.
ya know, peeps, im saddened that so few here r willing to even consider this.
neurology and justice/fairness is a tricky subject, and imho, 1 we get badly wrong.
there r only a couple conditions where brain chemistry can mitigate blame or liability, yet there r many that shd. comes down, i guess, to the notion that we have completely free will. but many of us rly dont.
whether its disease, injury, medical treatments, all can eat away at executive function. the texas tower shooter had a brain tumor. theres a whole spectrum down from that.
not advocating handing out free passes.
am advocating protecting ppl who arent thinking straight from decision making, as much as possible.
not rly diff than taking the car keys away from ppl w seizure disorders.
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Wiz Imp
(3,313 posts)Do not blame it on the stroke - that had zero impact on his Israel-Palestine position.
see: https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=19991984
mopinko
(72,149 posts)and blame is a useless concept here. im not advocating punishment. im saying i think he needs medical attention.
Wiz Imp
(3,313 posts)I mean, I have trouble identifying a specific issue where he has made a statement or vote in the past year that is contradictory to what he said 3 years ago.
Climate Crusader
(119 posts)Mancin and Sinema were tolerated for too long. I hope Pennsylvania doesn't make the same mistake.
Wiz Imp
(3,313 posts)And if Manchin had been kicked to the curb prior to 2024, then Democrats would not have had a Senate majority for much of Biden's term meaning many of his accomplishments would not have happened.
multigraincracker
(34,696 posts)They can turn on a dime.