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mopinko

(72,149 posts)
Wed Feb 5, 2025, 09:26 AM 6 hrs ago

can someone close to fetterman drag him to the neurologist? dead serious about this.

Last edited Wed Feb 5, 2025, 01:59 PM - Edit history (1)

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 that’s 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, i’m 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 it’s disease, injury, medical treatments, all can eat away at executive function. the texas tower shooter had a brain tumor. there’s 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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can someone close to fetterman drag him to the neurologist? dead serious about this. (Original Post) mopinko 6 hrs ago OP
His position on Israel & Palestine has not changed. He has always been terrible on this issue Wiz Imp 5 hrs ago #1
that's 1 issue. mopinko 5 hrs ago #3
I honestly don't think he has changed much. People have false perceptions about him. Wiz Imp 5 hrs ago #4
Lost Cause. Climate Crusader 5 hrs ago #2
Sinema was a 1 term Senator - can't get any shorter than that. Wiz Imp 5 hrs ago #5
Populist must be watched carefully. multigraincracker 4 hrs ago #6

Wiz Imp

(3,313 posts)
1. His position on Israel & Palestine has not changed. He has always been terrible on this issue
Wed Feb 5, 2025, 09:37 AM
5 hrs ago

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)
3. that's 1 issue.
Wed Feb 5, 2025, 09:52 AM
5 hrs ago

and blame is a useless concept here. i’m not advocating punishment. i’m saying i think he needs medical attention.

Wiz Imp

(3,313 posts)
4. I honestly don't think he has changed much. People have false perceptions about him.
Wed Feb 5, 2025, 10:09 AM
5 hrs ago

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)
2. Lost Cause.
Wed Feb 5, 2025, 09:52 AM
5 hrs ago

Mancin and Sinema were tolerated for too long. I hope Pennsylvania doesn't make the same mistake.

Wiz Imp

(3,313 posts)
5. Sinema was a 1 term Senator - can't get any shorter than that.
Wed Feb 5, 2025, 10:12 AM
5 hrs ago

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.

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