U. Delaware Prof Says Asking Questions About a Candidate’s Stroke is ‘Ableist’
“while some saw Fetterman’s halting speech and need for closed captioning as evidence of cognitive impairment, the conversation surrounding his fitness is premised on bias and ableism”
It has been amazing to watch the lengths the left has gone to defend John Fetterman. What do you think they would be saying if he was a Republican?
The College Fix reports:
Professor: Asking questions about candidate’s stroke is ‘eugenics’ and ‘ableism’
A University of Delaware professor said that questions about a Senate candidate’s cognitive abilities after a stroke is a form of eugenics and “ableism.”
“Democrat John Fetterman’s performance in Pennsylvania’s lone Senate debate provoked intense discussions about his fitness for office while recovering from a stroke,” Professor Jaipreet Virdi wrote in The Washington Post. “Fetterman’s verbal stumbles and pauses intensified Republican accusations that his health is too frail to withstand the job of a senator, even as doctors and disability advocates pushed back on these charges.”
Fetterman, the current lieutenant governor, suffered a stroke in May. He frequently appears stuck on words or confused while giving answers. He is running against celebrity TV doctor Mehmet Oz.
“But while some saw Fetterman’s halting speech and need for closed captioning as evidence of cognitive impairment, the conversation surrounding his fitness is premised on bias and ableism,” Virdi wrote on November 4. She describes herself on Twitter as “[D]eaf & forever a radical.”
“The polished, articulate and groomed image we associate with the ideal politician means that anyone who does not meet this ideal is considered subpar — and hence ‘unfit,” the professor argued. “But that understanding of what makes someone capable of holding office is actually rooted in eugenics.”
Professor Jonathan Turley at George Washington university’s law school questioned some of Virdi’s assertions in an article on his personal website. He criticized Fetterman and his staff for hiding the stroke’s impact until after the primary election and limiting his public appearances.
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So, if the DemoncRats put up a candidate who’s dead and someone living objects, does that make that person an aliveist? Alternatively, if DemoncRats put up a candidate who has dementia, and someone who has all of his/her faculties objects, does that make that person a facultyist? Just wondering.
I hope this fuckwit’s next surgeon has tremors.
Or finds out his flight crew is blind after takeoff….
She must be one of these “experts” I keep hearing about.
Yes, exactly! The whole point of an election is to determine which candidate is most ABLE to represent his/her district/state, etc.
smh, ffs
I rebut this with the Carstairs Excuse.
Big cities filled with deluded, dysfunctional morons deserve representation, too.