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femmedem

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21. I hope that you never have anyone with dementia in your family

Reply to Withywindle (Reply #16)

Wed Jun 9, 2021, 06:19 PM

Jun 2021

and see how it changes them.

I'm one of the people you're talking about, and I have never suggested that racist behavior might be excusable here or anywhere else until this post.

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82 year old arrested. Called Black flight attendant a racial slur, poked her, said she was "too fat" [View all] Demovictory9 Jun 2021 OP

I wonder if he has dementia or is just a rude, hateful old racist. Nt raccoon Jun 2021 #1

He really doesn't look all there. Treefrog Jun 2021 #2

That may very well be the look of disbelief that everybody is making a "big deal" Maru Kitteh Jun 2021 #17

Nursing has had that experience from patients of another generation... FarPoint Jun 2021 #3

Those aren't mutually exclusive. He's both. LakeArenal Jun 2021 #4

Dementia doesn't simply reveal the person beneath the persona, it often warps & distorts... Hekate Jun 2021 #9

This is a thoughtful comment. /nt ARandomPerson Jun 2021 #12

My mother died from Alzheimer's. LakeArenal Jun 2021 #13

My uncle had alzheimers, he threatened to murder the whole family while they slept. Raine Jun 2021 #14

Yes. My MIL's personality was dramatically changed by ministrokes, Hortensis Jun 2021 #18

If he was flying alone, then probably the latter. ecstatic Jun 2021 #8

This doesn't sound so much like a criminal issue as a mental health one. Midnight Writer Jun 2021 #5

Sounds like it might be early dementia to me, too. femmedem Jun 2021 #6

He does not look all there. I'm very sorry the flight attendant had to experience this, but ... Hekate Jun 2021 #7

If he has dementia have to wonder why he was on the plane. LiberalFighter Jun 2021 #10

And the dementia didn't prevent him from getting on the right plane JI7 Jun 2021 #11

Several have asked how he traveled if he was demented? First, many drive cars. Really, they do... Hekate Jun 2021 #15

yeah, it's possible this guy has dementia, and if so, that's sad Withywindle Jun 2021 #16

people will make excuses for white guys over anything! Maru Kitteh Jun 2021 #19

You really think that's what's going on? If I were to encounter a very old person of any race... Hekate Jun 2021 #20

I hope that you never have anyone with dementia in your family femmedem Jun 2021 #21

Oh geesh! 🙄 nt Raine Jun 2021 #22

He MAY have dementia. He MAY be an a-hole too... LowerManhattanite Jun 2021 #23