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In reply to the discussion: R.F.K. Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain [View all]marble falls
(72,948 posts)... has described himself as "clearly cognitively challenged" and that he gets "lost" and locks up.
That's a terrible thing to happen to anyone. But that doesn't mean he is capable to hold the office. He brought it up and I admire his courage to discuss such a thing. It's really no fodder for comedians. It's not funny.
I really hate what's happened to Neom and Cricket. We've taken a serious example of animal cruelty and turned it into a joke. Because of this joke status, if Neom had only kept low and didn't do interviews this would blown away. But making it a joke like we have, has turned it into a sort of normal that voters will over time will begin to overlook. Keep the issue up - animal cruelty is a real issue, and something I'd really like to know about someone. But it is no joke. Psychopaths start out on animals and just because they don't move on to humans doesn't mean they aren't psychopaths anymore.
And just because someone has brain damage and admits to it doesn't mean the damage will have no effect on his abilities to carry out the duties of an elected office. And we need to discuss it and not make fun of it.