tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post5516701385745735082..comments2024-03-24T15:07:18.773+01:00Comments on The Stuttering Brain: Shocking or not?Tom Weidighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084153394215001999noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-17345163996997151192011-05-08T18:40:45.837+02:002011-05-08T18:40:45.837+02:00In my opinion, his intent is secondary. Primary is...In my opinion, his intent is secondary. Primary is his use of the word as a pejorative...an insult. It is wrong for the same reason we shouldn't use "retard" as an insult. It reduces those who suffer from those conditions as being "less than" those who do not.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495681646192923618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-64427337829198381752011-05-06T07:39:23.903+02:002011-05-06T07:39:23.903+02:00Colin Firth started stuttering in real life...http...Colin Firth started stuttering in real life...http://blogs.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/05/05/colin-firth-grappling-with-kings-speech-stutter/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-42000960886085352022011-05-04T10:40:05.015+02:002011-05-04T10:40:05.015+02:00Do you like the Donald, Tom??Do you like the Donald, Tom??Jeromenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-52762248354542561272011-05-04T10:21:23.339+02:002011-05-04T10:21:23.339+02:00To give Trump the benefit of the doubt shows how i...To give Trump the benefit of the doubt shows how in love you are with him. Trump is a rude, classless loud-mouth who very often and publicly calls people names. So let's not overanalyze here.imcesarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17422721168909161986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-59038809540515769622011-05-04T07:29:48.708+02:002011-05-04T07:29:48.708+02:00Sorry, I messed up a few details!Sorry, I messed up a few details!Tom Weidighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02084153394215001999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-19759961271753013982011-05-04T05:27:41.087+02:002011-05-04T05:27:41.087+02:00I'm more shocked by a lot of the comments. I h...I'm more shocked by a lot of the comments. I hope that isn't how the general population really thinks. It's not their attitude towards stuttering, it's that they don't have a brain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-77701215424370042132011-05-03T22:09:25.418+02:002011-05-03T22:09:25.418+02:00For clarification, it was the Stuttering Foundatio...For clarification, it was the Stuttering Foundation of America who made the public statement about Trump's remarks, not the National Stuttering Association.<br />My understanding is that Trump called Myers a "stutterer" (which from what I heard on the video clip, he does not speak with stuttered speech, unless he is very covert and a master word-switcher), not President Obama!<br />My opinion: despite it being 2011 and stuttering awareness at an all time high, politicians or wannabe politicians still find it acceptable to term someone as a stutterer in order to denote poor communication or otherwise paint the person in a negative light.<br />So, I agree with you. I am not shocked. Stuttering continues to be a misunderstood disorder (for some, a true disability) that many people still think its ok to take potshots at.Pamhttp://www.stutterrockstar.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com