This is the most important election of my life because I'm autistic

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I don't like Hillary either but I do also think Trump will be an absolute nightmare for autistics or even the disabled in general heck he hasn't even discussed any plans to help makes things easier at least Hillary seems to have a plan (just hope she follows through if elected). And as a trans woman a Trump presidency would also be hell.

you can bet that trump's own words, "... we've gotta get tough, people..." - is his code for "...you weaklings better just get outta the way...." and of course he sees [illustrated by his cruel mocking of that reporter] anybody not NT and anybody disabled, as "weaklings."

I'm not so sure about Trump making fun of someone's disability. I saw a compilation of clips from the past where he did something similar several times making fun of people being indecisive, who ain't disabled, like one he did of Ted Cruse. He even did it once to a degree when talking about himself during an interview several years ago.

watch the clip again, and if one fails to see it in its blatancy then it is plain that one does not want to see it at all. it is there, it is NOT imaginary.

I'm not saying it's not there. Just saying that I saw him do something similar other times.

so he's an equal opportunity mocker?

Maybe something like that haha. That video thumbnail is priceless. It's not like he ever really stood a chance of winning. Put all the stupid, lewd, racist, mocking etc things that's come out of his mouth aside, he's still just a hotel owner running against a Secretary of State with 30 years of active political experience. He should have chosen Steve Wynn as his VP lol.

All that clip is showing is a man who uses mimicking cerebral palsy as a way of mocking anyone he doesn't like.

I, sadly, used to do the same thing when I was a teenager. If I didn't like someone, I would mimic them and and use spasm like movements to show that they were "damaged." It was usually accompanied by a dull accent that we thought indicated that they were an idiot.

It's an adulescent, able-ist thing to do. I grew out of it. I don't do that anymore because I recognize that implying that people I don't like have cerebral palsy is really mean to people who actually have CP. Disagreeing with me, even in ways that make you look stupid, does not mean that you have a disability.

And I'm not running for president, but if I did, the fact that I really did use CP to mock people like that should damn well be relevant. You don't want me to be president! I have too many issues.

In the Reagan years a lot of people with mental health issues ended up on the street--to give them their freedom (and to also reduce government expenses, by the way). Maybe Trump is foreshadowing who is next?

mebbe he wants to give us the "freedom" to suffer, starve and die ignominiously. and that is the bright side.

Entitlement programs might be more aptly named "common decency" programs, but common decency seems to be in short supply.

and the GOP seems to be chock-full of no-common-decency types such as sen. tom cotton who said of gays, "be glad you are not being hung." btw, he admitted [after being outed by Anonymous] that he was "ex-gay." HAH!

Talking of gay issues....

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc ... ll/381374/

too bad powell couldn't be persuaded to run. he is IMHO an example of a non-batshit-crazy GOPTPer.