• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You can find plenty of footage from when he was VP, and when he was in the Senate, where he clearly struggles to say the right words, and sometimes a malapropism slips out

    Maybe a handful of examples over 40 years of politics… But no more than any other politician who’s caught off guard.

    Here’s two examples of him in high stress public speaking situations where he had zero issues while in his 40s:

    Concession speech after his plagiarism torpedoed his campaign:

    https://www.cnbc.com/video/2020/11/07/watch-joe-bidens-speech-from-1987-when-he-dropped-out-of-his-first-presidential-run.html

    Heckled by reporters while he insults them:

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D1j0FS0Z6ho

    It seems like back then his issues were plagiarism and anger management, I’m not hearing any speech impediments tho…

    Because like I said, those are often a childhood thing, then re-appear in your 70s due to completely normal age related mental decline.

    This isn’t two people with different opinions, this is you saying science and video evidence is wrong and your opinion is right

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      1 year ago

      It’s not like it always comes up.

      Your two examples are a super well prepared and rehearsed speech, and an off the cuff “insult”, which is exactly where it would not happen.

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        What?

        If it doesn’t happen with off the cuff remarks, or we’ll prepared speeches…

        Why is it now happening in well prepared speeches and off the cuff remarks?

        That just doesn’t make any logical sense unless something changes in the last 35 years like the same normal age related mental decline everyone experiences if they live long enough.

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          1 year ago

          Not that I watch it all but I don’t see it in super well prepared speeches. Concession speech with political hopes for the future, I guarantee you that shit was dialed in to 9000.

          Not off the cuff remarks, off the cuff “insults” (your words). Anger (your intonation) tends to clarify your brain. Insults are a pretty simple message.

          See how you’re trying to change it?

          It happens more in regular speeches that are not super well rehearsed, and interviews where you have to come up with complex answers, convey complex points on the spot, etc.

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            1 year ago

            Nah, I think I’ll go with science and video evidence over unfounded opinions…

            Thanks tho, I’m sure someone might enjoy reading your opinions.

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              1 year ago

              Don’t like how I caught you trying to change it huh.

              Long story short: it doesn’t happen all the time and your two examples are exactly where it wouldn’t happen. Cue your more cherry picked examples, cue me saying it doesn’t happen all the time because that’s how it works.