Donald Trump called Seth Meyers a stutterer: "I thought Seth Meyers -- his delivery frankly was not good. He's a stutterer." And Stuttering Foundation of America slammed Trump: "We at the Stuttering Foundation find it discouraging that in 2011, Donald Trump has chosen to use the word 'stutterer' in a derogatory fashion, something to be made fun of, to describe Seth Meyers' speech at the annual White House Correspondents' dinner."
I am not so shocked. He probably used it more in the sense of mental hesitation. What do you think?
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For clarification, it was the Stuttering Foundation of America who made the public statement about Trump's remarks, not the National Stuttering Association.
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!
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.
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.
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.
Sorry, I messed up a few details!
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.
Do you like the Donald, Tom??
Colin Firth started stuttering in real life...http://blogs.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/05/05/colin-firth-grappling-with-kings-speech-stutter/
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.
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