Herschel: "The worst thing they ever did was to educate Herschel Walker. I go Google stuff. I Google

[tblue37]

stuff and I learn what stuff means.”

Link to tweet

[Celerity]

1. A minstrel show for white nationalist christofascism, all 3 of those clowns

[CatWoman]

19. and that's what pisses me off

they revel in their roles

[elias7]

2. Too stupid to realize how stupid he is

[Beartracks]

3. Stupid people are often quite confident in how not-stupid they are.

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[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. cocksure

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Paklids say: "We want Geordi. He makes things go." . . . nt

[ProfessorGAC]

10. Great Reference! (nt)

[BumRushDaShow]

15. Exactly what they are

[Hortensis]

6. Oh, those evil "they" whose dastardly universal education plot backfired...

He sounds stupid, but the highly divisive, resentment and racism-stoking message is selected by smart evil people.

“The victim has become among the most important identity positions in American politics”

"Two manifestations of perceived victimhood are egocentric (i.e., “I am the victim because I deserve more than I get”) and systemic (i.e., “I am the victim because the system is rigged against me”).''

[RobertMcNamara]

7. I fear

I fear almost all attacks against Hershel being about his inflect, character, or personal life instead of policy is going to backfire.
I’m worried this guy will win.
His policies suck beyond just abortion, we need to focus on that.

[Irish_Dem]

9. He is obviously intellectually disabled and mentally ill.

These are legitimate issues and cannot be ignored.

[albacore]

16. I believe the footbal-brain-injury (CTE) explanation. nt

[milestogo]

17. I raised this in the Football forum.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/12109786

Just plain stupid is not a symptom of CTE.

[Irish_Dem]

23. CTE doesn't account for all the psychopathology we are seeing.

For example CTE doesn't turn someone into a lying, cheating sociopath.

He has also been diagnosed with a rare, serious illness called Dissociative Disorder.
This is chronic, progressive and requires intensive treatment and often supervision.

I suspect also that there were pre-existing cognitive and intellectual deficits.

[CatWoman]

20. Exactly

[Vinca]

8. How eloquent.

[Ferrets are Cool]

11. Since when did he get edumacated?

[Solomon]

12. Didn't you hear him? Its when he learned how to Google stuff.

[Ferrets are Cool]

13. No, I don't suffer fools.

[milestogo]

18. A lot of people think using Google is a substitute for going to college.

[Solomon]

22. One of my brother in laws says he don't need a doctor because there's the internet!

[Zambero]

14. The Palin-ization of the GOP continues unabated

Hey, vote for me. I'm as dumb as you, even more so!

[Celerity]

21. Oh yes