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Iran says "the White House is stricken by a mental (or intellectual) disability." [See Staff Post]
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Europeans don't seem convinced with the evidence the US has shown according to german news.
it's the word children's cartoon villains use because they can't say "kill".
They already did that, it was called the JCPOA which Trump's dumbass withdrew from out of spite.
That silver spoon was shoved so far into his mouth that it punctured his brain.
every country should be shooting down $150 million drones on the daily
And then sit in his armchair and go:
"Gee Europe should really do something about that immigration problem, yikes!"
It fucking baffles me how few people have absolutely no problem wasting this much money on the military.
American government doesn't lie at all, especially when it comes to starting a war so this is without a doubt, 100% factual
The only thing more honest than the US gov and potential wars is American police and their encounters with black citizens.
Iran fucked up
Not every country cares about such things like some people in America do. Im pretty sure they meant every word. Similar to Kim calling him a dotard. People think Trump is a dumb ass.
Except that's not what he said apparently in Farsi. So the translation is wrong.
Nor should you blindly trust Iran for that matter. These countries will say whatever they want to justify their position. It'll take some unbiased 3rd party to ever know the truth.
According to the redditor the word he used doesn't directly translate to retard but it does mean mentally handicapped or close to it.
Oh shut it Trump. Kim has said the same things a few times and you are kissing his ass on the regular.
tho i had a laugh for a moment i agree with this. the consequences of using the wrong words are magnified when information spreads so fast (and the opposing party just listens to the dumbest sources and never fact checks).
In fact this mistranslation could have a pronounced effect on Trumps policy at this point, sad as it sounds.
Thanks, I did read the thread.
People continue to say they disaprove of the insult. They don't seem to care whether it was mistranslated.
I feel like even if the actual translation was presented accurately you would get the same response. This is North Korea all over again except this time no one will stop Trump from starting war in the middle east.
FUCK.
At my school growing up, there was one huge kid. like heads taller than all the others. He was a violent kid with a meanstreak and would frequently hurt people that accidentally crossed his path. He intimidated EVERYONE.
SImulataneously, we had a psycho basketball coach that watched us all during recess. One day, psycho coach couldnt take it that all the kids wouldnt flock at the doors when recess was over, so he takes the closest basketball he could find and kicks it as HARD AS HE CAN, nick nolte in blue chips style. Big scary kid was sitting at the top of the bleachers, facing away and turned at the last second, catching this 80 mph basketball directly in the nose.
BIG KID STANDS UP, straight faced and STARES DOWN THE COACH. A single tear rolls down big kids face. The whole gym goes SILENT. I swear, psycho coach even froze and took a reluctant gulp. The situation settled down because I assume big kid didnt want to assault an old douchebag but yeah, those moments of tension feel like THIS SITUATION, RIGHT NOW.
FUUUUUCK.
At my school growing up, there was one huge kid. like heads taller than all the others. He was a violent kid with a meanstreak and would frequently hurt people that accidentally crossed his path. He intimidated EVERYONE.
SImulataneously, we had a psycho basketball coach that watched us all during recess. One day, psycho coach couldnt take it that all the kids wouldnt flock at the doors when recess was over, so he takes the closest basketball he could find and kicks it as HARD AS HE CAN, nick nolte in blue chips style. Big scary kid was sitting at the top of the bleachers, facing away and turned at the last second, catching this 80 mph basketball directly in the nose.
BIG KID STANDS UP, straight faced and STARES DOWN THE COACH. A single tear rolls down big kids face. The whole gym goes SILENT. I swear, psycho coach even froze and took a reluctant gulp. The situation settled down because I assume big kid didnt want to assault an old douchebag but yeah, those moments of tension feel like THIS SITUATION, RIGHT NOW.
FUUUUUCK.
Trump is trying to weigh whether it helps himself to attack Iran or not attack Iran.
He's considering personal insults on the world stage vs. aggressive counter-attack on Iranian military forces, wondering if Iran is trying to trick him into military action by teasing him for being a coward.
He's afraid oil prices shooting up might stall the economy and hit the stock market, following a counter-attack, and since he's in election mode, he doesn't want to upset the economy, as it's the only thing he has any sort of bragging rights about at the moment.
National Security plays no role in his thoughts. This is all about Trump's image to his voting base. He'd let Putin have US nuclear codes if it meant 4 more years in the White House and a possible Trump Tower in Moscow in 2025.
He'll project, spin, deflect, pivot, collude, conspire, lie... whatever it takes for self-affirmation.
He's considering personal insults on the world stage vs. aggressive counter-attack on Iranian military forces, wondering if Iran is trying to trick him into military action by teasing him for being a coward.
He's afraid oil prices shooting up might stall the economy and hit the stock market, following a counter-attack, and since he's in election mode, he doesn't want to upset the economy, as it's the only thing he has any sort of bragging rights about at the moment.
National Security plays no role in his thoughts. This is all about Trump's image to his voting base. He'd let Putin have US nuclear codes if it meant 4 more years in the White House and a possible Trump Tower in Moscow in 2025.
He'll project, spin, deflect, pivot, collude, conspire, lie... whatever it takes for self-affirmation.
This administration is a fucking embarrassment.
Let us not forget that unlike China and NK, this is a crisis that they've created out of thin air. Idiots.
Mentally retarded was not always a slur or offensive term in English. Retard is a verb (pronounced like Zach Galifianakis does in The Hangover), and saying someone was mentally retarded meant they were "slow in developing" or "held back." It wasn't an insult. Then people started using it as a noun, someone who was mentally retarded was "a retard." Cruel and insensitive to say the least. Then it became a derogatory/insulting word for anyone you didn't like or thought was dumb. Well, on top of the cruelty from before, now we're associating any bad trait with someone who, through no fault of their own, has a handicap which in no way diminishes their value or character.
So, when talking languages...is there some 1:1 example in Farsi of this history of the (offensive noun) retard? It could be that the equivalent of "mentally handicapped" and "mentally retarded" has no such baggage in Farsi, and it just sounds much worse to us given that history when it's a literal translation. But it's still being used as an insult and in a derogatory way, and is a disservice to those who are handicapped. So I'm not really seeing how this is just a translation issue. Would it be better if he said had mental difficulties? Mental issues? Never got the love he needed from daddy as a child? I don't think there's a real way to say this which doesn't conflate Trump's narcissistic derangement with people who already don't need that kind of stigma.
So, when talking languages...is there some 1:1 example in Farsi of this history of the (offensive noun) retard? It could be that the equivalent of "mentally handicapped" and "mentally retarded" has no such baggage in Farsi, and it just sounds much worse to us given that history when it's a literal translation. But it's still being used as an insult and in a derogatory way, and is a disservice to those who are handicapped. So I'm not really seeing how this is just a translation issue. Would it be better if he said had mental difficulties? Mental issues? Never got the love he needed from daddy as a child? I don't think there's a real way to say this which doesn't conflate Trump's narcissistic derangement with people who already don't need that kind of stigma.
He shouldn't be getting translations from Twitter in any case. It why there is a whole State Department with diplomats and analysts to parse these statements before reacting.
Mistranslating by a journalist isn't the cause of him talking that comment, it's Trump's own stupidity
Stolen from twitter:
Projection, thy name is Republican.
My God, what a moron.
The icing on the cake is that the US never attacked Iran during Obama's eight years in office.
Speaking of this, it would be nice if the thread title were changed.
Maybe not with conventional weaponry, but there were cyber-attacks - the most prominent being the Stuxnet worm developed jointly by the US and Israel that attacked the PLCs of their uranium enrichment facilities.
#HeyMoron
Hey moron: the third line of the Iran Nuclear Deal guaranteed just that. Maybe you should have read it before you tore it up.