{"id":79039,"date":"2020-09-30T23:22:06","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T20:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/advocates-call-out-ableists-for-mocking-bidens-mid-debate-stutters\/"},"modified":"2020-09-30T23:22:06","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T20:22:06","slug":"advocates-call-out-ableists-for-mocking-bidens-mid-debate-stutters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/advocates-call-out-ableists-for-mocking-bidens-mid-debate-stutters\/","title":{"rendered":"#Advocates call out ableists for mocking Biden\u2019s mid-debate stutters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a0e51d3b0e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a0e51d3b0e\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/advocates-call-out-ableists-for-mocking-bidens-mid-debate-stutters\/#Biden_has_spoken_publicly_about_his_stutter_in_the_past\" >Biden has spoken publicly about his stutter in the past.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/advocates-call-out-ableists-for-mocking-bidens-mid-debate-stutters\/#The_Daily_Dots_2020_election_coverage\" >The Daily Dot\u2019s 2020 election coverage<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Advocates call out ableists for mocking Biden\u2019s mid-debate stutters<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-sub-head\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Biden_has_spoken_publicly_about_his_stutter_in_the_past\"><\/span>Biden has spoken publicly about his stutter in the past.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content-wrapper\">\n<p>In the wake of Tuesday night\u2019s presidential debate, some viewers are mocking Democratic nominee Joe Biden\u2019s mid-debate stutters. <\/p>\n<p>The former vice president faltered in his speech multiple times throughout the night, either stumbling over his words or taking an extra moment to compose his thoughts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t long before <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> users noticed the stutter and openly made fun of it. Some decided to make a drinking <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> out of it, tweeting they\u2019d take a drink or shot every time Biden stuttered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden starting to stutter and stumble.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Cardillo (@johncardillo) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johncardillo\/status\/1311118539726741504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m gonna take a shot every time Biden stutters tonight. <\/p>\n<p>Pray for me.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Art TakingBack ?? (@ArtValley818_) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArtValley818_\/status\/1311077424776445952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Others claimed it\u2019s a sign he\u2019s lying and said it\u2019s the \u201cfunniest shit ever\u201d to watch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden stutters when he\u2019s about to lie.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tara LaRosa (@TaraLaRosa) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TaraLaRosa\/status\/1311127577197674500?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Idc who you support, watching Biden stutter and mispronounce shit is the funniest shit ever<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ????? (@EM0RYY) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EM0RYY\/status\/1311115646491652096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Biden struggled with a stutter for much of his childhood, and he\u2019s spoken publicly about it multiple times.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2011, he wrote a personal essay for <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/celebrity\/joe-biden-opens-up-about-childhood-stuttering-problem\/\"><em>People Magazine<\/em><\/a> about his experiences. While in seventh grade at a boys\u2019 prep school, a couple of nuns reportedly taught him to speak to a cadence, which helped him slow down his speech and overcome his impediment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite never receiving professional speech therapy, Biden mostly overcame his stutter, and it never seemed to hinder his professional career, as is evident from his 47 years in politics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But for many people who overcome stutters, it still may come back during times of stress or pressure, like Tuesday night at the debate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Many have questioned the mental capacity of people who stutter, especially people who are attempting to lead the country.\u00a0However, stuttering is simply a communication disorder involving disruptions, or \u201cdisfluencies,\u201d in a person\u2019s speech, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/westutter.org\/facts-about-stuttering\/\">according to the National Stuttering Association<\/a>. It affects about 1% of the world\u2019s population.<\/p>\n<p>Biden addressed the matter again at a CNN Town Hall in February.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has nothing to do with your intelligence quotient. It has nothing to do with your intellectual makeup,\u201d Biden said at the time. \u201cYou know, stuttering, when you think about it, is the only handicap that people still laugh about, that still humiliate people about. And they don\u2019t even mean to.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Biden shares vulnerable story on how he overcame stuttering\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iWn1CkIU_rc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Many online were quick to defend both Biden\u2019s stutter and mental capacity after Tuesday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden grew up with a stutter. Speaking slowly and pausing between sentences are common strategies for dealing with a stutter. If I catch you calling Biden mentally incompetent because of the way he speaks, I will physically fight you,\u201d one user tweeted. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden grew up with a stutter. Speaking slowly and pausing between sentences are common strategies for dealing with a stutter. If I catch you calling Biden mentally incompetent because of the way he speaks, I will physically fight you.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 hales (@HalieSawyers) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HalieSawyers\/status\/1311118450694258688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Nathan Heller, a <em>New Yorker<\/em> staff member with a stutter, tweeted that Biden \u201chas steel in his bones\u201d for having the courage to speak openly about his stutter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Because Biden has spoken publicly about trying to manage his stutter, I feel comfortable noting, as another person with a stutter: there is no greater nightmare than this. None. If he makes it to the end of this standing, he has steel in his bones.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nathan Heller (@nathanheller) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nathanheller\/status\/1311123147589025792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The resounding sentiment on Twitter, though, is that if a person mocks Biden for his stutter, they\u2019re an ableist.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we\u2019re talking about this debate over the coming days\/weeks, i hope we remember that Joe Biden has a stutter and the ableist language against that will never be, clever, funny, or okay in any way,\u201d one Twitter user wrote. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reminder that if you make fun of Biden\u2019s stutter, you\u2019re an \u2728ableist\u2728<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 register to vote (@turnthepaigeh) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/turnthepaigeh\/status\/1311115112971935745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">when we\u2019re talking about this debate over the coming days\/weeks, i hope we remember that Joe Biden has a stutter and the ableist language against that will never be, clever, funny, or okay in any way<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeremiah Rhodes (@jeremiahorhodes) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeremiahorhodes\/status\/1311131992667369472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Daily_Dots_2020_election_coverage\"><\/span>The Daily Dot\u2019s 2020 election coverage<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Trump seemingly tries to pass off 4-year-old photo as new, gets called out by photographer who took it<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>The right wants you to believe Kamala Harris is now an anti-vaxer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Facebook\u2019s big new election ads plan is filled with loopholes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Trump denies calling John McCain a \u2018loser\u2019\u2014his Twitter says otherwise<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mike Pence makes Arthur meme while meeting Joe Biden at 9\/11 memorial<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"dd-article-leadart-image-credit\">\n<p>                                                                                                <span class=\"dd-article-leadart-image-credit-segment\"><br \/>\n                                        <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-U_FS-mR__8\">TIME\/YouTube<\/a><br \/>\n                                    <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Like this articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social Media category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/irl\/ableists-mock-biden-debate-stutter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Advocates call out ableists for mocking Biden\u2019s mid-debate stutters &#8221; Biden has spoken publicly about his stutter in the past. 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