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Ms. Toad

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9. Nothing to do with brain worms, or drugs, or anything else people were mocking him about yesterday (and today).

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Sep 5, 2025, 01:56 PM

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It's a real condition. Anyone who has listened to the Diane Rehm show (NPR, off the air for a few years now) should instantly recognize his condition from how he sounds. Not to mention that this is not new information about him.

Although he deserves scorn and ridicule for WHAT he says, how he sounds is the consequence of a disability - and ridicule should be off the table.

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A rare brain disorder robbed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of his strong speaking voice [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Friday OP

It's not about how he sounds it about what he says. Klarkashton Friday #1

ya' think? NJCher Friday #6

This is some ableist bullshit. TheProle Friday #12

Not me NJCher Friday #16

How about Pres. Biden's stutter? TheProle Friday #17

no NJCher Friday #22

Are we sure it didn't happen during his crack smoking phase decades ago? BannonsLiver Friday #2

Along those lines BeyondGeography Friday #3

That's the story he tells. Maybe it's true, but so far the source of everything I've ever heard Scrivener7 Friday #4

He sounds a lot like Susan Collins milestogo Friday #19

I think Rebl2 Friday #5

For one guy, he sure has run up against some unusual medical issues EYESORE 9001 Friday #7

What a horrible thing to happen to a complete asshole. bluedigger Friday #8

Nothing to do with brain worms, or drugs, or anything else people were mocking him about yesterday (and today). Ms. Toad Friday #9

Now that I am in possession of the facts, I regret mocking him for his voice Orrex Friday #11

You're welcome! n/t Ms. Toad Friday #13

True, But Biden RobinA Friday #14

I don't recall anyone on DU making fun of Biden for stuttering Ms. Toad Friday #18

It can also be one of the secondary bad health effects that 14 years of heroin addiction can cause. ancianita Friday #10

Or heroin? malaise Friday #15

Spasmodic dysphonia is not caused by brainworms. Please do just a teeny bit of research, people Hekate Friday #20

Well whatever it was, it also affected his mental capacity. hamsterjill Friday #21