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@freemo Hey, I'm one of those folks. There was a pretty big difference between his campaigning/debating skills in 2020 vs 2024, which is what led us to change our minds. He's just not the man he was.
And yet, I had no trouble seeing the obvious dementia in 2020 and was clearly correct. The only difference is the dementia progressed to the point that it got worse and at a certain point no amount of denial will get you through it.
But the fact is, reflect on that. Clearly people were screaming he had dementia, the fact that you didnt think he did and it turned out he did suggests perhaps you were blinded to the truth and couldnt see what was obvious to everyone else.
The real takeaway here is if you couldnt even tell a person with severe rapid onset dementia has a problem, what other issues are you unable to see due to biases? Perhaps you should rethink how harshly you criticize someones opinion of your candidate as well if you were blocking people who said that.
@freemo Lol, well I wasn't calling people Nazis or blocking them. Just disagreeing.
Dementia's a sliding scale. People at the beginning are very high-functioning. So, yes, while he may have been in early stages back then, it wasn't debilitating enough to disqualify him.
Oh well nothing too bad about just disagreeing and being wrong. But even so sounds like a good opportunity to reflect and consider what other blind spots you may have, since that was a pretty big one IMO.
Are you saying back then you would have admitted he had dementia but just that his dementia was mild enough you voted for him anyway? Because thats a very different argument then disagreeing with people who claimed he had dementia at all.
@freemo I think there were some signs of it, but because of his history of having a stutter and overcoming it, it was a bit concealed. Plus, he retained his ability to continue campaigning successfully, so most of us just decided to work with what we had.
Remember, most dems didn't want Biden at the 2020 primary. It was only because we couldn't agree on anyone else and he was the least offensive. He was almost nobody's first pick.