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It's a real shame since he could have been a refreshing change for the Democrats - at first he seemed genuine, authentic, rather working class kind of aesthetic, etc. Not someone in his 80s, either, not that I care all that much about that, but at least I thought he would be around a while.
Then he has a stroke and turns more conservative. Lots of people saying (now) that he was always like that, but his own wife does not seem to agree....
Oh well, if he doesn't switch to R, I hope they primary him with someone way better. If he switches, I hope the Democratic choice destroys him next election.
Working class aesthetic? The bum wore pjs in the floors of Congress 😂
Yeah, but it sent a rather amusing message about the notion of how a very dated dress code (suits and ties? Why even the fuck. Humans can be wildly inconsistent in their positions on things, that is for sure.) is supposed to be the important part.
I cannot wait to vote his ass out 🙏
Even if he doesn't switch to R, it will feel like....
Edit: See comment below. I jumped the gun with this one.
~~Strokes do end up heightening the worst of a person's personality since their cognitive faculties are no longer at the point of enforcing a filter.~~ I'm not sure if strokes cause a person's core beliefs to do a complete 180.
I know my father had problems regulating emotion but at least he was mostly aware that he had become Pet Seminary dad..Strokes suck.
Fetterman is still an ass
Pet Seminary 2?
This is absolutely not true. Like any brain injury, strokes can damage different parts of someone's brain and it can be impossible to predict how they may change. It could affect memory, personality, mobility, speech, you name it. Regarding personality, it could change in almost infinite ways, or not at all.
They can, but probably not as a political exercise. I'm not a doctor but I am older and I've seen my share, even one guy I knew where it did actually change him from a total asshole into a gentle birdwatcher type. It was like the stroke turned him into a Stepford Wife, and I'm not exaggerating. But that's the point: it changed his observable mood, not necessarily his thoughts or beliefs. So we saw it in his demeanor and outlook, not necessarily in complex views he'd acquired over time.
I'm not familiar with the details of Fetterman's stroke story, but speaking for myself I'd want to know what he was like prior, how he was to be around as a general rule, and whether more basic cognitive skills -- speech, basic math, being able to perform a complex task like cooking food -- also took a hit before I gave any credence to a stroke as exculpatory coincidence. I'm sure it could turn him authoritarian, but at the very least I think there would be a period of disconnect between old beliefs and new "law and order" demeanor.
TL;DR: I could be wrong, but if a stroke is severe enough to turn you into a fascist overnight, and stranger things have happened, it's also probably not going to leave the rest of your faculties alone, IMO.