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Sensitive_Maybe_6578 t1_iukv4tn wrote

Do their caretakers/loved ones also have cognitive impairment? GTFOOH.

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trucorsair t1_iul26te wrote

Hmmm, did he do the costume himself or did someone help him out it together and sort of set him up because they knew he would garner some sympathy once he was identified with cognitive impairment?

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AhRedditAhHumanity t1_iuldrcs wrote

Just like the entire right wing who are also nazis- cognitively impaired.

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DyslexicDarryl t1_iumxsa5 wrote

Anyone wearing nazi effects have cognitive impairments, for starters.

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TwistinInTheWind t1_iulii1t wrote

That is so Madison, calling the cops because they are offended. I mean, it IS offensive, but calling the cops? I might just to let them know that hey, this guy is gonna get his ass kicked sooner or later.

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onelittleworld t1_iumt05u wrote

>but calling the cops? I might just to let them know...

Let them know, how? Give 'em a call, or something?

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TwistinInTheWind t1_iuo896s wrote

Yes, that is what my sentence says, "I might [call the cops] just to let them know." I'm sorry if English isn't your first language.

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coleslawww307 t1_iup9cds wrote

So you wouldn’t call the cops, except to call the cops

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weirdal1968 t1_iul2ti7 wrote

A nottheonion story in the hometown of The Onion.

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CannedApples13 t1_iulw6cv wrote

What about the one in New York? Or the black face kids in Utah?

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Effective-Elevator83 t1_iul3j47 wrote

Maybe the idea of caring for him until they grew old and died was too much. Easier to dress him up and let human nature take its course.

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chockerl t1_ium0k11 wrote

And he’s a moral imbecile

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xrufus7x t1_iun81s9 wrote

"This employee has cognitive disabilities due to a traumatic brain injury. His work with the museum over the past 10 years has been closely supervised, coached, and supported. It is our understanding that he believed his costume to be mocking Hitler."

Yah, we should probably give him a bit of slack. Most likely someone tricked him into it.

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HRHGracktheGreat t1_iupklpk wrote

I THOUGHT HALLOWEEN WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SPOOKY!

Y’all just a bunch of HALLOWEENIES!

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LilG1984 t1_iuo5tav wrote

So he wasn't in the Reich mind?

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Prudent-Beautiful-33 t1_iuma7pp wrote

If he didn't have cognitive impairment before hand, he sure as hell should afterwards. In any sane would he would have been beaten in the street.

Its always, always ok to punch Nazi's.

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xrufus7x t1_iuncnv7 wrote

"This employee has cognitive disabilities due to a traumatic brain injury. His work with the museum over the past 10 years has been closely supervised, coached, and supported. It is our understanding that he believed his costume to be mocking Hitler."

He isn't a Nazi. Just a guy with literal brain damage who was likely tricked into wearing the costume.

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Electrical_Taste8633 t1_iuoe3hm wrote

I had a TBI,

Not ok with wearing a nazi costume.

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xrufus7x t1_iuoepyx wrote

This guy can't do his job without supervision. TBI's aren't one size fits all.

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Electrical_Taste8633 t1_iuofd2g wrote

Yeah but even that guy in the UK who was missing 80% of his brain likely wouldn’t be ok with nazis lol

The article says he thought it was mocking hitler, there’s no way. It’s not like people with Down syndrome go out in hitler costumes regularly.

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xrufus7x t1_iuom2pq wrote

>Yeah but even that guy in the UK who was missing 80% of his brain likely wouldn’t be ok with nazis lol

Bet you could convince him.

>The article says he thought it was mocking hitler, there’s no way. It’s not like people with Down syndrome go out in hitler costumes regularly.

I took care of people with Down Syndrome. They tend to be easily convinced to do things without fully understanding why. Many people with these types of issues take their queues from the people around them because they don't understand them themselves. The fact that he has an escort while working would indicate he falls in this group.

Also, you greatly underestimate the variance in the cognitive abilities of people with Down Syndrome. Some can take care of themselves and never run into issues, others don't have the ability to dress, feed and bathe themselves and wouldn't know who Hitler was. Just like with TBI, it isn't a 1 size fits all thing, which is why automatically using beatings as a solution isn't a good idea unless your goal is more brain injuries I suppose.

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Prudent-Beautiful-33 t1_iund8td wrote

I stand by my statement.

"we hope to engage this individual in a restorative justice process that would redress the harm done to the community while allowing him to understand the effects of his actions and accept accountability."

That process could have just been a solid ass beating, but no... we have apologists like you trying to justify his actions.

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xrufus7x t1_iung7is wrote

Ass beatings don't serve justice or help mentally handicapped people better understand things. They just make you feel like you are doing something. Mentally handicapped people are frequently taken advantage of as is. Turns out frequent beatings don't improve cognitive abilities, it just makes people afraid and more prone to exploitation.

This guy isn't a Nazi. Hell, he would be among the first the Nazis would march into a gas chamber.

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Prudent-Beautiful-33 t1_iunies5 wrote

> it just makes people afraid

Isn't... isn't... thats what stops people from doing shit? Fear. Fear is the deterrent.

I give up. You are the reason the world is dying. No one is afraid any more.

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xrufus7x t1_iunug7r wrote

>Isn't... isn't... thats what stops people from doing shit? Fear. Fear is the deterrent.

No, Fear is the primary driver behind the rise of this shit. If you are constantly afraid it messes with your brain, makes you more likely to be radicalized, not the other way around. Trauma doesn't "fix" people.

>No one is afraid any more.

What world are you living in?

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Prudent-Beautiful-33 t1_iunvl9o wrote

>What world are you living in?

A dying one.

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gotdatGranderson t1_iunxf2j wrote

Everyone should be kept afraid at all times. It's why I recommend consuming fox news as part of a healthy mental diet.

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Prudent-Beautiful-33 t1_iunxvdm wrote

No, you should be afraid of the consequences of your actions if they are... I don't know... dressing up as fucking Hitler.

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gotdatGranderson t1_iunyenw wrote

Yeah, I beat up the mentally Ill whenever I get the chance. Why can't homeless people just get a job? My grandfather with Alzheimers says some really out of pocket stuff sometimes, so I give him a slap to remind him to keep it PC. If our first response to something isn't to ignore all context and jump straight to violence I just don't get the point of responding at all. I fully agree with you

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MaverickDago t1_iuna5cw wrote

You're ok with beating a mentally handicapped man who was tricked into a Hitler costume. What a outstanding person you are. Just say you want to engage in violence. It's ok, it's morally shitty, but at least you'd be honest.

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Prudent-Beautiful-33 t1_iuncx0r wrote

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rvonbue t1_iunlv0l wrote

Do you have a cognitive impairment? I am seriously asking

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Prudent-Beautiful-33 t1_iunnk41 wrote

Not that I'm aware of. What I am is sick and tired of people making apologies for Nazis, even Halloween Nazi's with mental impairment. No one will take a stand anymore. First it's a costume, then its fucking tiki torch lit parades. If someone would have just stepped up and the shit out of these people before it got out of hand, this country would a much better place. Instead we make excuses.

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