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MorbidButterflyTat

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36. Exactly.

Reply to maxsolomon (Reply #19)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 03:29 PM

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] PeaceWave Feb 23 OP

Jerks? leftstreet Feb 23 #1

Cryptic AZJonnie Feb 23 #2

How so? I understood it just fine. niyad Feb 23 #7

I didn't, hence my post AZJonnie Feb 23 #8

It wasn't that complicated leftstreet Feb 23 #9

That was another possibility AZJonnie Feb 23 #11

There is a DU thread that claims that wnylib Feb 23 #22

Should be noted that the interpretation offered by that OP is exactly what FOXNews RockRaven Feb 23 #28

I am not at all surprised. Sounds like Fox talking point. wnylib Feb 23 #31

Yes that post was alerted FakeNoose Feb 23 #34

Of course it was not racist. This whole thing wnylib Feb 23 #35

Why would anyone here on DU mock Newsom for this? W_HAMILTON Feb 23 #23

They shouldn't. The criticism of Newsom is is being promoted on Fox and wnylib Feb 23 #32

Jerks? Well ... Munu Feb 23 #4

The two are synonymous. (nt) GiqueCee Feb 23 #18

I saw a clip on Bluesky where he said something like I am a poor student like you, talking to a black guy and audience LymphocyteLover Feb 23 #14

That's a RW specialty, isn't it? maxsolomon Feb 23 #19

Spot on. That's how it came across to me, too. wnylib Feb 23 #27

Exactly. MorbidButterflyTat Feb 23 #36

Context is everything... GiqueCee Feb 23 #24

What Newsom said was that he is no better than anyone else wnylib Feb 23 #25

As a left handed dyslexic, I understood him just fine. I do not get the "pushback" he's gotten. My SATs ... marble falls Feb 23 #3

I think the problem is a clip where he was talking to a black guy and audience and said I'm a poor student LymphocyteLover Feb 23 #15

I'm a lefty, too... GiqueCee Feb 23 #26

I was in Lutheran private schools. She wanted me to change hands, but I learned to change the slant and not ... marble falls Feb 23 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Feb 23 #40

Being a left handed dyslexic made me a good 3D computer aided draftsman. marble falls Feb 23 #41

Anyone making fun of anyone's disabilities and/or handicaps are themselves choosing to be a human being of SWBTATTReg Feb 23 #5

I can agree with what you wrote, but it does not apply wnylib Feb 23 #29

I wasn't directing my response in regards to Newsom's remarks. I do agree w/ your remarks that things are being SWBTATTReg Feb 23 #37

JFC. Probably the same ones who ragged on President Biden's stutter. niyad Feb 23 #6

Humans can be imazing. He is. twodogsbarking Feb 23 #10

If only we were all the same? multigraincracker Feb 23 #12

Our country is teetering on the edge of a cliff and yet DU finds time to dig deep into the minutia and potential meaning NoMoreRepugs Feb 23 #13

I really admire Newsom pinkstarburst Feb 23 #16

Well said BannonsLiver Feb 23 #17

Buttery males! hay rick Feb 23 #21

Post removed Post removed Feb 23 #20

The controversy isn't about his dyslexia synni Feb 23 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author pinkstarburst Feb 23 #39

Those folks are misreading what happened. marble falls Feb 23 #42

Newsom's certainly not one to delete his own words... his convictions stand firm Torchlight Feb 23 #38