His voice is the result of a neurological condition. Its not actually relevant to the disgusting words he spews with it. Other people have this condition and i wouldnt make fun of the sound of their voice either🤷🏻‍♀️ theconversation.com/what-causes-....

I won’t defend rfk jr, whose policies are literally leading to disease outbreaks and deaths. His voice is ugly not due to the disease, but due to the cruel spirit that speaks through his diseased vocal cords. Like I said, Diane Rihm had a similar disease and also a beautiful, though weakened, voice.

I don’t give a shit Mock the pig - he’s evil and deserves pain

Washingtonian's listened to Diane Rehm's radio show on WAMU for years and years so we know what spasmodic dysphonia is. But she never hovered over an open mic while others were speaking.

And I never suggested giving him a pass for that🤷🏻‍♀️

Kennedy blames his stupid voice on vaccinations. He absolutely deserved to be dragged for it.

Thank you. I have a friend who has this condition

Yes, spasmodic dysphonia is a known neurological condition that a number of people live with through no fault of their own. However, while there is no easy through line, him being a former IV heroin abuser, damage to the basil ganglia is certainly seen, and therein laryngeal damage can follow.

If he weren’t a vile mass murderer, then I might ignore the obvious fact that he has done every stupid ass thing to his health he could, but he is, so I see no issue in assuming his condition is directly related to his heroin, his roadkill brainwork’s, his rejection of medicine

I would never make fun of someone else who did all those things to themselves alone, but when you are single-handedly leading the charge against medical science and literally killing folks your not talking empathy your doing harm with this framing. Don’t sympathize he uses that

agree. case in point: Diane Rihm (late NPR lady) had focal dystonia. She sounded ancient when she wasn’t. i found her voice pleasant and decent. she had empathy and integrity. .

rfk has mauled his voice with a cocktail of heroin and steroids. Maybe it sparked his vocal problem? who cares. the ugliness that he conveys is due to his broken soul and anger. It indeed comes through his voice.

Agreed, Diane was great and I have crazy respect for what she did despite her voice, that took courage and was really impactful because every time you listen it showed that someone’s with a shaky voice can be among the most lucid and incisive. But even people who aren’t great, I would make fun of,

the difference here is RFK is not “not great” he is a horrific monster, and I don’t think you can hide in sympathy (something I am sure he does quite consciously) for a condition you bring on yourself through willfully shittery. Hes not a run of the mill asshole he’s a whole different breed

I’m not sympathizing in any way shape or form… I’m just saying attack his words, not the sound of his voice from a physical disability🤷🏻‍♀️

You were clear in your first post.

Appreciate that. The Internet can make you feel like you’re losing your mind sometimes.🤣 I despise the man. I think he’s responsible for many deaths already and stands poised to kill many more people. I can say that without mocking his medical condition 🤷🏻‍♀️

Yes. Yesterday I thought the same - that it was drugs - & then I looked it up & saw I was wrong. If we mock a disability then we are as bad as Trump when he mocked a reporter for his. You are not alone. With all the things the republican maga do/say we can use our energy focus better. Bye now.

Exactly this❤️

Fuck no- ATTACK ALL OF HIM THESE “PEOPLE” MUST BE PUT THE FUCK DOWN

Well I guess what I’m trying to say is 1) I don’t see it as a disability if you willfully and obnoxiously inflict it on yourself, and crucially 2) are trying to spread your own misfortune a thousand fold onto innocent children and people everywhere. I see no wrong in making fun of self inflicted

pain when it is experienced by monsters, and RFK is definitely a monster with some mild self inflicted pain. If I laugh at him it is not really that his voice is bad it’s laughing that this horrible man at least had to suffer a little from this thing he sends to so many innumerable others

And i never said you shouldnt laugh at him… its just SPECIFICaLLY targeting the sound of his voice as raspy puts you down to his level in terms of shitting on disabilities. Thats all im saying. Its so easy to attack him WITHOUT doing that. He is a genuinely shitty person

You are 100% correct. I made fun of his voice before I knew he had this condition. We should all be able to admit mistakes rather than double down.

you do know botox is used by many many people for migraines right. like its the next line of treatment if oral meds dont work. we can debate whether his lack of knowledge & hubris is the cause but its not related to heroin use and youre throwing other disabled people under the bus

"its not a disability if its self inflicted" has really REALLY awful connotations regarding mental illness. dont spread ableism in an effort to stop it RFKJ was like this LONG before anything happened to his voice. Go after his morals.

If RFK Jr took out a revolver and shot himself in the balls, you can bet I would make fun of him for being a ball-less jackass mass murderer. I'm not gonna assume that a cancer victim or someone else in the same state did this, and make fun of that. I am not a perfect emissary, far from it, but

I also fundamentally disagree with you here. There is a substantial and important difference between self-inflicted conditions and non self inflicted, and moreso the context of RFK choosing these things is a large part of what makes him such an insane monster, because he pushes self harm in others.

"There is a substantial and important difference between self-inflicted conditions and non self inflicted" nope. because please, tell me how you define those things according to RFKJ, I self inflicted myself with inflammation and MCAS issues because I dont eat healthy, therefore, I'm worth less.

🦭 When you use ableism to attack fascists you are doing the fascists work for them. Maybe consider why you think saying a person is disabled and we should criticise their behaviour and not their disability is inherently sympathising with them.