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applegrove

(130,238 posts) Sat Dec 13, 2025, 06:18 PM Dec 13

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He's going after sign language. May the best lip readers

in the world, those who are deaf, get together and bring down the mango mueselini by reading his private words to staff.

And the evil continues...The Trump administration is arguing that requiring real-time American Sign Language interpretation of events like White House press briefings â€œwould severely intrude on the Presidentâ€™s prerogative to control the image he presents to the public,â€
— Kathleen Cottontail ðŸ³ï¸â€âš§ï¸â™¿ï¸ðŸ––ðŸ»ðŸ° (@kathleengmaz.bsky.social) 2025-12-13T12:19:38.410Z

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He's going after sign language. May the best lip readers (Original Post) applegrove Dec 13 OP

And don't show blind people at his press conferences BOSSHOG Dec 13 #1

Interpreting enid602 Dec 13 #2

Putin doesn't have a sign language interpreter, why should Trump? Jim__ Dec 13 #3

So, Is This Sarcasm I'm Not Getting? ColoringFool Dec 13 #6

It would be much harder to synthetically alter or deepfake alittlelark Dec 13 #4

Good Grief! Our fellow citizens who happen to be deaf deserve to know what he's saying and they vote! Rhiannon12866 Dec 13 #5

ASL should be taught in middle school berniesandersmittens Dec 13 #7

BOSSHOG

(44,738 posts)

1. And don't show blind people at his press conferences

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Dec 13, 2025, 06:22 PM

Dec 13

Or people in wheel chairs or black people. Only real Americans who would be accepted by republicans.

enid602

(9,617 posts)

2. Interpreting

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Dec 13, 2025, 06:46 PM

Dec 13

How can sign language interpreters interpret made up words?

Jim__

(15,073 posts)

3. Putin doesn't have a sign language interpreter, why should Trump?

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Dec 13, 2025, 06:59 PM

Dec 13

ColoringFool

(254 posts)

6. So, Is This Sarcasm I'm Not Getting?

Reply to Jim__ (Reply #3)

Sat Dec 13, 2025, 08:49 PM

Dec 13

alittlelark

(19,091 posts)

4. It would be much harder to synthetically alter or deepfake

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Dec 13, 2025, 07:20 PM

Dec 13

…Having to coordinate with sign language. He also may not like the potential politics of an random interpreter

Rhiannon12866

(250,127 posts)

5. Good Grief! Our fellow citizens who happen to be deaf deserve to know what he's saying and they vote!

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Dec 13, 2025, 07:53 PM

Dec 13

berniesandersmittens

(13,083 posts)

7. ASL should be taught in middle school

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Dec 13, 2025, 08:58 PM

Dec 13

The white house should be ashamed of themselves....(But they don't feel shame. Assholes)

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