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OneGrassRoot

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36. Thank you, elleng!
Sat Jul 13, 2024, 06:30 AM
Jul 2024

I'm 60 and haven't thought about stuttering much at all for a long time, not until this feeding frenzy after the debate. It's just something you learn to live with and don't dissect it much. I'm sure the President is the same way, so I'm glad he sat down for that interview with your friend.

I'm inspired to write a post on Medium that people can share if they're so inclined. It really, really does help to be able to explain that his speech patterns aren't cognitive in nature at all. The last two weeks have been emotional for obvious reasons but I didn't realize how much my own journey with stuttering was making me in the wake of all the bullying. And that's what it has been from many conservative quart4ers.

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I suggest watching his speech in Detroit. I am very energized. texasfiddler Jul 2024 #1
No doubt! Sometimes he's fluid AF! 🙂 OneGrassRoot Jul 2024 #7
I was wishing more people would talk about this now... Alice B. Jul 2024 #2
I've said before, my ex had a stutter. nolabear Jul 2024 #3
Yup. I do it, too obamanut2012 Jul 2024 #6
Thank you for sharing that, OGR. The more we understand, brer cat Jul 2024 #4
TY n/t EndlessWire Jul 2024 #5
Thanks for sharing gab13by13 Jul 2024 #8
Not in my experience... OneGrassRoot Jul 2024 #11
Thank you for posting this! I posted an OP in the Primaries forum in 2019 or 2020 quoting an highplainsdem Jul 2024 #9
Thank you for the link! OneGrassRoot Jul 2024 #15
Thank you for sharing this- It's very enlightening! Quakerfriend Jul 2024 #10
I forgot about that!!! OneGrassRoot Jul 2024 #13
Thank you for sharing your experience! NoveltySocks Jul 2024 #12
You're right bdamomma Jul 2024 #14
Thanks for sharing. Least of my worries concerning President Biden... Wounded Bear Jul 2024 #16
Indeed. It's just infuriating how people... OneGrassRoot Jul 2024 #17
Great post! Thanks for taking the time to help us better KPN Jul 2024 #18
Thank you, OneGrassRoot Niagara Jul 2024 #19
Look! ...with arthritis in spine and foot making stiff looking walk. Festivito Jul 2024 #20
Why are you saying arthritis? He himself just last night claimed it was a broken foot that he had jimfields33 Jul 2024 #29
I too have read awhile ago that Joe has yorkster Jul 2024 #32
Ok. Thank you. Poor guy doesn't get a break. (No pun intended). jimfields33 Jul 2024 #34
He sure does deserve some "good breaks" yorkster Jul 2024 #38
Agree! brakester Jul 2024 #41
Well stated, brakester. We are damn lucky to have him. yorkster Jul 2024 #42
Drumph is doomed! What a stupid move!!!! brakester Jul 2024 #43
Maybe they poked the bear.. yorkster Jul 2024 #44
Take care of yourself! brakester Jul 2024 #49
mild post-fracture foot arthritis Festivito Jul 2024 #50
I was never a fan of him b4 2020 IbogaProject Jul 2024 #21
This needs to be louder. The press is BULLYING him for his stutter ColinC Jul 2024 #22
What a great insight to share! chowder66 Jul 2024 #23
I was already sympathetic to stutterers RussBLib Jul 2024 #24
Thanks for this, OGR. elleng Jul 2024 #25
Thank you, elleng! OneGrassRoot Jul 2024 #36
That is Dem4life1234 Jul 2024 #26
Stutterer here. Exactly what it's like. shrike3 Jul 2024 #27
And doesn't it suck... OneGrassRoot Jul 2024 #48
Yep. I remember a girl who stuttered on the letter D, and her name began with D. shrike3 Jul 2024 #52
That's me. I'm that girl. 😂 OneGrassRoot Jul 2024 #53
Sorry. You do what you've got to do. shrike3 Jul 2024 #54
That is Dem4life1234 Jul 2024 #28
As Joe would say: Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. Talitha Jul 2024 #30
How generous of you to share this and yorkster Jul 2024 #31
Thank you for this explanation! Sogo Jul 2024 #33
Thanks for posting this. tavernier Jul 2024 #35
I know many people think the same... OneGrassRoot Jul 2024 #39
But as you have seen on this thread tavernier Jul 2024 #40
K & R thanks for posting this message! Emile Jul 2024 #37
Exactly! Great post. But hey, that's complicated. Dark n Stormy Knight Jul 2024 #45
Bump. More people need to understand this. Dark n Stormy Knight Jul 2024 #46
Kickitty kick - thanks for posting Stinky The Clown Jul 2024 #47
Lifelong stutterer here as well. euphorb Jul 2024 #51
K&R usonian Jul 2024 #55
TY!!! This is So Informative from one who goes through it! electric_blue68 Jul 2024 #56
I'm sure as he has gotten older, the stutter has become more difficult to control. Fla Dem Jul 2024 #57
Thanks. Joe says, "here's the deal" a lot, then carries on. He's conquered it pretty well... brush Jul 2024 #58
Thanks for sharing. It seems relevant and important. Easterncedar Jul 2024 #59
Thank you for opening up and giving us a glimpse of just what stuttering is and how it affects you Deuxcents Jul 2024 #60
This information should be in a political ad for Biden. Or at least the media should REPORT mzmolly Jul 2024 #61
They really should bc it evolved into full-on bullying from my perspective. n/t OneGrassRoot Jul 2024 #66
Thanks for your perspective Bayard Jul 2024 #62
The wife of Sen. John Glenn made her mission to educate about stuttering no_hypocrisy Jul 2024 #63
Thank you for this information! n/t OneGrassRoot Jul 2024 #65
Even the two psychologists who have been evaluating TSF's dementia with a public podcast, had to bring in a hlthe2b Jul 2024 #64
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