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[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago

My guys, he's 80. That's a terminal illness of its own

Literal best-case prognosis is... oof. 36 years

[–] cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Oh. Oh he might not make it to 2028.

[–] wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Most of us wish he didn't make it to 1980.

[–] cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I appreciate your optimism. ✊🏼

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Rude, but I'm having a hard time finding a fault here. Diagnoses are made by doctors, not politicians. And that's how it should stay. We don't want to go down that slippery slope.

You can point out the American president's narcolepsy, his staggering, dark spots on his hands, things like that, but what you can't do is diagnose him with an illness, terminal or otherwise (unless you say life is a terminal illness, in which case we all have that).

Technically even paedophile is a diagnosis made by a psychiatrist. But we let that one slip a lot, even though I think we know not everyone who sexually abuses and trafficks minors is a paedophile and not every paedophile harms children, though that latter bit is splitting a mighty fine hair.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Pointing out there should be an investigation into presidential health so we don't have another Reagan or iirc Johnson (?) isn't rude it's the literal job of checks and balances.

That's exactly what he did? Did you read the article?

Dude didn't call him a pedophile, he said he's sick and the Whitehouse is lying.