(Apologies in advance for the extensive quoting, but it’s necessary, as the text is otherwise unavailable.)
In response to the question Why do Americans consider Biden to be too old for president, but not Trump?, I wrote:
“Age” here is a euphemism. Biden’s problems are associated with age, but not inherent in it. Many people much older than him are more fit for public office.
Biden is suffering severe cognitive decline. He misstates people’s names, even when their names are printed on the teleprompter in front of him; he forgets that people have died; he loses his train of thought in the middle of sentences; he constantly has to be guided by aides; he loses his temper over minor slights. Unkind Youtubers have put together long “greatest hits” videos of these problems.
The major media, either out of bias or compassion, have avoided obviously applicable terms like “senility” and “dementia”; since they have conspicuously not avoided terms like “narcissism” and “mania” with Trump, many people including myself suspect bias.
Moderator JJJ responded with
I'm going to delete this per the harmful political content policy of our code of conduct. You make serious allegations which you have not backed up by evidence. Further, we do not allow discriminatory content towards someone's disability (in this case Biden's stutter).
and did in fact (with assent of Joe W) delete my answer. All undeleted answers are some variation of “bias” and “irrationality”.
As for “serious allegations which [I] have not backed up by evidence”, obviously, each of those allegations were based on well-known public events for which I could have, if given the opportunity, and can now, if asked, give complete video evidence, as I alluded.
As for “discriminatory content”, I never referred to Biden having a stutter. I didn’t know at the time that it was claimed he had a stutter and don’t believe it now*. Like 72% of Americans, I am willing to acknowledge aloud that he appears to have senile dementia.
Given the events of the last few days, I think it is almost undisputed that
- Biden does have some serious organic condition that raises concerns about his fitness for office
- Attempts not just to deny the first fact but to suppress any mention of it are harmful to the democratic process
* To clarify, I have no opinion on whether he ever had a stutter. I do know he has not spoken with a significant stutter while he has been president — perhaps he had one and overcame it — and his problems are unconnected to any speech defect.
Followup: at the prompting of the “moderator” JJJ, I added video citation for each of my statements and submitted my answer for un-deleting. Surprisingly I have received no response whatsoever.