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'Fake' deaf Mandela signer had 'schizophrenic episode'
AFP via Yahoo! ^
| 12DEC2013
| AFP
Posted on 12/12/2013 7:12:06 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine
Johannesburg (AFP) - The sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela's memorial ceremony denied he was a fraud Thursday, claiming he gesticulated nonsense during the service because he was suffering a schizophrenic episode and hallucinating.
Thamsanqa Jantjie has been branded a fraud by members of South Africa's deaf community, who said his signing for US President Barack Obama and other world leaders amounted to little more than "flapping his arms around."
Jantjie on Thursday insisted he was a qualified signer, but said his behaviour was down to a sudden attack of schizophrenia, for which he takes medication.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: fake; interpreter; mandela; sasl; schizo; sign; signlanguage; thamsanqajantjie
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To: Jack Hydrazine
Not buying that story. I’ve been around people who were having these episodes.
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posted on
12/12/2013 7:13:03 AM PST
by
Mercat
To: Jack Hydrazine
Secret Service at top of their game placing overt schizophrenic next to POTUS.
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posted on
12/12/2013 7:13:53 AM PST
by
Mikey_1962
(Obama: The Affirmative Action President.)
To: Jack Hydrazine
He did perform it dead pan
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posted on
12/12/2013 7:14:26 AM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Jack Hydrazine
He wasn't the only fake there.
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posted on
12/12/2013 7:14:31 AM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
To: Mercat
Don’t those people having a schizo attack gesticulate wildly like this guy for four hours straight?
There ya go!
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posted on
12/12/2013 7:15:30 AM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Everything is spin with these people.
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posted on
12/12/2013 7:15:31 AM PST
by
Arm_Bears
(Refuse; Resist; Rebel; Revolt!)
To: Mercat
Right. Haven’t seen anywhere yet in which he actually demonstrated competent signing abilities for anyone yet.
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posted on
12/12/2013 7:15:43 AM PST
by
alancarp
To: Jack Hydrazine
I think he probably made more sense than what the speakers were saying.
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posted on
12/12/2013 7:15:53 AM PST
by
PoloSec
( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
To: Mikey_1962
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posted on
12/12/2013 7:16:02 AM PST
by
Gamecock
(There are not just two ways to respond to God but three: irreligion, religion, and the gospel. (TK))
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
12/12/2013 7:16:46 AM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
( Visit http://icantenroll.com/ In Glitch We Trust....;o})
To: Mikey_1962
Perhaps there was a method to their madness?
One can only hope......
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posted on
12/12/2013 7:17:24 AM PST
by
Howie66
(Molon Labe, Traitors!)
To: Jack Hydrazine
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posted on
12/12/2013 7:17:35 AM PST
by
New Perspective
(Proud father of a son with Down Syndrome and fighting to keep him off Obama's death panels.)
To: Mikey_1962
placing overt schizophrenic next to POTUS. Very sad actually. One man is delusional, has no idea what is going on, lives in another world and does not realize the impact of the world around him, while the other man works as a fake sign language interpreter.
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posted on
12/12/2013 7:17:51 AM PST
by
Michael.SF.
(I never thought anyone could make Jimmy Carter look good in comparison.)
To: Jack Hydrazine
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posted on
12/12/2013 7:18:05 AM PST
by
New Perspective
(Proud father of a son with Down Syndrome and fighting to keep him off Obama's death panels.)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Are you sure they didn’t mix this excuse up with Obamas excuse for taking the Selfie?
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posted on
12/12/2013 7:18:09 AM PST
by
digger48
To: Jack Hydrazine
A certain song comes to mind, ‘hand jive, hand jive, doing that crazy hand jive’.
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posted on
12/12/2013 7:18:18 AM PST
by
tflabo
(Truth or Tyranny)
To: Mikey_1962
So if he were denied employment, does SA have their own version of the ADA or is this just another example of the "Idiot Cousin Theory of Government" hiring?
"Idiot Cousin Theory of Government"
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2012/02/idiot-cousin-theory-of-government.html
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posted on
12/12/2013 7:19:48 AM PST
by
TurboZamboni
(Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Maybe he ‘signed’ gibberish because that was what he was hearing.
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posted on
12/12/2013 7:19:52 AM PST
by
CMailBag
To: Jack Hydrazine
Do you think SNL will do a skit on this?
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posted on
12/12/2013 7:20:07 AM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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