Why does Walz do the Namasté gesture?

[dkovic77]

You doubling down on stupid isn't helping you.

You said it.. calling yourself stupid…. Now there is the true first step.

 

[HisArpy]

IKYABWAI

 

[dkovic77]

IKYABWAI

Sounds like someone who didn’t make it through the 5th grade… thanks for stepping up and showing it.

 

[Rick345]

India does its own thing in geopolitics, with no fucks given for American or European interests/demands. Maybe Walz is showing his intention to practice something like that.

Perhaps, at this point, I think the reason is much simpler, that he learned about the gesture while teaching in China or teaching Social Studies and uses it to convey his respect for others.

 

[Rightguide]

I know World leaders were adopting Namaste during COVID-19 instead of shaking hands. Does or has Walz ever practiced yoga? Namaste is a ubiquitous greeting in Yoga classes. It means I am bowing down to the divine in you.

Yeah, Obama used to do that to all the foreign leaders. He looked like a pussy when he did it.

 

[butters]

Perhaps, at this point, I think the reason is much simpler, that he learned about the gesture while teaching in China or teaching Social Studies and uses it to convey his respect for others.

while that's indeed possible, i've seen it used so often on tv... in movies, documentaries, the kind of movement often seen used by actors accepting the applause of an audience when accepting plaudits/nomination awards etc.... One doesn't need to have traveled abroad to pick it up.

 

[Rick345]

Yeah, Obama used to do that to all the foreign leaders. He looked like a pussy when he did it.

I only remember Obama using that greeting when he gave remarks in India. Having a bit of respect for the customs of another nation when you are in that nation doesn't make you a pussy it shows you are not ignorant.

 

[Rightguide]

I only remember Obama using that greeting when he gave remarks in India. Having a bit of respect for the customs of another nation when you are in that nation doesn't make you a pussy it shows you are not ignorant.

It showed he didn't respect our culture.

 

[dkovic77]

It showed he didn't respect our culture.

Ohhhh, Daddy Vlady has you twisted very tight.

 

[Rick345]

while that's indeed possible, i've seen it used so often on tv... in movies, documentaries, the kind of movement often seen used by actors accepting the applause of an audience when accepting plaudits/nomination awards etc.... One doesn't need to have traveled abroad to pick it up.

That's true you can see it in movies or on TV but to absorb something so it becomes a part of you I think you have to be immersed in it.. Not always we often imitate what we see in the movies or on TV but usually, it is short-lived. It becomes a fad.. In Walz's case, the China connection makes sense. Before 1990, I didn't see any images of Walz using the gesture.

 

[Rick345]

It showed he didn't respect our culture.

No, not at all.. It is called being polite. When he was here he shook hands, when he was in a place where the greeting was to bow he bowed, when the greeting was namaste' he did that.. Just because you respect someone else's culture does not lessen respect for your own..

 

[HisArpy]

I only remember Obama using that greeting when he gave remarks in India. Having a bit of respect for the customs of another nation when you are in that nation doesn't make you a pussy it shows you are not ignorant.

Ignorance is not knowing that the US President is bound to NEVER bow to the leader of another nation.

 

[Rick345]

Ignorance is not knowing that the US President is bound to NEVER bow to the leader of another nation.

There is no such restriction. State Department protocols advise U.S. diplomats and presidents to be sensitive to local customs. Every president from Truman to George W Bush bowed when greeting the Emperor of Japan.. H.W. Bush bowed before the casket of Akihito’s father, Emperor Hirohito, who led Japan during World War II, at the emperor's state funeral. Bush, who was shot down by the Japanese over the Pacific during the Second World War, told reporters the bow was nothing more than a sign of respect. From Washington to Fillmore bowing was the common form of greeting it wasn't until the Civil War that handshakes became popular.

Respecting the customs of other countries is a goal right off the bat to put on a good face and set the stage for diplomacy. What were you saying about ignorance?

 

[HisArpy]

There is no such restriction. State Department protocols advise U.S. diplomats and presidents to be sensitive to local customs. Every president from Truman to George W Bush bowed when greeting the Emperor of Japan.. H.W. Bush bowed before the casket of Akihito’s father, Emperor Hirohito, who led Japan during World War II, at the emperor's state funeral. Bush, who was shot down by the Japanese over the Pacific during the Second World War, told reporters the bow was nothing more than a sign of respect. From Washington to Fillmore bowing was the common form of greeting it wasn't until the Civil War that handshakes became popular.

Respecting the customs of other countries is a goal right off the bat to put on a good face and set the stage for diplomacy. What were you saying about ignorance?

https://www.quora.com/If-the-US-president-visits-the-queen-should-he-bow

https://www.cato.org/blog/americans-dont-bow

 

[RobDownSouth]

Ignorance is not knowing that the US President is bound to NEVER bow to the leader of another nation.

or NEVER salute the generals of other nations too, right?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1007255290545201153

Tricksy Trump got around the "NEVER bow" rule by curtseying to the Saudi king.

 

[Lazaran]

or NEVER salute the generals of other nations too, right?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1007255290545201153

Tricksy Trump got around the "NEVER bow" rule by curtseying to the Saudi king.

So if we’re keeping track: TODAY Derpy was humiliated over a “Kamala the border czar” claim; a claim that political campaigns can use artist songs with impunity, and this latest self-own related to Tim Walz doing some innocuous show of gratitude.



Poor Derpy…



Derpy

 

[RobDownSouth]

So if we’re keeping track: TODAY Derpy was humiliated over a “Kamala the border czar” claim; a claim that political campaigns can use artist songs with impunity, and this latest self-own related to Tim Walz doing some innocuous show of gratitude.



Poor Derpy…



Derpy

Be careful! The Derpmeister has begun dropping dark hints of "actionable defamation per se" against those with the temerity to disagree with him!

I'm thinking that going forward, we should limit him to two humiliations per day. He's obviously upset at the dwindling prospects of EDIT: after another Trump loss.

 

[jaF0]

He's obviously upset at the dwindling prospects of another Trump loss.

Ummmm, is that really worded the way you wanted it to be?

 

[Rick345]

https://www.quora.com/If-the-US-president-visits-the-queen-should-he-bow

https://www.cato.org/blog/americans-dont-bow

To paraphrase your Quora link, "Nobody has to bow to the Queen. It is merely what is regarded as good manners, proper form. It is the normal way to indicate that you have started interacting with her" .

I agree with that, be polite and have good manners. The President of the United States represents this country and the vast majority realize being polite and respecting the customs of the nations you visit is good manners..

you're quoting Quora and President Biden's mother, with all due respect to President Biden's late mother, I quoted the State Department which is the entity that sets the protocols on how dignitaries are to be treated.

 

[HisArpy]

To paraphrase your Quora link, "Nobody has to bow to the Queen. It is merely what is regarded as good manners, proper form. It is the normal way to indicate that you have started interacting with her" .

I agree with that, be polite and have good manners. The President of the United States represents this country and the vast majority realize being polite and respecting the customs of the nations you visit is good manners..

you're quoting Quora and President Biden's mother, with all due respect to President Biden's late mother, I quoted the State Department which is the entity that sets the protocols on how dignitaries are to be treated.

Somehow you must have missed this bit:

per US Protocol, the answer is NO. No US President should ever bow to any foreign leader, king, emperor, president, prime minister, “leader,” potentate, Pope, Emir, etc. And that’s the precedent and formal protocol for the US President.

So I wasn't "quoting" quora, I was citing to a source which cites to US protocol.

It's the same in the other linky.

Basically, what you did was read the headline and dismiss/poo poo the links because you'd already made up your stupid little mind that you were correct despite being provably wrong.

It REALLY sucks to be as stupid as you turned out to be.

 

[glamorilla]

he thinks it makes him look street.

 

[jaF0]

He's obviously upset at the dwindling prospects of EDIT: after another Trump loss.

Ummmm, is that really worded the way you wanted it to be?

 

[RobDownSouth]

Somehow you must have missed this bit:



So I wasn't "quoting" quora, I was citing to a source which cites to US protocol.

It's the same in the other linky.

Basically, what you did was read the headline and dismiss/poo poo the links because you'd already made up your stupid little mind that you were correct despite being provably wrong.

It REALLY sucks to be as stupid as you turned out to be.

What "citing to a source" did you mean exactly?
Neither the Quora discussion thread or the Cato editorial you linked to contained the verbiage you now claim.
If one of those links contained, you know, actual proof of your conjecture, why didn't you simply link to it directly and cut out the middleman "noise".

It would appear to me that you got caught lying once again, and rather than show us your "honor and moral turpitude" you're trying to brazen your way out of another trap.

Prove me wrong.

 

[Rick345]

Somehow you must have missed this bit:



So I w asn't "quoting" quora, I was citing to a source which cites to US protocol.

It's the same in the other linky.

Basically, what you did was read the headline and dismiss/poo poo the links because you'd already made up your stupid little mind that you were correct despite being provably wrong.

It REALLY sucks to be as stupid as you turned out to be.

Every president since Eisenhower has bowed to heads of state when customs suggest bowing is appropriate. Also, State protocol doesn't say they should never bow to a leader it suggests they shouldn't. I opened the link and read to content I quoted back to you.

https://www.quora.com/If-the-US-president-visits-the-queen-should-he-bow This is the link you provided notice the part I highlighted www.quora.com you were indeed quoted something posted on Quora.

Here is part of the content from the link you sent: "Nobody has to bow to the Queen. It is merely what is regarded as good manners, proper form. It is the normal way of indicating that you have started an interaction with her. She doesn’t usually shake hands, because she meets so many people it would shake her hands off. So it is the conventional way of acknowledging that she has switched her attention to you, especially when she is going along a line of people.

The President, as Head of State, certainly has no requirement to bow. But it is the polite thing to do to a lady old enough to be his mother whom he is formally visiting in her own home."

Modern British protocol is basically codified good manners, defining what is to be done when the Royal Family may interact with several hundred people in one day."

What were you saying about only reading the headlines? Do you even read what you post??

Saluting an enemy general of a country we are still at war with is an absolute disrespect to 36K American soldiers who died in that war and this country. Should FDR have saluted Heinrich Himmler, Goering, or Manstein? Of course, respect for the military and military service has never been one of Trump's strong points.

 

[SmokingFap]

On the other hand, I have no issues with tearing someone down when they're wrong and refuse acknowledge that they're wrong and that their words/actions hurt others.

Show us on the doll where you were hurt.