Stage four of Trump Derangement Syndrome: Identifying the progress of a disease

American Thinker ^ | December 28,2017 | By Thomas Lifson

[Hojczyk]

Like AIDS three decades ago, Trump Derangement Syndrome is a new ailment, whose full course of development is as yet unknown. But after a year since TDS exploded on the scene in early November 2016, we can observe the progress of the disease through four stages in certain acute sufferers. This offers hope that we may start to predict how the affliction may spread or, alternatively, extinguish itself, should the rate of transmission to others be slowed by factors we may be able to identify.

1. Denial.

2. Anger

3. Shunning

4. Conversion. As the first three factors combine, and if no countervailing thoughts are allowed entry into the TDS sufferer's brain (for reasons we do not understand yet), we get signs of actual ideological conversion. Once the virus of liberalism reaches the brain, progress can be devastating.

The GOP tax bill's bringing out my inner socialist. The sex scandals are bringing out my inner feminist. Donald Trump and Roy Moore are bringing out my inner liberal. WHAT IS HAPPENING?

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) November 21, 2017

[JenB987]

Well, Billy, the answer is you were never really a Republican.

Hope this helps.

[rey]

Not Max Boot! Tell me it ain’t so, Max. I liked his books on war and military.

[Jim W N]

Trump Derangement Syndrome is a new ailment, whose full course of development is as yet unknown

Unknown, but predictable. At some point the Trump Derangement Syndrome will merge all with the other Delusional Lying Leftist syndromes and agendas, all driven by the same spirit of antichrist into one mass. It's already happening. It's called Luciferianism (tongue twister).

http://www.wnd.com/2017/12/top-insider-exposes-luciferian-origin-of-globalist-empire/

The End Game is the rise of the coming Man of Sin spoken of in the Bible, the Satanic World Ruler called "the beast". We Christians will be in Heaven with Jesus at that point watching these events unfold from Heaven's Mezzanine.

[Bryanw92]

You only need to be able to spot stage one:

“You can’t hardly tell at first, not till they get to the point of slobbering and staggering around. When you see a critter in that fix, you know for sure. But you want to watch for others that ain’t that far along. Now, you take a bobcat or a fox. You know they’ll run if you give ‘em the chance. But when one don’t run, or maybe makes fight at you, why, you shoot him and shoot him quick. After he’s bitten you, it’s too late.” (from Ol’ Yeller)

[Beagle8U]

““You can’t hardly tell at first, not till they get to the point of slobbering and staggering around....”

Chris Matthews?

[adorno]

Denial, Anger, Shunning...

Conversion? Unlikely...

Instead of converting, insanity might be their preferred course. TDS is the first and final symptom of liberalism, which is well-known as a mental disease.

If not conversion or insanity, perhaps self-deportation to a land where the natives are of the same primitive mindset.

There is always the self-commitment into an insane asylum.

[Yollopoliuhqui]

When ideas get nailed to your survival instinct, you become a slave to memes which color all your subsequent ideas to the point that the only escape is some sort of trauma. Republicans keeping control of Congress in the coming midterm elections would be such a trauma. We better damned well get real smart about the need to win here or we may as well run a straight razor across our necks.

[poconopundit]

Thank God the Center for Leftist Depression has mailed out a comprehensive poster to help the public get relief from TDS.

[Mears]

My favorite TDS outrage was criticising him when he used two hands to drink some water.

Funniest thing ever——they are truly NUTS !

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[hal ogen]

Being a lunatic is a prerequisite for being a LIB/DIM.

[KyCats]

They also devoted several news cycles to the world shattering fact that he likes his steak prepared well done.

The left is taking idiocy to new, previously unimagined levels of ridiculousness.

[doorgunner69]

Good call...........

[bgill]

I clicked on the mysanantonio.com’s political cartoons this morning and wished I hadn’t. All Trump derangement.

[Mears]

“world shattering fact that he likes his steak prepared well done.”

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And the 2 scoops of ice cream thing-—he jokingly said he gave everyone one scoop but he had two.

Declaration of war wouldn’t have got as much coverage.

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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Hojczyk.

The GOP tax bill's bringing out my inner socialist. The sex scandals are bringing out my inner feminist. Donald Trump and Roy Moore are bringing out my inner liberal. WHAT IS HAPPENING? -- Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) November 21, 2017

What Is Happening... hmm, good idea for Bill's memoir. You're coming out of your lib closet, Kristol.

[Trillian]

He had two scoops! Two scoops of ice cream! *screams*

[upchuck]

Last paragraph of article is a hoot:

Eventually, they [Never-Trumpers] will come to admire Rosie O'Donnell, which ought to be the marker for the terminal stage.