Posted on 10/27/2025 7:34:33 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN
The Daisy Commercial, but no it did not start there. I started in 1776 when the nation was being born. The United States is such a diverse nation it is a wonder it works at all. My point is that TDS is part of the United States history, it just seems more intense, well actually it is more intense, because of our technology. It amplifies everything.
As Lincoln was a man of his times. President Trump is a man of this time.
“Individuals as Symbols, Not Root Causes”
A key section. Trump is the current standard bearer of the MAGA cause, not the creater of the movement. Others could fill the same role. Hopefully someone will going forward!
It’s a good essay, but I’m not sure there was TDS-like hatred in the past. The modern Democrats and their buddies in the media have said that Trump is Hitler and a “threat to ‘our’ democracy” to the point that I think they actually believe it.
It's both about Trump AND how effective he is.
And it was the commercial urbanites who were the conservatives. The rural agrarians supported the French Revolution. (Also remember, George Washington was a Federalist.)
The same could be said about the Jacksonian era.
Before “Trump Derangement Syndrome” there was “Bush Derangement Syndrome”.
Before that ... we didn’t call it “Reagan Derangement Syndrome” or “Nixon Derangement Syndrome” ... but the terms would definitely have applied to the democRATs’ state of mind.
It’s a good essay, but I’m not sure there was TDS-like hatred in the past. The modern Democrats and their buddies in the media have said that Trump is Hitler and a “threat to ‘our’ democracy” to the point that I think they actually believe it.
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Actually it was.
How quickly "we" (some of us, anyway) forget.
The term "XXXXX Derangement Syndrome" was coined on FR when George W. Bush was President.
Remember this?
Some people on FR might actually agree with that ... the groupthink around here has certainly changed in the last 20 years.
Didn’t Lincoln face the same thing?
I agree there was hatred and a pre type TDS hatred in the past.
That said, the degree of lunacy has increased with the woke, gay, and trans, idiocy.
The TDSism has become very violent and the people severely infected are much more dangerous than in the past. You can see it in the looks and demeanor of many of the dangerous ones.
Extreme hate has become fanatical obsessed hate. I believe the internet has been a great tool to indoctrinate and spread the hate. These people are really mentally deranged now. They have lost any shred of a conscience.
Didn’t Lincoln face the same thing?
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Yes.
It’s never been just Trump Derangement Syndrome, it has been any republican president elected after Eisenhower.
It’s never been just Trump Derangement Syndrome, it has been any republican president elected after Eisenhower.
Trump Derangement is not new. There was BRS (Bush derangement syndrome), there was MDS (McCaine derangement syndrome). Anyone the Republicans put up will be labeled as Nazis.
“ What appears to be unprecedented today is largely a product of technology and media.”
That’s rather obvious and could have served as the entire post or in a good analysis the introduction.
“ Before proceeding, it is important to note that this essay does not attempt to provide a detailed history of every presidency or political conflict in American history.”
So you’re not going to do what could possibly be novel and worthwhile
Since the 1948 election.
Prior to that we were something that if I say it on FR I will get this post pulled.
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