Trump Derangement Syndrome - Orange man bad. Read the OP! (ᴛʜɪs ᴛʜʀᴇᴀᴅ ɪs ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴋɪᴡɪ ғᴀʀᴍs ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡs ɴᴏᴡ) 🗿🗿🗿🗿

[lolwatagain]

Or we could just support a candidate that isn't exceptional and has some worldly experience and is, if not articulate, fairly honest and diligent.

We could also give everyone a unicorn that shits gold.

I'm certain that there are people who aren't exceptional, have worldly experience and are honest and diligent, but why would they ever want to wade into the bullshit we call politics? You could be a goddamn saint and your political opponents and the media will make you look like TurboHitler with a fetish for raping everything with a hole. Look at what happened to Kavanaugh. Who would willingly submit themselves to that bullshit? Only the people who thrive in this environment would be willing to put up with this bullshit.

 

[Niggernerd]

I am actually going to transcribe this. So was listening to:

GLoP Virtual Night Owl: We'll Do It Live! - Ricochet

This past Saturday evening marked a seminal moment in the often sordid history of the mighty GLoP podcast: our first virtual Night Owl captured on video, recorded live in front of an audience of thousands, enforced upon us by the covenants of social distancing. This is the audio of the event...

ricochet.com

And it's funny because on sticher the podcast is 1:45:00+ long but on the link it's 1:10:00 so I think this bit may actually have been editted out.

Anyway, in this transcript, "R" is Rob Long. "G" will be Jonah Goldberg. From my app it's at the ~1:15:00 mark.

Spoiler: TDS from the right

R: Even just today we had [stuttering] by tweets, the most aggressive president against china say 'they doin' good! they're doin' good, uh the president's a good guy!' He was making nice with them already because the supply chain is really important. Because if we're going to actually get all those vaccines and get all those ya know antibody tests--

G: You think Trump is saying that because he cares about the supply chain? I think he's saying that for the same reason he talks about Kim Jong Un as a really impressive guy and Putin as a really impressive guy - discounting the conspiracy stuff - because he likes strong men and because he thinks personal relationships matter more than they do and he has other considerations about his relationships with these people rather than America's national interests. But anyway.

I mean it always baffles me from these folks who go on about how Trump lies, believe every word he says about America's enemies. Like does it ever occur to you that he's lying to or about them?

Most people don't understand presidents have to fluff these kind of leaders egos. Everyone knows how sensitive Xi and Kim are. One gets triggered being called winnie the pooh so much so he outright banned the bear . kim is always having menstrual rage

 

[heyitsmike]

So I'm looking to enjoy some salt from leftards this fine Sunday afternoon and decide to pop in to r/democrats. One of the top posts is "Trump lost my vote in November." Ooh, sounds serious. I'm intrigued.

Lifelong Republican here. Trump lost my vote in November. His arrogance, lack of professionalism, low IQ, and "talking out of his ass" that the coronavirus is "under control" has lead to the death of thousands, and thousands more to come. Yeah, he put travel restrictions in place, but he didn't take this seriously, and still won't. His leadership at this time is pathetic, he should shut the country down, stop being an asshole to the press, take responsibility every once in awhile, and take this more seriously so other republicans do too. Hundreds of thousands will die because "he had it under control, like a miracle it will go away". COVID-19 has revealed who he truly is and I regret voting for him. He's an idiot.

He's a lifelong Republican, yet he has a problem with Trump going after the press? Yeah, not buying it. So I check the post history. Half the posts are in r/transpassing, r/transpositive, or r/transtimelines.

The Dems are gonna be so shocked that Trump hasn't actually lost supporters by the bushel because they keep believing bullshit stories like these. Not a single comment is calling out their post history. They just keep taking the bait. Hook. Line. Sinker.

 

[TowinKarz]

More than any president in history...nay more than any world leader in recent memory...Obama is the one who truly epitomises the abstract concept of "False Hope".

It's why the "Return to NorObamacy" platform the Dems rolled out for this year sank like a brick, even before the lack of quality candidate to push it became obvious. People are nostalgic for Clinton because he conjures up the carefree dot-com infinite growth and party at the office 90's, regardless of his policy.

Obama conjures up race riots, a total inability to stimulate a stalled economy, crushing student debt from the hard selling of the degree-or-bust idea because the blue collar class was obsolete, speaking of which, he was telling workers to just get used to 10% unemployment and should pray to Jesus they could find a McJob and the usual liberal finger-waging about how the hard times are the fault of a populace that's just too malasied er, not progressive enough.

He got elected because the zeitgeist at the time basically told people "Just elect him and everything will be perfect because all the racists and other deplorables that are causing all the problems in this country will literally dissolve into pools of bubbling black sludge and run into the gutters if the President is black. This is the last election we'll ever need, this will prove progressivism has brought the end of history" , and everyone who'd swallowed every bit of post-Bush IDPOL believed it.

They won't fall for it again. Because the promised utopia didn't arrive, and the only thing of note he accomplished was disassembled within 2 years of his leaving.

 

[Flexo]

So I'm looking to enjoy some salt from leftards this fine Sunday afternoon and decide to pop in to r/democrats. One of the top posts is "Trump lost my vote in November." Ooh, sounds serious. I'm intrigued.

He's a lifelong Republican, yet he has a problem with Trump going after the press? Yeah, not buying it. So I check the post history. Half the posts are in r/transpassing, r/transpositive, or r/transtimelines.

The Dems are gonna be so shocked that Trump hasn't actually lost supporters by the bushel because they keep believing bullshit stories like these. Not a single comment is calling out their post history. They just keep taking the bait. Hook. Line. Sinker.

The second the quote referred to "low IQ" I knew it was fake. And I've heard a lot of variety from never-trumpers on insults towards Trump, NEVER once a reference to "IQ."

 

[verissimus]

Who would willingly submit themselves to that bullshit?

Somebody with balls that's who. And I say screw everything you said, not because your wrong that those kind of people exist, but because those kind of people deserve to be resisted.

 

[LargeChoonger]

"Everyone that I disagree with is a violent extremist" going strong since 2015

 

[JustSomeDong]

So I'm looking to enjoy some salt from leftards this fine Sunday afternoon and decide to pop in to r/democrats. One of the top posts is "Trump lost my vote in November." Ooh, sounds serious. I'm intrigued.

He's a lifelong Republican, yet he has a problem with Trump going after the press? Yeah, not buying it. So I check the post history. Half the posts are in r/transpassing, r/transpositive, or r/transtimelines.

The Dems are gonna be so shocked that Trump hasn't actually lost supporters by the bushel because they keep believing bullshit stories like these. Not a single comment is calling out their post history. They just keep taking the bait. Hook. Line. Sinker.

"If we just astroturf hard enough, it has to become true!" they thought wrongly to themselves, again.

 

[Judge Holden]

Dunno if anypony has mentioned this, but i think its worth bearing in mind when we come to debate season that there is a genuine chance that Drumpf will make Biden so damn angry on stage that he legit has a stroke/heart attack and keels over and dies right there on stage.

Im not even kidding or edgelording, that guy is not in good health and is not capable of controlling his temper, so when Plod Turd Man starts going for the gut he is almost 100% certainly going to crack and either start screaming like a lunatic or try to stumble his way over to punch Trump in the face, and when this happens its entirely possible that his heart or brain will give out and he will just flop down dead or dying.

Im not saying this because I want it to happen, hell the sheer insanity of the Biden campaign has almost endeared itself to me as of late, but I think we should be prepared for it to happen because boy howdy should he not be running for office in the condition he is

 

[It's HK-47]

So I'm looking to enjoy some salt from leftards this fine Sunday afternoon and decide to pop in to r/democrats. One of the top posts is "Trump lost my vote in November." Ooh, sounds serious. I'm intrigued.

He's a lifelong Republican, yet he has a problem with Trump going after the press? Yeah, not buying it. So I check the post history. Half the posts are in r/transpassing, r/transpositive, or r/transtimelines.

The Dems are gonna be so shocked that Trump hasn't actually lost supporters by the bushel because they keep believing bullshit stories like these. Not a single comment is calling out their post history. They just keep taking the bait. Hook. Line. Sinker.

The tip-off is always "lifelong." I don't know why they settled on putting those two words together, but there's a 100% chance that if they're stuck together like that, the person you're dealing with is lying. I've never met a single person who describes themselves as a "lifelong Democrat/Republican/Libertarian/Communist/Capitalist/Anything" but I've seen hundreds upon hundreds of people try to play off as a member of the 'opposing team' by framing it that way.

Something about the term 'lifelong' is just associated with deception with a 100% accuracy rate and I've never really dug into why that is.

 

[heyitsmike]

Michael Tracey:

Also Michael Tracey:

The most fascinating TDS sufferers to watch are the ones who claim they oppose Trump, but they don't have TDS because they are level headed and principled about it. Other people have it, but no, not them!

 

[AprilRains]

Something about the term 'lifelong' is just associated with deception with a 100% accuracy rate and I've never really dug into why that is.

I think it's because the word has more to do with a narrative someone wants to push than about how they experience their own life.

My experience of myself is that I change over time. Others may not see that as much, but from the inside, I feel like I evolve and grow all the time. It'd be hard for me to say that I have a lifelong belief in any particular thing. I recall times when I didn't.

Saying "lifelong" just feels like pushing a narrative very hard. It's needlessly emphatic and has no value beyond trying to establish one's credentials.

I had never put a finger on it, but I've always been suspicious of that word too. Thank you for articulating that.

 

[Neko GF]

https://www.reddit.com/r/worldpolitics/comments/fvi5be/trump_lied_and_people_died/ (Archive)

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

Good to know it’s not just American media that’s warped.

 

[The Great Chandler]

Draft dodgers are the hippies that went underground bouncing between communes or fled to Canada to avoid the draft. Getting off on a minor medical condition because you showed up and got evaluated is not.

"Uh...no! Obviously his dad paid the government to have no drafted, duh! He clearly lied!"

 

[Ebonic Tutor]

I think it's because the word has more to do with a narrative someone wants to push than about how they experience their own life.

My experience of myself is that I change over time. Others may not see that as much, but from the inside, I feel like I evolve and grow all the time. It'd be hard for me to say that I have a lifelong belief in any particular thing. I recall times when I didn't.

Saying "lifelong" just feels like pushing a narrative very hard. It's needlessly emphatic and has no value beyond trying to establish one's credentials.

I had never put a finger on it, but I've always been suspicious of that word too. Thank you for articulating that.

"Lifelong" has always made me suspicious as well, and usually by the end of their statement I seriously doubt they were ever what they claimed they were. It reeks of astroturf, and false empathy.

 

[lolwatagain]

Somebody with balls that's who. And I say screw everything you said, not because your wrong that those kind of people exist, but because those kind of people deserve to be resisted.

It's not about balls, you need a bare minimum of sociopathy to even survive in politics now. The politicians are sociopaths, the reporters covering politics are sociopaths, the pundits, insiders and lobbyists are sociopaths. Washington D.C. isfull of them and they thrive there.

 

[A_Rotten_Sharwama]

It's not about balls, you need a bare minimum of sociopathy to even survive in politics now. The politicians are sociopaths, the reporters covering politics are sociopaths, the pundits, insiders and lobbyists are sociopaths. Washington D.C. isfull of them and they thrive there.

Not to brag but this is obviously a brag, I watch American Politics to escape the politics of my own country.

 

[Jigglyjogglers]

Dunno if anypony has mentioned this, but i think its worth bearing in mind when we come to debate season that there is a genuine chance that Drumpf will make Biden so damn angry on stage that he legit has a stroke/heart attack and keels over and dies right there on stage.

I feel fairly certain the debates just won't happen. I know every time I say this that everyone replies "They have to" but even if there were some law that says the candidates have to debate (I'm not aware of one personally) why exactly would the Democrats start following the law now? Hell, it's entirely possible their push to stop airing Trump's briefings right now is a runup to that... they've been trying for Trump's entire presidency to silence him by claiming that allowing him to speak is dangerous, once they start making inroads on refusing to air stuff involving him then it becomes much easier for them to say they're just not going to participate in the debates because it would just allow Trump a chance to "spread toxic fanaticism" or something.

As ridiculous as it may seem, just refusing to have Biden debate Trump is their only real option. Even the most optimistic, disconnected from reality DNC showrunners can't possibly think that would be anything but a disaster for their side, and no amount of media spin would be able to make Joe losing it and gibbering inanely at Trump in one of his fits of dementia look good. Refusing to have debates is their sole option, and I seriously expect that pretty soon you'll start seeing various online news outlets floating "Are presidential debates really necessary?" 'think pieces' to test the waters.

 

[WinchesterPremium]

I'm always amazed at this one aspect of the left. They can't comprehend that you can be opposed to someone and trying to screw them over, but doing it with a smile while maintaining pleasantries. It's like these people are children who can't help but act on their impulsive emotions.


Draft dodgers are the hippies that went underground bouncing between communes or fled to Canada to avoid the draft. Getting off on a minor medical condition because you showed up and got evaluated is not.

There are a lot of ways to dodge draft that don't involve being a hippy. For example plenty of people signed up for military units that where not going to 'nam, the general idea being that the Coastguard and National Guard are unlikely to be deployed in combat. Lying about deferments is another common way - since it is difficult to prove that you're lying about your eyesight, chronic pain, or homosexual tendencies. Basically every prominent figure in the elections had gotten out of the draft in some way (Sanders applied for CO despite not qualifying and basically stalled until he was too old to draft, Joe Biden claimed to have childhood asthma, and Donald Trump claimed bone spurs). If someone really wanted to not get drafted they could find a way to not get drafted - especially if they had any sort of power.