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In It to Win It

(12,501 posts)
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 06:55 AM Dec 24

"Trump Derangement Syndrome" is gaslighting, and they know we know it's gaslighting

That’s the annoying part to me, is that they know we know that they’re obviously gaslighting us with the “TDS” bullshit.

We watched these same people bitch and complain about Obama, Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton non-fucking-stop since Obama won in 2008. For what is now 17 straight years, they still whine and nag about Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton. STILL IN 2025 and eventually 2026, they have to decorate the White House with insults of Obama, Biden and Clinton.

…and we’re the deranged ones?

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"Trump Derangement Syndrome" is gaslighting, and they know we know it's gaslighting (Original Post) In It to Win It Dec 24 OP
You can't be a Republican with out being a hypocrite. dem4decades Dec 24 #1
Would recommend this a million times Cosmocat Dec 24 #2
They have to know who has Trump Derangement Syndrome. Emile Dec 24 #3
projection Be Leave On Dec 24 #5
It's their silly attempt to throw back EarlG Dec 24 #4
No, it goes back further. It was coined by Krauthammer during early DU years. thebigidea Dec 24 #10
Omg you're right EarlG Dec 24 #12
Oh, damn. Not THAT guy. I thing he definitely johnnyfins Dec 24 #15
They are really so unoriginal PatSeg Dec 24 #17
It is the first time in American history odins folly Dec 24 #6
Yep, TDS is definitely their tell. nt Trueblue Texan Dec 24 #7
In 1938 SocialDemocrat61 Dec 24 #8
Epstein is gonna kill the G O.P. And, good riddance. Joinfortmill Dec 24 #9
Pedophile Protectors have their day coming KS Toronado Dec 24 #13
Trump is by far the most deranged, crass, partisan, cruel & treasonous POTUS ever & they act like LymphocyteLover Dec 24 #11
This is my response going forward to gaslighting, especially MAGA gaslighting: OneGrassRoot Dec 24 #14
What we have is Trump Derangement Awareness--something MAGA does not possess. Ol Janx Spirit Dec 24 #16
Trumps Rebl2 Dec 24 #18
Just like "Russiagate" was gaslighting. Tommy Carcetti Dec 24 #19

EarlG

(23,465 posts)
4. It's their silly attempt to throw back
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 07:58 AM
Dec 24

what was a fairly effective insult from our side.

We used the term “Obama Derangement Syndrome” (or ODS) to mock conservatives when right-wing media worked themselves up into outrage over things like Obama putting mustard on a burger or wearing a tan suit (yes, there is an entire Wikipedia page dedicated to that one).

Now Trump supporters are trying to flip this back on us as if the rampant corruption, lawbreaking, destruction of alliances, cozying up to brutal dictators, and other widely authoritarian actions from their clearly deteriorating president — oh, not to mention that he was literally best friends with the world’s most famous pedophile sex trafficker — are on the same level as wearing a tan suit.

Not sure it’s working, because it seems pretty obvious that if anyone has Trump Derangement Syndrome, it’s the people still supporting this shambles of an administration.

thebigidea

(13,569 posts)
10. No, it goes back further. It was coined by Krauthammer during early DU years.
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 09:04 AM
Dec 24

ODS was just a flip of Krauthammer's coinage.

https://www.deseret.com/2003/12/7/19799473/charles-krauthammer-bush-derangement-syndrome-is-spreading/

He always loved sprinkling in a few words from his psychiatry training to imply Democrats were deranged. But then again, I love him being really fucking dead.

EarlG

(23,465 posts)
12. Omg you're right
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 09:24 AM
Dec 24

I forgot about that. Indeed, it was Bush Derangement Syndrome first. Apparently we were supposed to be deranged because we objected to starting a major war in the Middle East based on lies about WMDs.

Then after Bush, the RW really DID get deranged over tan suits and mustard.

PatSeg

(52,513 posts)
17. They are really so unoriginal
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 10:02 AM
Dec 24

Mostly they're the "I'm rubber, you're glue" gang - "I know you are but what am I?" They haven't grown past the 2nd grade.

Sadly it works a lot of the time as they tend to be louder and more obnoxious.

odins folly

(565 posts)
6. It is the first time in American history
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 08:46 AM
Dec 24

That I am aware of, that we have an entire administration of trolls…..

Probably due to bridge infrastructure issues, the trolls were evicted and had to find a new home. Unfortunately it became our government…..

LymphocyteLover

(9,537 posts)
11. Trump is by far the most deranged, crass, partisan, cruel & treasonous POTUS ever & they act like
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 09:09 AM
Dec 24

we're crazy for being upset. They can all go to hell!!!

OneGrassRoot

(23,936 posts)
14. This is my response going forward to gaslighting, especially MAGA gaslighting:
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 09:30 AM
Dec 24

"You're full of shit, you know it, and what you seem to forget is that we know it too. Every time you MAGAspeak all we hear is womp-womp stupid bullshit, just like your cult leader. You're all full of shit and useless."

Ol Janx Spirit

(817 posts)
16. What we have is Trump Derangement Awareness--something MAGA does not possess.
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 10:01 AM
Dec 24

A syndrome is defined as a group of traits or conditions that tend to occur together and characterize a recognizable disease.

A disease is defined as any harmful condition affecting an organism's structure or function, not caused by immediate injury, often with specific signs (like a fever) and symptoms (like pain.)

So, for example, being upset about half of our White House being bulldozed without discussion and for no good reason is an example of the awareness that Turnip is so deranged that he would do such a thing and not being happy about it--a natural reaction.

The fact that half of our White House is now missing is a clear sign and symptom of the fact that Turnip is deranged and now our White House has been directly affected.

Awareness vs. syndrome.

MAGA is Turnip-oblivious, and it is going to cost us all dearly.



[Expletive] them and their [expletive] stupid [expletive, expletive, expletive, expletive] opinions on anything.

Tommy Carcetti

(44,442 posts)
19. Just like "Russiagate" was gaslighting.
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 10:13 AM
Dec 24

Given the very clear connections and relationship between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign that was plainly obvious on its face.

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