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In It to Win It

(12,250 posts)
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 06:55 AM 3 hrs ago

"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 3 hrs ago OP
You can't be a Republican with out being a hypocrite. dem4decades 2 hrs ago #1
Would recommend this a million times Cosmocat 2 hrs ago #2
They have to know who has Trump Derangement Syndrome. Emile 2 hrs ago #3
projection Be Leave On 1 hr ago #5
It's their silly attempt to throw back EarlG 1 hr ago #4
No, it goes back further. It was coined by Krauthammer during early DU years. thebigidea 51 min ago #10
Omg you're right EarlG 31 min ago #12
Oh, damn. Not THAT guy. I thing he definitely johnnyfins 5 min ago #15
It is the first time in American history odins folly 1 hr ago #6
Yep, TDS is definitely their tell. nt Trueblue Texan 59 min ago #7
In 1938 SocialDemocrat61 53 min ago #8
Epstein is gonna kill the G O.P. And, good riddance. Joinfortmill 53 min ago #9
Pedophile Protectors have their day coming KS Toronado 30 min ago #13
Trump is by far the most deranged, crass, partisan, cruel & treasonous POTUS ever & they act like LymphocyteLover 45 min ago #11
This is my response going forward to gaslighting, especially MAGA gaslighting: OneGrassRoot 25 min ago #14

EarlG

(23,271 posts)
4. It's their silly attempt to throw back
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 07:58 AM
1 hr ago

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

(13,555 posts)
10. No, it goes back further. It was coined by Krauthammer during early DU years.
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 09:04 AM
51 min ago

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

(23,271 posts)
12. Omg you're right
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 09:24 AM
31 min ago

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.

odins folly

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

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

(9,301 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
45 min ago

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

OneGrassRoot

(23,927 posts)
14. This is my response going forward to gaslighting, especially MAGA gaslighting:
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 09:30 AM
25 min ago

"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."

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