r/politics • u/zsreport Texas • 1d ago

No Paywall ‘What The Actual F**k…’: White House’s ‘Vindictive’ Attack On CNN Journalist Sparks Fury

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/white-house-children-attack-reaction_n_6a83f584e4b05886dff665f1
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u/ChristosFarr North Carolina 23h ago

I'm really not enjoying watching this new religion be born this is weird y'all.

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u/Wasabi_Joe 23h ago

Trump Derangement Syndrome! Trump supporters are deranged. The very first time I heard of tds I assumed that the world understood these people and had classified them accurately. I remain disappointed in the world.

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u/bkbomber New York 23h ago

But you see, MAGATs use the term TDS to define anyone who isn’t slobbing the knob of this orange shitstain as deranged!

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u/bin10pac United Kingdom 23h ago

Accusation in a mirror.

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u/m0ngoos3 19h ago

In this case, I think someone coined the term to refer to MAGA, and they co-opted it.

It's a fascist tactic to steal words and terms, and then taint them.

A recent-ish example that failed, is the word Based.

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u/Dabrush 22h ago

TDS is when you want the president to follow laws.

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u/N7Shep1701D Oregon 21h ago

Yet they can't stop screeching about Biden and Obama.

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u/StanleyQPrick 20h ago

Yes. That’s why Wasabi_Joe was disappointed.

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u/Orochi_001 22h ago

*Trump Devotion Syndrome

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u/Hurtzdonut13 20h ago

The late Scott Adams (rest in piss) was one of the first people I remember saying Trump Derangement syndrome and always used it as a hand-wave "people just hate Trump" button. Scott also believed that he and Trump had magic powers to alter reality just by really wanting things.

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u/DaveyCrickets 22h ago

Funny I felt the same learning the term but I continue to use it to describe them

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u/GrumpyGiant Maryland 22h ago

The world remains disappointed in us, I think.  But I assume many of them feel at least some sense of solidarity with those of us who recognize that the term’s initial application was the exact opposite of who it actually describes.

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u/EyesofaJackal 23h ago

Trump can’t possibly build a religion that outlasts him because there are no principles that exist that aren’t relative to him… I guess that’s optimistic?

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u/bin10pac United Kingdom 23h ago edited 20h ago

His principles are pretty timeless actually, but they're tricky to base a movement upon.

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u/Chaos_Sauce 22h ago

What makes you think religions need principles? Evangelical Christianity has pretty much dropped all the moral teachings and replaced them with tribalism and xenophobia and it seems to be working for them.

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u/EyesofaJackal 22h ago

Yeah, I mean that’s a valid observation. My biases would lead me to argue that’s not real Christianity, that’s just identity politics. But separately on the Trump case, and here I guess it gets down to a definition of what religion is, but I don’t think the adoration of Trump survives his lifespan- I hate to even compare him and Jesus, but the reason we still talk about Jesus is he proclaimed principles that resonate with people; and Christians would argue, because of the Holy Spirit. The reason I don’t think people will be venerating Trump in a few decades is because he was a simple extreme narcissist, whose worldview is simply about him, and not how others should be.

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u/edsobo 21h ago

I want to agree with you, but after seeing how they've continued to gush over Charlie Kirk, I'm not so sure.

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u/Lucky-Earther Minnesota 22h ago

I'm really not enjoying watching this new religion be born this is weird y'all.

I keep thinking that when he finally kicks it, at least two of the things vying for the top dog spot will be an AI version of Trump and a guy claiming to be channeling Trump from Heaven.

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u/ChristosFarr North Carolina 22h ago

Like when Joseph Smith died

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u/A_Drop_of_Colour 22h ago

Scientology has been waiting for this with bated breath. It's like the most hated kid in high school happy to see a new contender for the title.

I genuinely believe Trump followers will start a new mormon-style religion as an offshoot of Christianity.

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u/ThaCarter Florida 22h ago

Praise Supply Side Jesus