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"THE TRUTH, WHICH IS THAT HE IS AN ENTITLED LOSER WHO DID NOTHING BUT WASTE HIS FATHER'S FORTUNE."

1:38 Mary Trump his niece

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[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 66 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

"TDS" isn't a real thing. It's called being concerned that your nation elected a literal traitor as president, who then attempted to steal an election and hold a fascist coup.

Seems like a pretty reasonable thing to be upset about.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

....what the hell is TDS? Tonald Drump Syndrome?

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 23 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Trump Derangement Syndrome. It started with 'Bush Derangement Syndrome' back around 2005. Left leaning folks who pointed out what a terrible President George W. was were accused of being insane. Then came Obama Derangement Syndrome, where folks on the Right really were going insane. Here's the Tan Suit Scandal as an example

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_tan_suit_controversy

At least one high ranking GOP official called out the President's attire.

It's gaslighting at it's best. If the Left calls out the Right on actual problems, the Right accuses the Left of insanity.

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Unbelievable. This article reads like satire. 😅

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago

They also called him out for putting his feet on the Presidential desk and holding onto his coffee cup while saluting a Marine.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Shock

Scary book. The tl, dr is that, in 1970, the author predicted a lot of what has come to pass.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

'Stand On Zanzibar' by John Brunner. Brunner was a science fiction writer who took 'Future Shock' to heart. It's the 1970's vision of what the early 2000's would look like. Scary how many things he got right.