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There is a malady out there called Trump Derangement Syndrome–TDS, wherein Trump haters lose all semblance of rational thought in their obsession with Trump and Trump supporters. The comments on this thread show this obsession, as expressed by the same commentators whenever the subject of Trump comes up.
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If you want to point out any flaws in the rationality of my thought, please do. Allow me to debunk your efforts to this point:
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This thread was started by Moneymaker, who made a fair observation about the State of the Union Address shared by many.
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Show me the “many” (outside of right-wing propaganda and sycophantic politicians, of course) who thought that “He seemed to have a real desire to bring people together rather than cause discord.”
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TDS folks talk mainly to each other,
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I’m here talking to you. And I tried to engage neeta several times (although, since he generally doesn’t have a counterpoint to my arguments (or anyone else’s) debunking his, it’s hard to engage him, so I gave up). I’m always looking for a trump fan to debate. It’s hard finding reasonable trump supporters to talk to. They usually end up ranting and raving and running away. Or they resort to trolling. Stick around, econprof. Stick to reason and logic, and let’s debate.
If you want to do that, I have a few questions for you.
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and can’t stand dissent,
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Can’t stand dissent? I love dissent. I love making counterarguments against trump supporters. I particularly love debating people who have spent most of their time in the right-wing propaganda bubble (and in my experience that seems to include almost all trump supporters at this point). It’s amazing how few of them have heard what I’m saying. They’re not used to actual, reasonable counterarguments to Hannity’s nonsense. They’re used to everybody else agreeing with him. (And that’s when the ranting and raving and running away starts.)
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so they have to squash alternative viewpoints.
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If by, “squash alternative viewpoints” you mean “point out the flaws in their attempts at reason” then, yes. If not, what do you mean by that and where have I done that?
TDS is just another way that trump fans try to discredit negative commentary about trump. “Oh, that guy is obviously outraged; he can’t be making sense.”
Nonsense. I am definitely outraged. Now, show me where I’m not making sense.
