What’s more worse: Trump Derangement Syndrome or Trump Enslavement Syndrome? -

[albert chan]

Now I like Trump like the next man, but deep down even I know that if I were in Trump’s shoes, getting all of this adulation by being called “The King Of The Jews” or “the second coming of Jesus Christ” would be considered out of control or just plain absurd.

I obviously know about Trump Derangement Syndrome, but I get the feeling that it’s slowly being ignored in place of actual things that matter in life, not just through things that people see in entertainment or mainstream media.

So my question is now 4 years later, which is far more worse to you? Will it get much more worse in the future, or will people calm down?

 

[Niggernerd]

TES isn't as prevalent as TDS and it'll be the same for the next years. Sure you have loonies calling him the next coming of jesus christ but the majority just see him as "a good president in a long time." It's easy to ignore the TES than it is to ignore TDS since it's always highlighted everywhere you turn.

 

[Astro Galactic Megalul]

I haven't seen trumptards attacking or endangering people so far. TDS is definitely the worst.

 

[Radical 38]

Two sides of the same flipping coin. People obsessing over an individual to the point of irrational love or hate are exceptional, and these threads cater to their special needs.

 

[ColtWalker1847]

By "worst" you mean "best", right?

I derive more humor from the delusional TDS people than the delusional TES types. YMMV. "Orange Man Ultra-Mecha-Hitler eats ice cream incorrectly" is funnier to me than "autarky and banning immigration, isolating us from the rest of the world in trade, will solve economic issues".

They are both dumb stances but one is clearly more egregiously stupid.

 

[LolRaccoon]

TDS by a country mile.

I'm not a huge fan of Trump, but he isn't the reincarnation of Hitler. If the man breathes, they have to run a fucking fact check on him to see if he's lying. And it's the self importance of these people that's just plain stupid. "Look how noble I am because I dissed Trump!" And all of the people who respond with tweet threads to every Trump tweet are worse than fucking reply guys.

 

[Bunny Tracks]

Both are equally annoying, and I wish they would just stop.

 

[DumbDude42]

TDS is broadcast and endorsed by like 95% of media outlets across the western world
TES is only present in cringy facebook boomers

 

[Lurkio]

Both have equal potential to be incredibly retarded depending on the person.

But if I had to make a call based on the current political and social climate? Trump Derangement Syndrome, easily.

It's been over three years and there's been no Concentration Camps, ICE hasn't been rounding up immigrants for mass deportation, LGBT people haven't lost all their rights...I could go on. But the point is people are still calling Trump and anyone who supports him (or even has a single kind word about him) Nazi's never-mind the fact that after his first three years in office Hitler had already dismantled every other opposing political party, began violating every treaty under the sun that Germany was under, and began sowing a shit load of discontent amongest his people to rally them for war and establish a powerful prejudice against peoples he didn't like/ could make an enemy out of to gain power.

But I digress, you'd figure after three years people would come up with more legitimate reasons to dislike Trump (and there are reasons), but it seems to be the same shit everyday. At least people with TES are still uncommon enough that their dumbassery can still be occasionally fresh.

 

[Duke Nukem]

Derangement, through and through. People legitimately believe that Donald Trump equals Adolf Hitler and refuse to acknowledge any actual differences. Of course add in millennial ignorance in general but here we are.

 

[The Pink Panther]

TDS is much worse. You'll have to really go out of your way to find some TES and not just good ol' fashioned "God bless Tramp", that's all fine and good. I'm talking pure obedience where you talk about everything in your life surrounds them and shit like that. r/The_Donald doesn't go the extreme route that most people on Twitter do most of the time with TDS where every single damn tweet is about one guy. Hell, they are so soft, that /pol/ doesn't fucking like them. They take /pol/ memes and neuter them because they're Reddit and no matter where you go, Reddit sucks. /ptg/ is a burden because they are softies. TDS people, however, are fucking everywhere (because of media influencing the public) and you see them every day...and it annoys you because you can't go anywhere without having to hear someone bring up ORANGE MAN BAD, so you start fearing social interactions going awry and shit and it's genuinely more of a problem. Despite blind obedience, at least people with TES are happy (the few there are) and have no malicious intentions. They just really really support the current administration because it touched them in some way, just like anything. Sure, they are naive, weak, and always feel they need someone to uplift to make them feel better, but at least as far as I concerned, it's not out of malice. It's at the very least out of some sort of loyalty, although it is unhealthy loyalty that should be cured.

The TES thread only exists because people who actually dislike the guy just want to talk about how much they dislike the guy and need a place to do that on this site, which I guess is fine, but rarely is any good material or content found. r/The_Donald is neutered /pol/ if /pol/acks were fucking softies. Out of all the subreddit threads in CM, it's probably the weakest, so much so that it's now TES, and it's still a weak thread. The material is not even that good. I would rather laugh at someone's inane exaggerations of the mundane than trollshielding and deflections. I feel like the only enjoyment you can get out of that thread is "LOL TRAMPTARDS ARE TOO LOYAL TO THEIR LEADER" (and you see that fucking everywhere, so it's not original) where I feel like TDS knows no bounds, especially in the realm of media.

 

[The Last Stand]

TDS is more prevalent, just look at the news or any college campus for an example. But TES is just as bad, especially on Facebook. One woman I know there compares Trump to Jesus Christ and just hates anybody disagreeing with Trump.

TES is accustomed with adults. You'd notice it when you see it.

 

[Pissmaster]

Boomers being excited and celebrating a politician in the same way consoomers get hyped about Marvel movies and shit

vs.

Idiots worldwide losing their fucking mind over said politician, going as far as to ostracize anyone that disagrees with them, and at extremes, even joining groups like Antifa, focusing on physically assaulting with intent to kill anyone who disagrees with them, justifying it all by calling others Nazis

 

[PantsFreeZone]

There's no such thing as Trump Enslavement Syndrome.

There are fans of a President who blows up terrorists, shitposts on Twitter, owns the libs and hugs the flag and there are whiny faggots who don't believe in election results, the Constitution, history, laws, math, economics, freedom and reason.

 

[A Logging Company]

TES is on par with Obama-mania. TDS is something I have not seen in my life time. People hate Trump more than Bush at his lowest, a man who dragged us into a meaningless and costly war based on absolute lies.

 

[Mrs Paul]

Well, I see varying cases of TDS from old people ranting and raving, and then you get the extremists, who think that Trump is going to take over the country and declare a dictatorship, and go out and cause massive destruction. My dad and my uncle have a bit of TDS, but they sound more like Grampa Simpson, rather than Antifa. (In fact, I think my dad's starting to take after my grandfather, who used to rant about Reagan all the time, back in the day.)

However, the problem I have with TES is that while you may like the guy's politics, and you may support him, thinking him (or really any politician, for that matter) is a saint is seriously dangerous or at the very least, naive as fuck. And Trump, even before he was president, was always known to be an ass. He doesn't care about you -- he cares about himself. It's good to be skeptical.

So it's kind of a tie. Most of those with extreme TDS are young people, and that tends to be pretty common at their age. They usually grow out of it, at least.

 

[Ughubughughughughughghlug]

What's worse is you saying more worse you goddamn illiterate,

 

[PantsFreeZone]

Well, I see varying cases of TDS from old people ranting and raving, and then you get the extremists, who think that Trump is going to take over the country and declare a dictatorship, and go out and cause massive destruction. My dad and my uncle have a bit of TDS, but they sound more like Grampa Simpson, rather than Antifa. (In fact, I think my dad's starting to take after my grandfather, who used to rant about Reagan all the time, back in the day.)

However, the problem I have with TES is that while you may like the guy's politics, and you may support him, thinking him (or really any politician, for that matter) is a saint is seriously dangerous or at the very least, naive as fuck. And Trump, even before he was president, was always known to be an ass. He doesn't care about you -- he cares about himself. It's good to be skeptical.

So it's kind of a tie. Most of those with extreme TDS are young people, and that tends to be pretty common at their age. They usually grow out of it, at least.

Remember when Obama came to dinner and wrote you all those heartfelt thank you notes?

And when Bush invited you to his birthday party?

And when Clinton raped your mother?

Saying a politician doesn't care about you or isn't "moral" is almost as lazy and disingenuous as saying that people who like Trump are the same as people who are actively trying to deplatform, end careers, inflict injury and label people as Nazis or worse.

Also, lol at extremist Trump supporters. Like who? You been visiting some dangerous Cracker Barrels lately?

 

[Zarael]

TDS, because Trump isn't a fascist or a dictator or a monarch. The sad truth is Trump is just a really dumb, egotistical, billionaire who lucked into being in the right place at the right time. Trump is a Boomer who, despite all his wealth is low brow enough to speak the Boomer language and be totally unapologetic about it. There's no mystery about Trump at all. He's the unPC uncle at thanksgiving dinner who is broadcasting his rant to the entire country, and it turns out there are enough people who think the same way but won't say so in polite company that it gives him the appearance of being a straight shooter who says what everyone is thinking.

Is Trump a great President? Not at all. But we're getting some pretty good judiciary appointments from him and he's exposing the left as being the frothing maniacs they are just by existing so whatever. Trump might simply be the dying gasp of white Christian America before we enter the next 100 year period after the demographic shift where every single election is between two PoCs competing to offer the most gibmedats.

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

I’ll say TDS, because while at least some of TES are people just having fun with the meme or just shitposting, TDS are all completely serious about how much they hate Trump. Obviously the TES stuff can really get annoying at times, but the TDS stuff can just get really...sad. And I think that’s worse.