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Refusing to point out a problem does not make it disappear. I consider it clear as daylight that some people react irrationally to certain individuals whether t
by the_third_wave 3y ago
Refusing to point out a problem does not make it disappear. I consider it clear as daylight that some people react irrationally to certain individuals whether those be Musk or Trump or anyone else. That phenomenon seems to be relatively new, e.g. in the times of Reagan there were many who clearly did not like the man but that never led to much more than "Ronald Raygun" and similar expressions and Bush - just as contentious - became "Shrub" but even then the reactions were not nearly as - to use a popular term - 'triggered' as they have become lately.
- smolder 3y agoNo, the meme is new. There is no new phenomenon deserving of such a term. Yes, I can point to ridiculous things people said about Trump and call it TDS. It's still just a cynical, myopic, partisan take on a subset of behavior from a subset of people, wrapped up in a cute term, meant to dehumanize the opposition. It's propaganda.