> "I'm fine. The other {person, group} is not right" > Projection is pretty rampant. This reminds me exactly of TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome). The accusati

> "I'm fine. The other {person, group} is not right" > Projection is pretty rampant. This reminds me exactly of TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome). The accusation is offered in lieu of a good argument because it helps the accuser avoid noticing the “derangement” in their own thinking. It’s also telling that it is given the moniker “syndrome”. It is called such in order to discredit the accused; such a “syndrome” is a reason not to take someone seriously, regardless of the actual content of their speech. Actually, now that I’m writing this, I recall there’s often talk of Liberal “hysteria”. No talk of what others are hysterically saying, nor the meaning behind it, just the “hysteria”. Perhaps not seeming as a projection but certainly as another excuse to dismiss a perspective they don’t want to think about or discuss. Mental health issues are an excuse to dismiss any individual or their beliefs in American Conservatism, so naturally American Conservatives have no self-reported mental health issues because they don’t want themselves or their beliefs to be be dismissed.