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On Mon, 6 Oct 2025 17:28:41 -0700,  Alan says...  

> There is literally no power he possesses

And literally no one spoke of anything remotely like that, so...

... your...

Derailing: This term is often used in discussions, debates, or arguments when someone introduces a new topic that is not relevant 
to the current conversation, effectively sidetracking the discussion.

Changing the subject: This is a more straightforward term that simply describes the act of moving the focus of a conversation from 
one topic to another, often without addressing the original topic.

Non sequiturs: This term specifically refers to a remark or event that is unrelated to what has happened or been said before. In 
the context of a conversation, making non-sequiturs can make it seem like someone is not engaging with the discussion in a 
meaningful way.

Gaslighting: While not exactly a match, in some contexts, especially when these behaviors are used to make someone question their 
own perceptions or sanity, or to gain power over them, it might be referred to as gaslighting.

Moving the goalposts: This term is used when someone changes the criteria of a discussion or argument (or the "rules" of what is 
being discussed) in a way that makes it impossible for the other party to meet the new criteria, often used to avoid losing an 
argument.

Straw man: While not exactly fitting, creating a straw man argument can involve changing the subject or rules of the discussion by 
misrepresenting someone's argument to make it easier to attack...

... has grown wearisome.

PLONK! 

Run away, faggot...

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"Trump Derangement Syndrome" Is a Real Mental Condition

All you need to know about "Trump Derangement Syndrome," or TDS.

"Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is a mental condition in which a person has been driven effectively insane due to their dislike 
of Donald Trump, to the point at which they will abandon all logic and reason."

Justin Raimondo, the editorial director of Antiwar.com, wrote a piece in the Los Angeles Times in 2016 that broke TDS down into 
three distinct phases or stages:

"In the first stage of the disease, victims lose all sense of proportion. The president-elect's every tweet provokes a firestorm, 
as if 140 characters were all it took to change the world."

"The mid-level stages of TDS have a profound effect on the victim's vocabulary: Sufferers speak a distinctive language consisting 
solely of hyperbole."

"As TDS progresses, the afflicted lose the ability to distinguish fantasy from reality."

The Point here is simple: TDS is, in the eyes of its adherents, the knee-jerk opposition from liberals to anything and everything 
Trump does. If Trump announced he was donating every dollar he's ever made, TDS sufferers would suggest he was up to something 
nefarious, according to the logic of TDS. There's nothing - not. one. thing. - that Trump could do or say that would be received 
positively by TDSers.

The history of Trump Derangement Syndrome actually goes back to the early 2000s - a time when the idea of Trump as president was a 
punch line for late-night comics and nothing more.

Wikipedia traces its roots to "Bush Derangement Syndrome" - a term first coined by the late conservative columnist Charles 
Krauthammer back in 2003. The condition, as Krauthammer defined it, was "the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal people in 
reaction to the policies, the presidency - nay - the very existence of George W. Bush."