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Well... it's Trump... again. #47, here we go.

crazyfingers said:
This is probably behind a pay wall. Boston Globe. An opinion piece by Jeff Jacoby, a massive conservative that I usually can't stand, like John Bolton, who despises Trump. But glad to hear prominent conservatives calling out Trump as scum.
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The Cheneys also voice disapproval, but the vast majority of Rs play along. Even some who admit to disliking Trump say "Of course I won't vote for Kamala -- I am a Republican."

I am disgusted and stupefied by the many high-placed Republicans who, without a thought, jumped off the righteous conservative train to idolize fascism and the Big Grft. WHY? They need a Congressman's salary (or more likely, the bribes they get for votes) to pay for their weekly orgies?
crazyfingers said:
He explains that the term Trump Derangement Syndrome applies more to MAGAturds than to people who despise Trump because:

The real Trump Derangement Syndrome shows up in three telltale symptoms.

First is the cult-like worship that treats Trump as infallible — his acolytes profess adoration not only for what he does, but for whatever could flow from him.
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Second is the abandonment of principles that once seemed non-negotiable.

Conservatives and Republicans who used to champion free trade now cheer Trump’s tariffs. Those who formerly prized NATO as a linchpin of global security today nod in agreement when Trump disparages America’s allies.
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Third is the unsettling delight so many supporters take in Trump’s most outrageous behavior — a kind of giddy worship that equates offensiveness with authenticity. Such brazenness has been a hallmark of his political career

..from mocking John McCain’s Vietnam War heroism to charging undocumented immigrants with “poisoning the blood of our country” to calling for “one really violent day” to end property crime. The more extreme the rhetoric, the more MAGA true believers praised it — as if outrage were the highest form of loyalty. The Trump hard core doesn’t just tolerate or excuse infamy; many revel in it.
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It's good to see arch-conservatives turning on Trump. The country can deal with arch conservatives, as much as I disagree with them. But Trump is a Pestilence intent on destruction of all that's good. I worry whether only only conservatives can break his hold.

www.bostonglobe.com

Who really suffers from Trump Derangement Syndrome? - The Boston Globe

MAGA cultists brandish a repressive accusation.
www.bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com
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Later in that article (which seems to display fine when Javascript is disabled) there are amazing examples of the Derangement of MAGGOTs:
Meanwhile, they reflexively use “TDS!” as a go-to put-down for anything from mild disagreement to serious moral critique, framing opposition not as argument but as pathology — an easy, cheap discredit....

What is truly alarming is how some have sought to legalize that insult by casting dissent as disease. In Minnesota this spring, five Republican senators proposed a bill that would redefine “Trump Derangement Syndrome” as an official mental illness under state law. And on Capitol Hill, Representative Warren Davidson, an Ohio Republican, has introduced the “Trump Derangement Syndrome Research Act,” which would direct the National Institutes of Health to study this “toxic state of mind.” Treating political disagreement as a clinical condition isn’t persuasion — it’s repression.
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jonatha said:
Swammerdami said:
Ford said:
My new theory is that this meeting was a chance for Putin ("remember, sir, it's pronounced poo-tihn') to personally assess the mental decline of our president.
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Isn't it pronounced /py.tɛ̃/ just like French 'putain'?
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Could be snark, but no. The n is not silent.
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Snark? Of course, with français being the lingua franca of diplomacy, I pronounce "Putin" as I think a Frenchman would.

FWIW, my brain "thinks" it hears a distinct 'N' sound at the end of these 'nasalized vowels'. Admittedly this MIGHT be related to the phenomenon discussed in the recent "Green needle / Brainstorm - auditory illusion" thread: I see an 'N' so think I'm hearing an 'N' also.

Does American English also have 'nasalized vowels' without explicit /n/? I see that wiktionary shows /ˈfæ̃ɾ̃əsi/ as the "General American" pronunciation of 'fantasy.'
 
They wanted the gilded age. Oval Office looks like a TBN set or a shitty casino in its new gilded glory so they’re happy. Labor and capital is looking like a new iteration of the guilded age is here so the symbol of the Oval Office being decorated like a cathedral in Leningrad is appropriate.
 
Let's send him a six-pack of Egg McMuffins. "You deserve it, sir. You're winning so much we're getting tired of winning. Double cheese, sir? No, your ankles look fine. Sexy even."
 
JFC, he even had gold wallpaper put up. :sick-green:

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