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Dan Gillmor
Dan Gillmor
@dangillmor@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Trump Derangement Syndrome exists in two ways:

1) Trump is visibly deranged and it's accelerating.

2) People who imagine that Trump's cult will ever be disgusted enough by anything he says or does to cut themselves loose -- that's derangement, too.

There's no bottom to his vileness, or their support.

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Dave Rahardja 🎄
Dave Rahardja 🎄
@drahardja@sfba.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@dangillmor I disagree. I think Trump’s supporters have a “cultural follower” mindset: they follow whomever the cultural cues around them tell them to follow. When Trump is sufficiently weakened, I think the GOP establishment will throw him under the bus using their media channels. At that time, Trump supporters will hear a constant chorus of “Trump is done” on all media channels, and they will turn away like obedient sheep to focus their attention on the next shiny grievance that the GOP media dangles before their eyes.

Trump’s magic touch has always been his ability to keep his minions and followers one step ahead of the GOP establishment by continually occupying the media cycle. This requires stamina, and Trump is now quite unhealthy and has serious cognitive impairment, so he’s flagging. The GOP establishment, still stinging from years of Trump’s backstabbing, will regain their advantage soon, and I suspect they will set upon him like a pack of hyenas when they get the chance, and rip his followers away.

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ritchiepage2001
ritchiepage2001
@ritchiepage2001@mastodon.bida.im replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@dangillmor Well, the supporters that remain, sure.

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K_L_Cooper
K_L_Cooper
@k_leyton_cooper@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@dangillmor
SPOT ON❗️❗️❗️ 👍🏼👍🏼👌🏻

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xs4me2
xs4me2
@xs4me2@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@dangillmor

There will be a day of reckoning…

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DonCC
DonCC
@DonChacale@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@dangillmor
there's no reasoning with deranged porcinate fukkkers

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@iveyline
@iveyline
@Iveyline@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@dangillmor Just like those who supported Hitler.

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Giuseppe Leanza
Giuseppe Leanza
@jerrymassloII@mastodon.uno replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@dangillmor I have no doubt that trump has various mental problems, but that is certainly not the most serious one; the most serious remains his nature as a puppet of the Kremlin.

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bk
bk
@knutson_brain@sfba.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@dangillmor
Always talkimg about himself ( #narcissism )

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Bruce Elrick
Bruce Elrick
@virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@dangillmor
I have faith (not something that I have a lot of) that they will snap out of it one by one, the least fervent first. I hope it will accelerate.

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Ulrich_the_Elder, 🇨🇦,🇺🇦
Ulrich_the_Elder, 🇨🇦,🇺🇦
@Ulrich_the_elder@thecanadian.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@dangillmor People who support trump are the ones suffering from trump derangement syndrome, as in order to support that level of vile criminality you have to be deranged.

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Jimmy
Jimmy
@jhavok@mstdn.party replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@dangillmor His support is waning. The effort of turning a blind eye is taking a toll.

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