Five Minnesota Senate Republicans are seeking to dub “Trump derangement syndrome” (TDS), a term coined to describe a form of criticism of President Donald Trump, as an official mental illness recognized under state statute.
Eric Lucero, R-St. Michael, Steve Drazkowski, R-Mazeppa, Nathan Wesenberg, R-Little Falls, Justin D. Eichorn, R-Grand Rapids, and Glenn H. Gruenhagen, R-Glencoe, are the five politicians who drafted the bill that would add the so-called “syndrome” to a lengthy list of definitions related to mental health care in Minnesota.
If passed, a section of a statute that includes definitions for terms including “diagnostic assessment” and “outpatient services” would be appended to add one for TDS. The authors describe TDS as “the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal persons” in reaction to Trump’s policies.
If something like this passed, wonder how easy it would be for the authorities to confiscate someone’s weapons and/or forcibly relocate them to a ‘mental asylum’ for ‘treatment’ to cure their ‘TDS.’ Big 1984 vibes in this bill.
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always projection
All performative. MNGOP has been ineffectual and effectively out of power for 30+ years.
Performative in MN, but in locations more sympathetic to the GOP agenda is it a beacon of inspiration and blueprint for legalized oppression?
Perhaps. But it won’t be a success story here. Minnesota has odd politics. We’re quite progressive for the US and extremely oddly progressive for the Midwest/Great Plains. Even our dyed in the wool conservatives are fairly libertarian (actual definition, focused on personal freedoms) in their beliefs.
Of course we still have our share of hateful and misinformed people, but this tack isn’t going to be very popular here.
fReE sPeEcH
Fucking cultists.
Does this mean if I am upset about Trump I can claim disability?
Be judicious about the degree of productive capacity you can exhibit…
The rest of the article is just as insane. Yarvin clarifies that no one wants poor people powered infrastructure because its yucky I guess. But that they need a humane alternative to genocide. So his proposed solution is basically forcing poor people to live in the Matrix. Permanent Solitary Confinement in a virtual world.
“We’d commit genocide but we’re too squeamish” is also an indefensible position.
Horrifying. This will be used to detain and disarm political opposition.
They got it the wrong way round. The deranged person is Trump, not the one who criticises him.
It’s a code red snowflake alert
It’s a foundation for imprisoning political opponents.
All those who oppose us must have a mental illness because we’re so nice, who would want to oppose us?
These people are just comically evil, like a Disney queen type evil
Can I use this to get out of work with pay? Pretty sure symptoms will clear up in 4 years?
I wouldn’t try that.
Recycling this quote and article again:
Be judicious about the degree of productive capacity you can exhibit…
One of bill’s sponsors, Justin Eichorn, just got arrested on suspicion of soliciting a minor.
As long as we classify “TDS” as people who wallpaper their whole house in Trump election signs
Remember when Republicans at least pretended to be the party of free speech?
Lol, they never were.
Reagan was known for the Fairness Doctrine.
George W. Bush attacked protestors in NY and labeled it terrorism to criticize his administration.
Sooooo, never were.
They campaigned on it last November.
I really don’t think they ever were a “Free Speech” party.
McCarthy went after Hollywood movies that didn’t even use the word “Socialist.”
Givng birth control information was “pornography.”
that shtick went out the window, for me, during the bush the lesser reign when they pushed “freedom fries”. fascist language control right there.
I can point to that and say the republican (specifically) and american (generally) freight train was already clearly off the tracks.
edit: missed word.
Also, in addition to what others said, I’m pretty sure it wasn’t liberals and leftists that pushed for videogame ratings and censorship after Mortal Kombat in the 90s. That was frightened conservative boomer “think of the children” shit. They were also blaming Doom and Marylin Manson after Columbine instead of, you know, the fact those two had such easy access to firearms and untreated mental health issues.
There were plenty Democrats involved in that. The explicit lyrics stickers on music were pushed by Tipper Gore.
Then again, you can’t can these people leftists to begin with.
