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.
As long as we classify “TDS” as people who wallpaper their whole house in Trump election signs
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.
It’s one of the reasons it’s in my top 2 places to live within the next couple years.
Well I was born and raised here, so I’m very biased, but I love it. Nature is everywhere, we have a ton of true wilderness, and people are generally very polite and kind. Lots of different cultures in the melting pot and fun cities/towns big and small.
Add onto that our politics (in the metro area especially) and it’s hard to beat.
I moved to MN about a year ago. Its a good choice
always projection
fReE sPeEcH
They got it the wrong way round. The deranged person is Trump, not the one who criticises him.
It should be “Trump’s derangement syndrome”, and a case to invoke A25.
Fucking cultists.
They are never beating the cultist allegations. So many weak ass men idolize this man.
One of bill’s sponsors, Justin Eichorn, just got arrested on suspicion of soliciting a minor.
Man, this seems really common with these people. We should coin a term for whatever sort of illness this is…
Oh, right, it’s called pedophilia.
So if I don’t like a felon rapist traitor I have a mental illness?
Call me cRaZy, but I think conservatives are the ones with a mental illness if this is how they think (or don’t think).
Edit: Lol. Less than an hour after posting this comment the fuckhead co-author of this bill was arrested for trying to fuck a minor. Conservatives LOVE electing sexual predators.
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…
Our goal, in short, is a humane alternative to genocide.
Holy fucking shit. The fuck does he consider inhumane!
sure… so long as he can’t use it to get a lighter sentence in court.
