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Is TDS real?

After a professor shoots himself in the arm in a college bathroom to protest the President, I'm going to say yes.

How are those gun free zones working?
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Graylight · 51-55, F
No reason has been given or details offered on the shooting other than that the police are calling it a protest against Trump. That's not TDS, that's a mental issue that should be seriously and definitively dealt with.

But there's another reason why it can't be attributed to TDS - and that's that there's [i]no such thing.[/i]

The origin of TDS is traced back to the late Charles Krauthammer, who invented the term "Bush Derangement Syndrome." Krauthammer was an attorney, not a psychologist or mental health professional of any kind. He was coining a pattern of behavior among opponents to Bush, probably tongue in cheek.

Of course, Trump appropriated the phrase for himself because, well, Trump. It's a non-existent urban term that means nothing.
@Graylight the police said that based the professor's own statement.

It seems to me you are suffering from a slight case of TDS yourself
Graylight · 51-55, F
@Harley4Life...with no specifics as to rain yet.

As for TDS, [quote]there's no such thing[/quote]

But still, at least learn to apply it correctly.