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Peter Schott's avatar

I definitely feel that pain to an extent. I'll admit to being the one posting that response to some things. The people who are so over-the-top infected by TDS that they praise Biden for his "mental sharpness" and just cannot see anything outside of their orange-man-bad glasses. I've had to block a couple of them because they were so insane.

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Donna in MO's avatar

You are lucky it was only a couple, I have lost as many friends and been cancelled by extended family over TDS as I have from covid insanity.

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Transcriber B's avatar

I'm still hearing from people-- in fact it happened again yesterday-- that those who didn't take the shots, it was because they were "Trump people." I mean, hello? What planet do they live on?

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Anne Clifton's avatar

So stupid, Transcriber! Seems like I read somewhere? that Trump was responsible for Warp Speed?? The Demoncrats are such hypocrites; they said they would not take Trump's vaccine, but once Biden was installed, it was suddenly safe and effective.

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Transcriber B's avatar

I know, it makes no sense. As best as I can parse it out, people who say such things have the idea that there are all these shadowy rabid right-wing kooks out there, mainly in the red states, and especially in the South, who are (so they seem to believe) the only ones who could possibly be objecting to the "the science" of "the vaccines." And of course it is also an article of religious faith among them that not only are the shots totally safe, but the Bad Orange Man is Very, Very, Very Bad Indeed. There's no common sense, basic logic, nor any curiosity evidenced on their part about any of this. At least that has been my personal experience with the people I know who say such things. They've all taken anywhere from 3 to 8 of these shots by now, and a lot of them have bad brain fog (which they ascribe to old age or their multiple covid infections). And they're still reading the New York Times. And, by the way, attending an unusual number of funerals.

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Nancy Benedict's avatar

Exactly. That is still something I cannot understand. Why is one's health every dictated by politics?

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Doug's avatar

This is out of context, but I just want to thank you for all the work you're doing. I get your updates all the time and appreciate all the effort you're putting into chronicling this debacle.

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Transcriber B's avatar

Hi Doug, Thank you for your kind words, I really appreciate it.

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Nikki (Gayle) Nicholson's avatar

What is TDS? All these abbreviations lol,

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Donna in MO's avatar

Trump Derangement Syndrome. People who mindlessly parrot the 'destroy our democracy' 'Trump is Hitler/racist/xenophobe/misogynist' talking points, and I guess actually believe them. I was a very reluctant Trump voter in 2016 but the more they thrashed about and vilified him, the more I stood up for him. It all came to a head in Jan 2021, and the perfect storm of the vid and the so called insurrection was a line in the sand, where I was jettisoned and I jettisoned people who could not stop picking fights over either Trump or the shot/masks, or both.

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Nikki (Gayle) Nicholson's avatar

Yes, I also had luke warm feelings for Trump, I loved what he did for the economy and America. The more they spoke against him, the more I started to like him. Now I am a 100% supporter, based on what he accomplished. I also knew I could never support the clintons. I just pray that we still have a country for him to turn around.

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Donna in MO's avatar

Yes, this trial stuff has had the opposite effect of what I think the left intended. The more they go after him, the stronger his support becomes.

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Julie Ann B's avatar

Just praying the FBI/CIA doesn’t take him out first. May God bless and protect President Trump! 🙏🏻

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Donna in MO's avatar

Yes, pray every day that Nov is a 'normal' (relative term, I know) election - I just can't help but feel like SOMETHING is going to hit the fan before then.

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Julie Ann B's avatar

I’m concerned they already have something planned to disrupt the election and declare a state of emergency. They will stop at nothing to destroy our nation.

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Seeking Grace's avatar

@Nikki Trump Derangement Syndrome 🧡

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Nikki (Gayle) Nicholson's avatar

Oh man oh man, laughing out loud

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