It was instantaneous.

i definitely can't relate to that

Scott Adams has a good explanation for Trump Derangement Syndrome

Or a very good explanation for why it seems so many people are insane.

That for like the past few years leading up to election day 2016, people had bought into the idea that there was a good vs evil battle going on, not just "the lesser evil" as politics usually goes for them but Trump, who not just represented Nazism reborn, House Slythern, etc but all of the toxic online communities they've had to deal with, the "GamerGaters", maybe even a few Bernie Bros who were allegedly mad a woman got the nomination. This was the culmination of all that, like the battle at the Black Gates of Mordor

And then Trump won. If Trump had lost, his supporters would be mad but they wouldn't treat it as if Evil Wom. They'd think HIllary is evil but they also expected the system to be rigged against him. But Trump won, and for Hillary's supporters, this fractured them off into their own reality, where Emperor Palpatine is now in charge. People like us are in a different reality, where Trump won on merit, or even just campaigning in the correct states (which is merit after a fashion).

I can calm us all down.

When the hell did the Left and Right flip?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hndf5JRwUL0

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Back in my day you'd assume it was the religious right would be holding idea of Good vs. Evil in an election.

A lot of people hold ideas of good vs evil, its basic tribalistic instinct.

Some lefties think they're above all that because they love the outsider (immigrants) but they really do have a black and white view on things when you break it down.

Discussions of good vs. evil either belong in religious discussions or to do with pizza toppings. Anything else is going overboard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSTfQIB6Ecg

Religion is one more form of tribe.

Perhaps one of the most basic, innate forms of tribe

Every human needs a way to collective their self-interests, because competing humans also run in collectives.

But when the hell did that spill out to the world at large?

I used to vote Democrat and basically quit when they rolled out that "War On Women" over birth control.

Which weirded me out with the similarities on the War On Terror.

And the stupidity.

still not sure what "hate speech" is...

Speech someone who matters doesn't like.

hmm, that can't be the case.

When I hear someone say "hate speech" it usually means "speech i hate"

Repeat this mantra when someone brings up "hate speech."
There's no such thing as hate speech, only speech you hate.

So, would an annoying accent count?

That would be delivery, or mockery. So it would be performance.

Is that a yes?

That's a no from my point of view.

So, it's not how they speak but what they're saying?

That's the way people put it forward when they complain about it.

I see. So, it's something being said that I hate.

So, talking about warm weather is hate speech? Cuz i hate hot temps.

It can be. But since you don't like it then it's also harrassment.

I see

Seems like a very stressful way to go about things, paranoia...

It's also sexual harrassment if you can infer that it's sexual...or something like that.

Hmm, normalizing mental illness...might be a theme...

By chance, have you heard of Hugh?