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Thread: Trump Derangement Syndrome Strikes Again: A College Professor Shot Himself In The Arm

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    He seemed to have planned and carried it out quite rationally.
    Don't misconstrue rational for deliberate. Rational people don't shoot themselves in protest. Throwing dandelion seeds all over his golf courses would get Trump's attention and thus everyone else's attention far more than shooting oneself.


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    Do you have any evidence for the things you're guessing about him?
    As much as those attributing it to "TDS". However, as a student of human behavior in general, it has been my observation that people who deliberately self-harm, at the very least, tend have emotional problems. I'm not including people already dying of terminal illnesses. This man is 68-years-old. It could also be a symptom of the onset of some form of dementia.
    In quoting my post, you affirm and agree that you have not been goaded, provoked, emotionally manipulated or otherwise coerced into responding.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Who View Post
    Don't misconstrue rational for deliberate. Rational people don't shoot themselves in protest. Throwing dandelion seeds all over his golf courses would get Trump's attention and thus everyone else's attention far more than shooting oneself.




    As much as those attributing it to "TDS". However, as a student of human behavior in general, it has been my observation that people who deliberately self-harm, at the very least, tend have emotional problems. I'm not including people already dying of terminal illnesses. This man is 68-years-old. It could also be a symptom of the onset of some form of dementia.
    Obviously someone suffering TDS is not rational in his ultimate goal though he be rational each step of the way.

    As much as attributing TDS? Reread the OP, he shot himself in the arm in protest of Trump, something even you admit is irrational. That's what TDS means.

    You on the other hand seek to attribute some psychological illness to him for which you expect sympathy. Not the same at all.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Who View Post
    I don't know about TDS, but I suspect this guy has some significant mental/emotional problems. How would shooting yourself make the least bit of difference to Trump?

    I'll bet those mental health problems didn't develop until after the 2016 presidential election.


    TDS is absolutely real.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    Obviously someone suffering TDS is not rational in his ultimate goal though he be rational each step of the way.

    As much as attributing TDS? Reread the OP, he shot himself in the arm in protest of Trump, something even you admit is irrational. That's what TDS means.

    You on the other hand seek to attribute some psychological illness to him for which you expect sympathy. Not the same at all.

    Those suffering from TDS are sympathetic to one another.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahuyaman View Post
    Those suffering from TDS are sympathetic to one another.
    I've seen their pity parties.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    Obviously someone suffering TDS is not rational in his ultimate goal though he be rational each step of the way.

    As much as attributing TDS? Reread the OP, he shot himself in the arm in protest of Trump, something even you admit is irrational. That's what TDS means.

    You on the other hand seek to attribute some psychological illness to him for which you expect sympathy. Not the same at all.
    I couldn't care less whether or not you feel sympathy for him - I am simply challenging the notion that this was an act of TDS. People who are simply offended by political figures general express their objections vocally. People with mental health issues can develop unhealthy obsessions that can manifest in self-harm or harm to others. What you call TDS is not about being irrational, it's just about being offended. What some dismiss as irrelevant behavior is interpreted differently by people who have a different code of ethics and principles. People arguing on forums are not the ones out there committing self-harm or plotting to kill people over controversial politicians.
    In quoting my post, you affirm and agree that you have not been goaded, provoked, emotionally manipulated or otherwise coerced into responding.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Who View Post
    I couldn't care less whether or not you feel sympathy for him - I am simply challenging the notion that this was an act of TDS. People who are simply offended by political figures general express their objections vocally. People with mental health issues can develop unhealthy obsessions that can manifest in self-harm or harm to others. What you call TDS is not about being irrational, it's just about being offended. What some dismiss as irrelevant behavior is interpreted differently by people who have a different code of ethics and principles. People arguing on forums are not the ones out there committing self-harm or plotting to kill people over controversial politicians.
    I understand your challenging it was TDS. And I'm asking what evidence you have otherwise and you have none. Until you do you're just specualting, guessing, making things up for some unknown reason.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    I understand your challenging it was TDS. And I'm asking what evidence you have otherwise and you have none. Until you do you're just specualting, guessing, making things up for some unknown reason.
    And attributing it to TDS is not pure speculation, guessing and making things up? Where is your evidence? I am saying that many mentally unstable people will obsess about singular issues because it's easier than trying to unravel everything that is bothering them. Even people without mental health issues will take out their frustrations opportunistically, not because whomever they are castigating is necessarily the source of their anger. Rational people don't shoot themselves to make a point. Irrational people with something going wrong in their brains do. It's comparable to kids who cut themselves to externalize psychological pain or psychologically damaged people who volunteer to be suicide bombers. Furthermore, people who are the victims of the onset of dementia are also likely to develop weird irrational obsessions and react in irrational ways. Challenging politically self-serving assumptions doesn't require empirical evidence. The revelations of someone who has behaved in a seriously irrational fashion cannot be accepted at face value.
    In quoting my post, you affirm and agree that you have not been goaded, provoked, emotionally manipulated or otherwise coerced into responding.



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    Professor shoots himself on campus to protest Trump

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    They call it “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” and this one particular professor has certainly got it.

    Sociology professor Mark J. Bird brought a gun to the College of Southern Nevada, where he is an emeritus professor, and shot himself while in the bathroom. He later said it was to protest Donald Trump's presidency, which was noted in the police report.


    The odd event took place on the second day of classes. Police found the professor bleeding outside a campus bathroom due to a self-inflicted shot to his arm. Bird had left a hundred dollar bill taped to the bathroom mirror, supposedly for the janitor, because of the bloody mess he left behind. Police found a .22-caliber handgun and a spent shell casing inside the bathroom as well.



    Bird, 69, was not scheduled to teach classes in 2018.

    He was charged with “discharging a gun within a prohibited structure, carrying a concealed weapon without a permit and possessing a dangerous weapon on school property,” according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

    The Las Vegas professor is scheduled to appear in court for a hearing on Sept. 17 for felony gun charges.


    The school has stayed relatively quiet about the incident, only sending out an “all safe” alert the day of the event and later vaguely mentioning the incident in a monthly newsletter.


    “They never really told the students much about it except that it was resolved on the actual day of the shooting,” Robert Manis, president of the college’s faculty union, the Nevada Faculty Alliance, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
    “When you don’t give the full details, then rumors go crazy. It’s unfortunate because it made the students and faculty very afraid and allowed rumors to proliferate.”


    https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/r...-protest-trump
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    Has the Left become so violent that they are shooting themselves? If this message is intended to get Trump out of office, he missed, just like the rest of them.
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