Wow. If you've never seen the abbreviation "BDS," you might not be familiar with it. For those who don't follow all things political, I'll help you out -- BDS is "Bush Derangement Syndrome." I imagine the APA will come up with the exact classifications for this syndrome (if they haven't already). Wikipedia credits the source of the syndrome to Charles Krauthammer:
"the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal people in reaction to the policies, the presidency -- nay -- the very existence of George W. Bush."
Last week I posted about Democrats. Specifically, it was about one bill that the Democrats did not support. It outlined what was in the bill and gave quotes of Democrats -- those same Democrats who would not support the bill. The post was about showing how Democrats say one thing but actually DO another.
Along comes a person to comment. The very first comment was about President Bush. Now there was absolutely nothing in the post about President Bush at all. It was about Democrats. I told the commenter that they could read the post. At this point, the commenter almost got it. He mentioned that my post didn't mention Bush at all -- but then he continued to ask about President Bush's position.
After trying to explain to the commenter that I was talking about the United States Senate, he continued to ask about president Bush. I went ahead and explained in simple terms that the post was about the Senate and not Bush. I explained that I really didn't care what Bush thought about this particular bill. Therefore, this commenter somehow logically concluded that I was ignorant.
Yes, because I didn't want to talk about something that this person did (Bush), I was ignorant. The discussion actually continued. In each and every comment (except one), this posted continued to mention Bush. As of this writing, he has continued to mention Bush -- 19 times now. And he's blamed Bush for, well, I'm not sure what. And yes, because I didn't want to talk about what he wanted to talk about, he started calling me names.
Take a peek at the thread if you dare -- but be careful, if you attempt to apply rational logic or attempt to discuss with him, you may actually get dumber. It's a true classic case of Bush derangement syndrome.
You are welcome to discuss with me, meatbrain, but I'll be deleting all posts where you address the general public as if this is your blog. Feel free to call me whatever names exist in your world. But feel free to debate and talk to me about things if you'd like.
I'm certain BDS will persist on the left right up to the moment our next president takes the oath of office. My only question is: after structuring their respective worldview around hating Bush for over 6 years, what will they do when he's gone?
That's a very good point. There will be a huge gap left when he leaves. I imagine many people will be very crushed.
Ogre, first off everything bad in this world was caused by Karl Rove, Dick Cheney or GWB. Halliburton is actually fully owned by cheney, with rove being the secret CFO of halliburton, and GWB sticks teh cafetria.
How you cannot know any of this is beyond me. Why won't you admit that cheney started the War for Oil after losing a bet to scooter libby about GWB catching that greased pig while wearing a clown suit?
You right wingers are all the same, just like meathead says in his book "I Drool, Therefore I'm Wet."
You should pick up a copy and get a dose of reality.
Nomenclature: A psychologist has 4 years of graduate work, a one or two year internship and do not prescribe medications except in some states. A psychiatrist is first, an M.D. who can prescribe medicine. After med school, they have a 4 year residency (5 years for child and adolescent psychiatry).
I am neither, My degree is in psychology, but I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor. Dr. Sanity is a Psychiatrist. Both of us agree that BDS is a serious disorder causing one not only to hate all things Bush, but to be completely divorced from reality. The vast majority of sufferors of BDS will say the sky is green if Bush says it is blue. Meatbrain has more BDS than usual, but he may also have something else going on because he continues to ask questions about issues not posted, but only brought up to try to embarrass the host. He never does, because of his irrationality and OCD like behaviors over what ever his question is. Interesting case... should be an entire chapter to himself in a BDS text.
I knew I could count on some folks to step in here and provide me with some extra information! Thank you, Kender, I'll be sure to check out his new book. Maybe I'd add an amazon link to it as an ad on my page!
And thanks, GM, for setting me straight on those silly p-people ;) I would think meatbrain would indeed be quite a thing to study from the mental health field -- if someone could actually put up with him!
GM Roper is lying. There is no mental condition called "Bush Derangement Syndrome". It's a fantasy, invented by cowards like GM and Ogre to abort any real discussion of Bush's actions as President.
Classic! Absolutely classic! Only a truly deranged person can actually claim that someone is lying when they state their opinion.
Thanks for giving more support to the research and case example displayed here!
Only a liar like GM Roper would pretend that "Bush Derangement Syndrome" actually exists. The lie is made worse by the fact that Roper parades his supposed credentials in an effort to lend credibility to his lies.
Yes, you read it here first (or maybe not here first): if you state your opinion and meatbrain disagrees, you are a liar. Well, in the world of meatbrain, that is.