Is the D, devotee or derangement? 4 years of debate has finally been resolved.
Let's start with "syndrome".
A syndrome is a set of medical signs and symptoms which are correlated with each other and often associated with a particular disease or disorder. The word derives from the Greek σύνδρομον, meaning "concurrence".
Disease and disorder deal with illnesses and/or abnormalities. AFAIK, there are no diseases or disorders where the majority of the population is so afflicted.
Disorder:
definition of disorder (Entry 2 of 2)
1: lack of orderclothes in disorder
2: breach of the peace or public ordertroubled times marked by social disorders
3: an abnormal physical or mental conditiona liver disordera personality disorder
Abnormal means what it says. Not normal. Not the norm. Not typical. Does not occur in the majority of cases or to the majority of the people.
In the election, 6M more people voted against trump. They did not think that he is suitable to be prez. In some way, they dislike him. They are the majority of the voters. So in the U.S. it is normal to think that trump is unsuitable. Many people would use stronger words. The point is they are the majority. They are not abnormal. As such there is no syndrome that is ascribed to normalcy. Syndromes only apply to what is abnormal.
Now that is just in the U.S. I believe I read that in Canada 80% are anti-trump. Once again, that is a vast majority of Canadians and by definition, that is a normal Canadian. Again, there is no syndrome when one is normal. And if we look globally, trump is equally hated. It is the normal sentiment of the world.
So, to dislike trump (to varying degrees) is normal. It is not an illness. There is no syndrome for thinking normally.
Conversely, to support trump, and to do it so vehemently as to believe everything he says and does, does not seem to be normal, does it, because it is quite a small minority who think this way. Is it normal to believe he won the election? Is it normal to believe he has the greatest memory in history? Is it normal to think he cares about anything other than himself? NO. NO. And NO. The majority of Americans didn't think so and the VAST majority of the 7B people on this earth don't think so.
So, the people who believe, admire, respect trump, i.e. his DEVOTEES are in the minority. They are ABNORMAL. That is what the numbers tell us. It is indisputable. 77M to 71M in the U.S. alone and even more skewed outside of the U.S.
Symptoms that are common to abnormal human behaviour (or a condition) are grouped together and are called a SYNDROME. See above definition of syndrome if you need a refresher. The devotees are the outliers. They are in the minority. They are not normal. They share many common traits. They have a syndrome. It is appropriately called Trump Devotee Syndrome. Only his devotees think this way. The rest of the world doesn't.
There is no such thing as a Trump Derangement Syndrome because it is normal (the numbers do not lie) to dislike him. Being normal is not a syndrome. To dislike trump is very, very normal.
Phil. Unless you change your "custom title" people will think that you do counselling for trump devotees, the abnormal minority.
Let's start with "syndrome".
A syndrome is a set of medical signs and symptoms which are correlated with each other and often associated with a particular disease or disorder. The word derives from the Greek σύνδρομον, meaning "concurrence".
Disease and disorder deal with illnesses and/or abnormalities. AFAIK, there are no diseases or disorders where the majority of the population is so afflicted.
Disorder:
definition of disorder (Entry 2 of 2)
1: lack of orderclothes in disorder
2: breach of the peace or public ordertroubled times marked by social disorders
3: an abnormal physical or mental conditiona liver disordera personality disorder
Abnormal means what it says. Not normal. Not the norm. Not typical. Does not occur in the majority of cases or to the majority of the people.
In the election, 6M more people voted against trump. They did not think that he is suitable to be prez. In some way, they dislike him. They are the majority of the voters. So in the U.S. it is normal to think that trump is unsuitable. Many people would use stronger words. The point is they are the majority. They are not abnormal. As such there is no syndrome that is ascribed to normalcy. Syndromes only apply to what is abnormal.
Now that is just in the U.S. I believe I read that in Canada 80% are anti-trump. Once again, that is a vast majority of Canadians and by definition, that is a normal Canadian. Again, there is no syndrome when one is normal. And if we look globally, trump is equally hated. It is the normal sentiment of the world.
So, to dislike trump (to varying degrees) is normal. It is not an illness. There is no syndrome for thinking normally.
Conversely, to support trump, and to do it so vehemently as to believe everything he says and does, does not seem to be normal, does it, because it is quite a small minority who think this way. Is it normal to believe he won the election? Is it normal to believe he has the greatest memory in history? Is it normal to think he cares about anything other than himself? NO. NO. And NO. The majority of Americans didn't think so and the VAST majority of the 7B people on this earth don't think so.
So, the people who believe, admire, respect trump, i.e. his DEVOTEES are in the minority. They are ABNORMAL. That is what the numbers tell us. It is indisputable. 77M to 71M in the U.S. alone and even more skewed outside of the U.S.
Symptoms that are common to abnormal human behaviour (or a condition) are grouped together and are called a SYNDROME. See above definition of syndrome if you need a refresher. The devotees are the outliers. They are in the minority. They are not normal. They share many common traits. They have a syndrome. It is appropriately called Trump Devotee Syndrome. Only his devotees think this way. The rest of the world doesn't.
There is no such thing as a Trump Derangement Syndrome because it is normal (the numbers do not lie) to dislike him. Being normal is not a syndrome. To dislike trump is very, very normal.
Phil. Unless you change your "custom title" people will think that you do counselling for trump devotees, the abnormal minority.
