Summary

Five Republican Minnesota state senators plan to introduce a bill classifying “Trump Derangement Syndrome” (TDS) as a mental illness, defining it as “acute paranoia” about Trump’s presidency.

The bill argues TDS causes hysteria, verbal hostility, and aggression toward Trump supporters.

Critics argue this represents a dangerous politicization of mental health diagnoses that could suppress political expression.

The bill will be read Monday before the Minnesota Senate Health and Human Services Committee, where Democrats hold a narrow majority.

  • lettruthout@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    In first reading the title I was wondering if the bill was talking about people blindly following Trump.

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      13 hours ago

      Same - instead sounds like they want to classify dissenters as mentally unwell so they can be locked-away or deported like the rest.

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        11 hours ago

        Not just locked away, they want to torture them in mental institutions and fry their brains with psychiatric meds. Just like in Morther Russia.

        Don’t assume this is a joke.

        They are constantly probing, and will keep trying to expand their power until they are stopped.