Trump administration 2024-2028

[Cloud Cover]

lol… no gay, Marxist Canadian wolves allowed.

Trump administration tells Colorado wolves must come from U.S. Rockies states, not Canada

The Trump administration is telling the state of Colorado it can no longer import wolves from Canada.

apnews.com

 

[Genetk44]

lol… no gay, Marxist Canadian wolves allowed.

Trump administration tells Colorado wolves must come from U.S. Rockies states, not Canada

The Trump administration is telling the state of Colorado it can no longer import wolves from Canada.

apnews.com

No gay Alaskan wolves either

 

[Bruce Monkhouse]

“TDS” (and “BDS”, “ODS” and “HDS” before it) is an example of a thought terminating cliche meant to end debate and repair cognitive dissonance with a cliche rather than a point.

Thought-terminating cliché - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

So like Maple Maga??

 

[Lumber]

So like Maple Maga??

Nope, not the same at all.

First, when you say someone has "TDS", and many on here have, it's a disparaging comment. It's in the name; you're saying someone has a Derangement Syndrome just for their position. Conversely, calling someone Maple MAGA is just a simple way to identify a person's particular political position (and that they're Canadian).

Second, TDS is used to dismiss someone's position, in that you're saying their position has no merit because they are "Deranged". We aren't doing that when we call someone Maple MAGA. Again we are just identifying that they have a particular position/opinion, but not denouncing their position offhand simply because of the name we've applied to them.

That doesn't mean we don't feel the above (disparaging and dismissive) about Maple MAGA, it just means this opinions are separate and independent of the cute lable that's been created.

 

[Jarnhamar]

Conversely, calling someone Maple MAGA is just a simple way to identify a person's particular political position (and that they're Canadian).

That’s a nice rationalization, but it doesn’t change how “Maple MAGA” is actually used. It’s a put-down, same as “TDS.”

Pretending it’s just a “cute label” doesn’t make it any less dismissive. Both terms exist to write people off instead of dealing with what they’re saying. It’s used to lump people into a stereotype and reduce someone’s position to a caricature IMO.

 

[Lumber]

That’s a nice rationalization, but it doesn’t change how “Maple MAGA” is actually used. It’s a put-down, same as “TDS.”

Pretending it’s just a “cute label” doesn’t make it any less dismissive. Both terms exist to write people off instead of dealing with what they’re saying. It’s used to lump people into a stereotype and reduce someone’s position to a caricature IMO.

Except that no one on here has ever responded to a "pro-Trump" post on here by saying "Yea, but, you're just a Maple MAGA", while people on here HAVE responded to "anti-Trump" posts by saying "Your TDS is showing".

 

[Remius]

Maple Maga types does a good job defining themselves without anyone else having to do so.