ODS - a guide to severity

[billvon 3,092]

A quick guide to the level of severity of ODS sufferers. It is safe to say that the improving economy, increase in US oil production and proximity to the election will exacerbate many people's symptoms.


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World renowned psychologist Dr. Christopher Zimmermann has developed a classification scheme for people who suffer from ODS.

Obama Derangement Syndrome (ODS) Classification Scheme

Stage 1 Obama Derangement Syndrome
Early symptoms include subtle, low level criticisms of Obama's "leadership" abilities. A simple understanding of separation of powers and what Obama can/can not do is enough to reverse most ailments.

Stage 2 Obama Derangement Syndrome
At this stage, attacks on the President begin to take on a nonsensical element such as criticism of Obama playing Golf, taking a vacation with his family, or eating mustard on his hamburger. The tone used by stage 2 sufferers mimics that of a gossip tabloid or an unhappy teenager's blog.

Stage 3 Obama Derangement Syndrome
As the disease progresses, deeply held anger, resentment, and fear manifests itself. Those afflicted with ODS-3 are unable to call the President by his name. They use incendiary monikers such as Barry, Obummer, Zero. The derangement begins to branch out to Obama's family. Even mentioning Michelle Obama's campaign to encourage healthy lifestyles is enough to cause hysterical fits of rage.

Stage 4 Obama Derangement Syndrome
Opposition to Obama becomes not just predictable, but a force of habit. Those afflicted use phrases like, "Anyone but Obama." The diseased begin to take any position, so long as it is not Obama's position. They begin to mock ideas like "hope" and "change" as naive, simply because Obama has espoused them.

Stage 5 Obama Derangement Syndrome
As stage 5 ODS sets in, the assaults on the President's character begin to imply he is evil at his core. The development of conspiracies that suggest Obama is knowingly executing an agenda that will harm America are commonplace. Questions like, "Is Obama A Bigger Threat Than Al Qaeda?" and "Obama: A Radical Leftist Who Seeks To Dismantle Capitalism?" are common place.

Stage 6 Obama Derangement Syndrome
This stage is mostly reserved for birthers and bigots. People who have developed ODS-6 are offended by Barack Obama's very existence. The subtle racial undertones, kept concealed in the previous stages of the disease, can no longer be contained. They find it impossible to believe that a black man could be elected President of "their" country, despite the overwhelming evidence that the President was born in America.
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[masterblaster72 0]

Pat Boone is a fine example of stage 6 ODS.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2011/09/pat-boones-not-convinced-still-a-birther/

Be humble, ask questions, listen, learn, follow the golden rule, talk when necessary, and know when to shut the fuck up.

[RonD1120 62]

I am definitely at stage 5. I would have claimed stage 6 but it is not accurately defined.

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[Bertt 0]

Is this the opposite of Worshiping the God Reagan ?

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[GeorgiaDon 379]

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I am definitely at stage 5. I would have claimed stage 6 but it is not accurately defined.

How would you choose to define stage 6?

Don

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[lawrocket 3]

This is nothing more than a modern offshoot of Bush Derangement Syndrome. (Think of the 2008 Democratic National Convention - a BDS Support Group on National Television). Check out BDS:

Stage 1 Bush Derangement Syndrome
Early symptoms include subtle, low level criticisms of Bush’s "leadership" abilities. They all claim that Bush lied, but when in a moment of honesty think Congress knew it was all a sham.

Stage 2 Bush Derangement Syndrome
At this stage, attacks on the President begin to take on a nonsensical element such as criticism of Bush taking yet another trip to his Texas Ranch. The tone used by stage 2 sufferers mimics that of a gossip tabloid or an unhappy teenager's blog.

Stage 3 Bush Derangement Syndrome
As the disease progresses, deeply held anger, resentment, and fear manifests itself. Those afflicted with BDS-3 are unable to call the President by his name. They use incendiary monikers such as Dubya. The derangement begins to branch out to Bush's drunken partying daughters. Even mentioning Laura Bush's campaign to encourage youth reading is enough to cause hysterical fits of rage.

Stage 4 Bush Derangement Syndrome
Opposition to Bush becomes not just predictable, but a force of habit. Those afflicted use phrases like, "Anyone but Bush." The diseased begin to take any position, so long as it is not Bush's position. They begin to mock ideas like “tax cuts” as naive, simply because Bush has espoused them.

Stage 5 Bush Derangement Syndrome
As stage 5 ODS sets in, the assaults on the President's character begin to imply he is evil at his core. These people may even have Nobel Prizes and take on senior advisory positions in the next administration (cough, KRUGMAN, cough, hack). The development of conspiracies that suggest Bush is knowingly executing an agenda that will harm America are commonplace. Questions like, "Did Bush Cook up 9/11" and "Bush: Conspiracy to Kill the Poor" are common place.

Stage 6 Bush Derangement Syndrome
This stage is mostly reserved for hardcore lefties. People who have developed BDS-6 are offended by Bush's very existence. The subtle cultural undertones, kept concealed in the previous stages of the disease, can no longer be contained. They find it impossible to believe that a southern redneck could be elected President of "their" country.


This, of course, was merely an offshoot of Clinton Derangement Syndrome. Which grew from Reagan Derangement Syndrome.

Also note that there is an equal and opposite group. For every person who subjectively believes that Obama can do no right there are others who think he can do no wrong. Both are simply modern manifestations of the Allegory of the Cave - people don't want their view of reality distorted by a bigger picture and reason. As Socrates said, the person who is pulled from the cave to see what really is there would want to destroy the person who brought him out and return to the cave, where he is comfortable in that universe.

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[billvon 3,092]

>Is this the opposite of Worshiping the God Reagan ?

Sort of, although nowadays Reagan would be kicked out of the GOP for being too liberal. Raising taxes? Negotiating with communists? Supporter of gay rights? Increased government spending? Heck, if he were still president today, the GOP would be trying to impeach this big government tax-n-spend, terrorist-negotiating, gay-loving, Christian-hating, illegal-immigrant-coddling liberal.

[RonD1120 62]

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I am definitely at stage 5. I would have claimed stage 6 but it is not accurately defined.

How would you choose to define stage 6?

Don

I responded earlier and the reply vanished. !!??? Trying again as follows:

Stage 6 Obama Derangement Syndrome
This stage is mostly reserved for birthers and patriots. People who have developed ODS-6 are offended by Barack Obama's very political existence.

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[Stumpy 284]

Nah. Was more accurate before.

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[RonD1120 62]

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[masterblaster72 0]

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I am definitely at stage 5. I would have claimed stage 6 but it is not accurately defined.

How would you choose to define stage 6?

Don

I responded earlier and the reply vanished. !!??? Trying again as follows:

Stage 6 Obama Derangement Syndrome
This stage is mostly reserved for birthers and patriots. People who have developed ODS-6 are offended by Barack Obama's very political existence.

So is it patriotic to hang the flag upside down when the people of the US voted the guy that the "patriots" didn't prefer? Funny how "patriots" think they have license to do such things (think purple heart band-aids) that could just as easily be considered treasonous from a symbolic point of view.

Be humble, ask questions, listen, learn, follow the golden rule, talk when necessary, and know when to shut the fuck up.

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Conservatives don't do much to dispel the KKK notion when they're marketing materials like this.

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[lawrocket 3]

Who says conservatives are marketing it? And note: johnrich just posted a photo depicting the stereotypes. Note that the photo did not deny the existence of those people. Rather, that they are not representative of conservatives as a whole any more than the unabomber was representative of liberals as a whole.

It's really easy to say, "conservatives" marketed a bigoted bumper sticker. It's far more accurate to say a bigot marketed it. Perhaps even a "bigot who identifies as a conservative" did it.

But "conservatives?" That's quite a stretch.

just the sort of generalization that hippie pinkos would make.

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[Gravitymaster 0]

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Conservatives don't do much to dispel the KKK notion when they're marketing materials like this.

What proof do you have this was being marketed by conservatives?

Right, that's what I thought.

[RonD1120 62]

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So is it patriotic to hang the flag upside down when the people of the US voted the guy that the "patriots" didn't prefer? Funny how "patriots" think they have license to do such things (think purple heart band-aids) that could just as easily be considered treasonous from a symbolic point of view.

I have no personal knowledge of these incidents. Maybe I should say veteran patriots. No, that won't suffice because some of my associates were not in the military. It's kind of like pornography. I don't know how to define it but I know it when I see it.

I have a way of determining who my allies are and that is all I need to know to enhance my survival.

Right now my job and the job of my friends is to keep BHO from a second term.

Look for the shiny things of God revealed by the Holy Spirit. They only last for an instant but it is a Holy Instant. Let your soul absorb them.

[masterblaster72 0]

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Who says conservatives are marketing it? And note: johnrich just posted a photo depicting the stereotypes. Note that the photo did not deny the existence of those people. Rather, that they are not representative of conservatives as a whole any more than the unabomber was representative of liberals as a whole.

It's really easy to say, "conservatives" marketed a bigoted bumper sticker. It's far more accurate to say a bigot marketed it. Perhaps even a "bigot who identifies as a conservative" did it.

But "conservatives?" That's quite a stretch.

just the sort of generalization that hippie pinkos would make.

True, it's stilly to generalize that conservatives would be the types to push poll lies about illegitimate black children to play on voters' bigotry to win a presidential nomination...that they would mock a purple heart won in battle while supporting a candidate who didn't show up to defend Alabama from the Vietnamese...who call women supporting the right to choose "sluts"...who say that America wouldn't have had all kinds of problems had Strom Thurmond been president...who willfully believe lies without question (Muslim/born in Kenya, Saddam/Al-Quaeda/Iraq war).

Rather, I should give conservatives the benefit of the doubt and not associate them with such types that would push these "Don't Re-Nig" stickers, since conservatives give the benefit of the doubt to liberals so often and perpetuate such a civil and honest discussion.

But to get to the point of your question, I figure those pushing these stickers are "conservative" because they are anti-Obama. More often than not, the anti-Obama types label themselves as conservative. No proof, but it's one of those things where if it quacks like a duck, etc.

Be humble, ask questions, listen, learn, follow the golden rule, talk when necessary, and know when to shut the fuck up.

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Who says conservatives are marketing it? And note: johnrich just posted a photo depicting the stereotypes. Note that the photo did not deny the existence of those people. Rather, that they are not representative of conservatives as a whole any more than the unabomber was representative of liberals as a whole.

It's really easy to say, "conservatives" marketed a bigoted bumper sticker. It's far more accurate to say a bigot marketed it. Perhaps even a "bigot who identifies as a conservative" did it.

But "conservatives?" That's quite a stretch.

just the sort of generalization that hippie pinkos would make.

True, it's stilly to generalize that conservatives would be the types to push poll lies about illegitimate black children to play on voters' bigotry to win a presidential nomination...that they would mock a purple heart won in battle while supporting a candidate who didn't show up to defend Alabama from the Vietnamese...who call women supporting the right to choose "sluts"...who say that America wouldn't have had all kinds of problems had Strom Thurmond been president...who willfully believe lies without question (Muslim/born in Kenya, Saddam/Al-Quaeda/Iraq war).

Rather, I should give conservatives the benefit of the doubt and not associate them with such types that would push these "Don't Re-Nig" stickers, since conservatives give the benefit of the doubt to liberals so often and perpetuate such a civil and honest discussion.

But to get to the point of your question, I figure those pushing these stickers are "conservative" because they are anti-Obama. More often than not, the anti-Obama types label themselves as conservative. No proof, but it's one of those things where if it quacks like a duck, etc.

How Typical.

Find one or two examples of something extremely negative and try to paint the whole group with that negative example. I would expect nothing less from a group of commie pinko's......

The Media does it's best to show the left in a positive light. Take for example all of the crap happening at OWS protests. All the bad stuff is caused by the homeless and mentally ill, but in general they are a good patriotic crowd.

But how does the Tea Party rally get portrayed? Never mind that they don't cause millions and damages, crap in the streets, and need to set up shelters for rape victims.....

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[Gravitymaster 0]

But you really have no idea if it quacks like a duck or if it's a couple of college kids trying to make a buck. Please feel free to continue to make yourself look foolish with all your assumptions.

[masterblaster72 0]

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How Typical.

Find one or two examples of something extremely negative and try to paint the whole group with that negative example. I would expect nothing less from a group of commie pinko's......

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Take for example all of the crap happening at OWS protests.

You're certainly doing nothing of the sort -- finding the extremely negative -- by pointing out what the "commie pinko hippies" are doing at OWS, which hardly anyone is paying attention to anymore these days. That's some big ammo for your counterargument -- I'm floored.

Oh pardon me is that your point then -- pointing out the most extreme bs possible (think Obama's white-hating pastor)? Thank you for taking this discussion to such a high and civil level, as "conservatives" have been doing for over a decade now.

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The Media does it's best to show the left in a positive light.

One of my favorite "conservative" points of argument.

Let's give you the role of the media and see how you portray this sterling, finest, worthy-of-the-presidency group of the best the republican party has to offer for the presidency (and no we're not talking Ron Paul here -- only candidates that both the liberal and conservative media are giving any attention to). This will be fun.

Looking forward to hearing the crickets chirp.

Be humble, ask questions, listen, learn, follow the golden rule, talk when necessary, and know when to shut the fuck up.

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But you really have no idea if it quacks like a duck or if it's a couple of college kids trying to make a buck.

I didn't say it's not a couple of college kids trying to make a buck. They're probably a couple of "conservative" republican kids trying to make a buck.

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Please feel free to continue to make yourself look foolish with all your assumptions.

Okay -- so long as republicans keep making bigger fools of themselves just by being themselves -- I will.

Be humble, ask questions, listen, learn, follow the golden rule, talk when necessary, and know when to shut the fuck up.

[masterblaster72 0]

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Right now my job and the job of my friends is to keep BHO from a second term.

Well good on you sir, for taking part in the democratic process in this election year.

I would love to hear your reasons for preventing Obama from a second term. Not only that -- I am very open to hearing why any of the republican candidates that have a chance at the nomination offer far better prospects for the next four years than the incumbent does.

Civil discussion, and all that.

Be humble, ask questions, listen, learn, follow the golden rule, talk when necessary, and know when to shut the fuck up.

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But you really have no idea if it quacks like a duck or if it's a couple of college kids trying to make a buck.

I didn't say it's not a couple of college kids trying to make a buck. They're probably a couple of "conservative" republican kids trying to make a buck.

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Please feel free to continue to make yourself look foolish with all your assumptions.

Okay -- so long as republicans keep making bigger fools of themselves just by being themselves -- I will.

Uh, huh. sure. So explain what you meant by "quacks like a duck." This oughta be good.

[RonD1120 62]

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Right now my job and the job of my friends is to keep BHO from a second term.

Well good on you sir, for taking part in the democratic process in this election year.

I would love to hear your reasons for preventing Obama from a second term. Not only that -- I am very open to hearing why any of the republican candidates that have a chance at the nomination offer far better prospects for the next four years than the incumbent does.

Civil discussion, and all that.

So far, all of the Republican candidates have some pride in America.

Look for the shiny things of God revealed by the Holy Spirit. They only last for an instant but it is a Holy Instant. Let your soul absorb them.

[jclalor 12]

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So far, all of the Republican candidates have some pride in America.