# I pit over-the-top Anti-Trump hysteria **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [August 5, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735 "2025-08-05T18:11:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 43
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/842 "2026-01-27T01:32:15Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You refer to people with physical disabilities as “lame”? No, I did not. Once again, you have failed to understand the post you’re responding to. ---
**Author:** ![Frilly\_Heck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/90ced4/32.png) [@Frilly\_Heck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frilly_Heck)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/843 "2026-01-27T01:35:50Z")
[The Problem with Early Warnings (Charles Rafferty)](https://www.tumblr.com/thefugitivesaint/806578909345988608/charles-rafferty-the-problem-with-early) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/844 "2026-01-27T01:50:36Z")
Nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/845 "2026-01-27T14:07:18Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > So I will continue to denounce anti-Trump hysteria so it doesn’t tarnish anti-Trump opposition by association. maybe the entire red Reich Wing fox “news” created “reality” is doing this so well **you don’t need to**? Because :checks forum: FUCK everyone anti rump fighting each other, does not seem helpful. and you seem more than a little smug about it all. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/846 "2026-01-27T16:30:30Z")
“It’s the fault of the people who kept saying that things were going to get this bad that things got this bad”, say the people who told us all along things wouldn’t get this bad. ---
**Author:** ![Frilly\_Heck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/90ced4/32.png) [@Frilly\_Heck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frilly_Heck)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/847 "2026-01-27T18:16:17Z")
Ooh, here’s one from 2016: [Anti-Trump Hysteria Plagues Our Schools](https://californiapolicycenter.org/anti-trump-hysteria-plagues-our-schools/) ---
**Author:** ![Frilly\_Heck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/90ced4/32.png) [@Frilly\_Heck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frilly_Heck)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/848 "2026-01-27T18:25:08Z")
Ooh, fun! Here’s a socialist calling the left hysterical in 2017 because Clinton warned us about Trump’s Russian connections! [Trump and the Left: a Case of Mass Hysteria?](https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/02/24/trump-and-the-left-a-case-of-mass-hysteria/) ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/849 "2026-01-27T19:26:16Z")
Until some stop doing, I won’t worry about what some are saying about it. Thanks though. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/850 "2026-01-28T00:01:48Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > “It’s the fault of the people who kept saying that things were going to get this bad that things got this bad”, say the people who told us all along things wouldn’t get this bad. Yeah, I remember when I said people shouldn’t exaggerate and say that Trump was planning on starting a nuclear war. And then Trump started a nuclear war. Boy, did I look dumb. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/851 "2026-01-28T01:29:57Z")
Little has changed. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/852 "2026-01-28T02:05:58Z")
OP, let’s try to see where you are and _then_ work on giving it a name. OP? What are the behaviors/posts that you are objecting to? Be specific, please. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/853 "2026-01-28T09:15:45Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Yeah, I remember when I said people shouldn’t exaggerate and say that Trump was planning on starting a nuclear war. And then Trump started a nuclear war. And I remember you saying it constantly throughout this thread while claiming all the things that were actually happening didn’t count. So yes, you do look quite dumb. Or dishonest. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/854 "2026-01-28T13:31:51Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > > > Yeah, I remember when I said people shouldn’t exaggerate and say that Trump was planning on starting a nuclear war. And then Trump started a nuclear war > > And I remember you saying it constantly throughout this thread while claiming all the things that were actually happening didn’t count. > > So yes, you do look quite dumb. Or dishonest. So are you saying Trump did start a nuclear war? Because you have your own definition of what a nuclear war is? I feel confident I’m not the one looking dumb in that situation. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/855 "2026-01-28T13:35:25Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > OP, let’s try to see where you are and _then_ work on giving it a name. > > OP? What are the behaviors/posts that you are objecting to? > > Be specific, please. I said it all in the OP. Trump is committing real crimes. We should focus on those real crimes. Trump should be removed from office and face criminal charges for the things he has done. We should not get distracted away from these real crimes by talking about hypothetical crimes. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/856 "2026-01-28T15:24:44Z")
Now not anwering the actual question asked. ---
**Author:** ![irae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f0a364/32.png) [@irae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irae)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/857 "2026-01-28T16:29:50Z")
> [@steronz](#): > > People died that day, nobody’s going to stage that. Just wondering if you’ve possibly got an update for us in light of recent events… ---
**Author:** ![Frilly\_Heck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/90ced4/32.png) [@Frilly\_Heck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frilly_Heck)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/858 "2026-01-28T17:20:48Z")
> Annoying. Sneer. Hysteria. Hysterical. Moralizing. Breathless. I call commentators like this, who are not pro-Trump but are very against the Cassandra read of him, [anti-alarmists](https://www.liberalcurrents.com/trump-alarmists-were-right-we-should-say-so/). They are encountering the Cassandra song as female; that annoys them, and they dismiss it on that basis. [The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned | The New Republic](https://newrepublic.com/article/204254/survey-2024-election-cassandras-trump-2025) For those who would like to learn how to build solidarity and voter turnout in ways that might be effective for real, look to union organizers. One of their bits of advice is to assess people on a scale, for example 1-4 , where 1 = activist, 2 = passive member, 3 = undecided, and 4 = against it. The best place to focus is turning 3s to 2s and 2s to 1s. Don’t piss off the 1s, and ignore the 4s until you have run out of 3s. Little\_Nemo’s strategy seems to be to court the 4s by using the language they like to use for shitting on the 1-3s. I don’t think that will be very effective, but then, I’ve been told all my life by conservatives how hysterical I am, so what would I possibly have to contribute? ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/859 "2026-01-28T18:18:02Z")
I’m not tracking… ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/860 "2026-01-29T02:23:33Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > Now not anwering the actual question asked. Sorry if I misunderstood your question. You asked “What are the behaviors/posts that you are objecting to?” and I explained them. What were you looking for? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/861 "2026-01-29T02:25:41Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > What were you looking for? Maybe something other than you complaining about what one poster is saying? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735.md?page=42) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735.md?page=44)