I had Trump Derangement Syndrome, back from late 2015 through early 2021.

I knew that some of what I was seeing coming from liberals and the government was insane, but I believed he was in many ways worse. I listened when the media showed him as a fascist tyrant. I even voted for the dementia patient (red state overrode me, thank God) because I chose to risk that over Trump.

Middle of 2021, seeing lie after lie bombard through the covid machine, I did a thorough accounting of where I was getting my information. I determined to verify for myself what news organizations and individuals were liars, and I decided that any who proved to be liars through their own actions, were to be dismissed as valid sources of any information whatsoever. Not lies or truth, but useless noise.

Once the liars had been removed, all of the evidence I had once accepted of Trump's fascist character was gone. Not a single shred remained. He was still an asshole, but all remaining evidence was that he cared about America and was truly fighting for it. That's only been reinforced since.

It is not an ongoing failure to have been wrong. It is to stay wrong when the choice presents itself. There are a number of rather smart people with TDS who, if they were to do the kind of self-assessment I put myself through, would likely recover from it.

I hope this in some small way helps someone wake up.