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DOES THE LEFT SUFFER FROM ODS (OBAMA DISAPPOINTMENT SYNDROME)? - sm

Posted: Sep 18th, 2019 - 8:11 am

...the most interesting part of liberal writer George Packer’s widely noticed recent Atlantic essay, “When the Culture War Comes for the Kids.” The article details his dismay at the identity politics/standards-shredding orthodoxy that has overtaken New York’s public schools under leftist Mayor Bill de Blasio. (Is he still a candidate for president, by the way? I’ve lost track. . .) Packer here sounds like a late-60s liberal who is about to move to a New York suburb for better schools for his kids.

Worth reading the whole thing if you have time, but the interesting part to me begins in section 5, as it tracks with a theory I first hatched in conversation with Charles Murray back around 2015 or 2016, namely, that the left had descended into a rage because things hadn’t gone according to plan under their “lightworker,” Obama. Think of it as “Obama Disappointment Syndrome.”

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DOES THE LEFT SUFFER FROM ODS (OBAMA DISAPPOINTMENT SYNDROME)? - sm (Views: 305, 2019-09-18, 8:11 am)
- The Left continually attempts to force-fit reality into their - ideology. Perhaps their rage today (Views: 121, 2019-09-18, 8:12 am)
- No, I suffer from Trump Disappointment Syndrome - and so are a lot of people (Views: 135, 2019-09-18, 8:20 am)
  - I suffer from we got exactly what the majority knew what trump is syndrome. - Sm (Views: 146, 2019-09-18, 8:44 am)
  - You conveniently forget the 90%+ of the middle - class in your spin. Sm (Views: 112, 2019-09-18, 3:26 pm)
    - No, she's right. Link provided. - sm (Views: 107, 2019-09-18, 6:00 pm)
- Yes, and TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome) - ! (Views: 199, 2019-09-18, 11:05 am)