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DET

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3. Fascinating!
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 04:23 PM
16 hrs ago

I kept trying to think of a term that describes the anomie that I think most sane people have been feeling since Trump was re-elected (I.e., stole the election). It feels to me like someone has died. Situational depression was all I could come up with, but that term does not adequately reflect the sense of betrayal, horror at the complete lack of decency, and fury at the destruction of anything resembling the rule of law. ‘Moral injury’ works. Thank you.

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Moral Injury [View all] Mme. Defarge 17 hrs ago OP
I think when I was asked that a few weeks ago I commented that if a person wasn't a bit depressed, Vinca 17 hrs ago #1
Exactement! Mme. Defarge 16 hrs ago #2
Fascinating! DET 16 hrs ago #3
De rien! Mme. Defarge 15 hrs ago #4
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