Not Hysteria

Hysteria no longer exists. It changed to “conversion disorder” sometime in the late 80s, then “affective neurological disorder.” It means emotionally inappropriate responses to physical reactions that have no physical causes. The condition involves symptoms described by the patient as involuntary, but those behaviors are easily modified by attention and distraction. We saw it earlier this week when Democrats stood in the well in the House of Representatives, where they were not allowed to be, and suddenly started singing, “We Shall Overcome.”

The cause they claim is simply, “Trump.” Normally, Al Green’s premeditated outburst would be frowned upon. (In fact, 9 Democrats understood the gravity of such an outburst in the censure vote, and 3 voted “present,” either no opinion or I won’t say) but many Democrats believe it was the President’s fault. What Trump is — his very existence — caused Rep Al Green’s cane to shake and him to start yelling something about Medicaid. Green knew the truth, freely accepting that he was due for censure because he chose in advance to do something censurable (regardless of the consequences, by the way) but Hysteria presented itself in the House of Representatives.

The newest term for Hysteria is Woke. It manifests as “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” which means can be described as believing anything that is the direct opposite of what we see and hear from President Donald Trump.