[reducesuffering]

identity pol: "people organize and advocate based on shared demographic characteristics"

What in this post is possibly identity politics? It sounds like personal ethics to me. I don't appreciate identity politics, and when you muddy the term with having a spine and anything you don't like you make it harder to debate the actual problems the term is normally associated with.

[flyingcircus3]

The person youre replying to also employed the term TDS in recent comments, which I believe refers to Trump Devotion Syndrome.

Muddying waters and making debate impossible are his goals. He hoped to antagonize everyone with his trigger word.

[strictnein]

TDS, like BDS (ODS never really caught on), is typically known to be <President's Name> Derangement Syndrome, targeted at people who the commenter thinks to be unreasonably upset about the politician in question.

[flyingcircus3]

I think you're ascribing too much thought and reason to the people that use that phrase. If anything, its a signal to their ingroup that they are keeping the faith, and proving that they are sufficiently devoted.