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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 04:38 AM Jun 2018

If nothing else, Trump and MAGA have provided us with a textbook-definition of "cult".




When mere months ago trump got his rally crowds to boo at the mention of “little rocket man” and now gets them to cheer for the very same guy, it’s super hard to make the case this isn’t a cult.





MAGAs are praising Communist dictators, denouncing Democracy, supporting the pardoning of criminals, and ignoring children being rounded up by the government and put in camps. #Cult45
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If nothing else, Trump and MAGA have provided us with a textbook-definition of "cult". (Original Post) DetlefK Jun 2018 OP
Correction: _Republicans_ provided it... JHB Jun 2018 #1
repubes have gone Super SUBMISSIVE for Dirty Donny* (R) Achilleaze Jun 2018 #2
And as a cult...or "true believers" Docreed2003 Jun 2018 #3
If Don suggested they all come to the White House and drink poison Kool-Aid, they'd be right there. Vinca Jun 2018 #4
Yes, just like good Jim Jonesers benfranklin1776 Jun 2018 #5

JHB

(37,166 posts)
1. Correction: _Republicans_ provided it...
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 05:18 AM
Jun 2018

Republicans -- and conservatives in particular -- spent decades building the cult, providing direction and "spiritual guidance" for petty bigotries and pet peeves in order to build a shared sense of community, named a reliable "enemy" as the root of all problems, drove out apostates, and denounced any outside source of information as the lies of The Enemy.

They built the cult, Trump merely delights the True Believers, so they picked him to lead it.

And it's not as if the others are doing anything about it, so they're members too.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
2. repubes have gone Super SUBMISSIVE for Dirty Donny* (R)
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 05:36 AM
Jun 2018

Sad to see people in that mewling, submissive state for a casino hustler with a long track record of deceit & malfeasance.

* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

Docreed2003

(16,907 posts)
3. And as a cult...or "true believers"
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 05:58 AM
Jun 2018

Their minds will NEVER be changed! So why waste our energy reaching out to them??


I had one such person, a friend from years ago, say that Trump has accomplished more in Singapore than Obama had ever hoped for!!! That's the type of nonsense we're up against!!

Vinca

(50,336 posts)
4. If Don suggested they all come to the White House and drink poison Kool-Aid, they'd be right there.
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 06:56 AM
Jun 2018

benfranklin1776

(6,458 posts)
5. Yes, just like good Jim Jonesers
Wed Jun 13, 2018, 07:30 AM
Jun 2018

And they’d probably blame Obama or Hilary for making them do it as they took their dying gulps.

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