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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRight-Wing Cruelty? It's ENTIRELY about the cruelty.
The right wing has been taken over by a cult.
As with all cults, there is nothing in it but hate for "others" outside the cult. Basically, the cult "legitimizes" some activity, be it hate, cruelty, discrimination, theft or violence, as the "reward" for membership. Addiction and mob membership exhibit many of the same behaviors.
In exchange, cult members lose their individuality, reason (because parroting the "line" is so much easier than thinking), and fortune, which all go to the cult leader. Cult membership is entirely self-destructive, but the hate and cruelty feel so good.
The GOP cult offers NOTHING except cruelty for the members to wallow in, and a fortune to the wealthy who run it.
"Religion" is not a factor; it's a tool that is abused and mocked.

And they trade their honor not for a few drachmas, but just to wallow in the hate and cruelty.
Through awareness, we can AND WILL keep them out of power.
gopiscrap
(24,606 posts)oh oops, that's not todays gop? could have fooled me!
MiHale
(12,781 posts)Being kind takes the air out of nastiness. Plus it feels better.
Clouds Passing
(7,544 posts)In order for them to survive and proliferate, they prey upon the innocent. Innocent minds cant even conceive of the ugliness that they mete out. They devour the shock of the innocent as if its nectar.
