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tomhagen

(3,604 posts) Wed Dec 13, 2017, 01:58 PM Dec 2017

The Cult of Trumpism

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The Cult of Trumpism (Original Post) tomhagen Dec 2017 OP

ya know what's really a cult? "red pill"-ism paulkienitz Dec 2017 #1

Really good analysis. Well worth watching. stevepal Dec 2017 #2

The Fox News/RW radio viewers/listeners have been programmed for this for decades. Dustlawyer Dec 2017 #3

paulkienitz

(1,296 posts)

1. ya know what's really a cult? "red pill"-ism

Reply to tomhagen (Original post)

Wed Dec 13, 2017, 02:16 PM

Dec 2017

It promises worldly power through secret knowledge.

As for Trumpsky's sway over white evangelicals... he didn't create a cult, he just hijacked it. The occasional trumpie I know who isn't evangelical is now seeing that Trump hasn't done squat to fulfill his promises; those guys were merely suckered, not converted. On the other hand, the one group of people I have some personal connection to who are pro-Trump and religious are folks who were already in a notorious cult: the Unification Church. Yup, I have Moonies in my family, and they apparently still think Trump is a godly man.

stevepal

(109 posts)

2. Really good analysis. Well worth watching.

Reply to tomhagen (Original post)

Wed Dec 13, 2017, 04:20 PM

Dec 2017

Interesting thought: Polls show that among atheists it is more important that a public official be moral than it is for White Christian evangelicals.

Where did Christ get pushed off the bus?

Dustlawyer

(10,494 posts)

3. The Fox News/RW radio viewers/listeners have been programmed for this for decades.