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bucolic_frolic

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11. The followers have been brainwashed

Fri Dec 20, 2019, 12:07 PM

Dec 2019

they are showing cognitive dissonance. They did not learn these values when they were growing up, they were rooted in the American dream, they worked, they built their lives. Somewhere along the way they learned to demonize the less fortunate and worship money-god idols. Don't know if it was TV, or consumerism, or NRA, or winner-take-all shows. Their sugar high is wearing off, they see him flailing and failing, and they don't know what to think. I think many of them may crash, whatever that means for them in their micro-lives. They'll probably revisit televangelism, but they're hollowed out, and ripe for penance and exploitation. Maybe that was the goal all along. Push them off on Trump so he can deluse and abuse, then send them back. Rinse and repeat.

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"He's not just a half-bubble off.." [View all] kentuck Dec 2019 OP

Nothing to say to this but 'yes, I agree.' PatrickforO Dec 2019 #1

Mussolini Newest Reality Dec 2019 #2

...worth repeating? FiveGoodMen Dec 2019 #10

Yeah... Newest Reality Dec 2019 #12

Inspiring? ChazInAz Dec 2019 #18

These days a Trump rally is more like the freak show at a low-rent carnival. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #3

I always though his rallies were more like WWE events... Wounded Bear Dec 2019 #9

You're right. His crowds are the same people who attend Wrestlemania. YOHABLO Dec 2019 #15

People will always stare at a train wreck. redstatebluegirl Dec 2019 #4

a carnival barker bdamomma Dec 2019 #5

Reminds me of a joke ... aggiesal Dec 2019 #17

True. nancy1942 Dec 2019 #6

The "criminally insane person in the White House" .. CatMor Dec 2019 #7

"Insanely criminal person in the White House" works equally well...... eom lastlib Dec 2019 #42

As the song says, "That's Entertainment!" MineralMan Dec 2019 #8

The followers have been brainwashed bucolic_frolic Dec 2019 #11

Totally agree on the cognitive dissonance ScratchCat Dec 2019 #13

That is it in a nutshell Cosmocat Dec 2019 #32

Remember ... aggiesal Dec 2019 #20

Bonfire of the Vanities bucolic_frolic Dec 2019 #24

I agree with ... aggiesal Dec 2019 #27

My personal opinion... llmart Dec 2019 #38

Christians all? Traildogbob Dec 2019 #14

Political Christians rather than Christians of faith. keithbvadu2 Dec 2019 #16

Thank you! Traildogbob Dec 2019 #21

Christians in name only. patphil Dec 2019 #26

Tell me who Timmygoat Dec 2019 #28

"Imperfect vessel... TommyCelt Dec 2019 #33

They would have loved Hitler... kentuck Dec 2019 #35

yes we do scarytomcat Dec 2019 #19

We do have a "criminally insane person in the White House" pandr32 Dec 2019 #22

He's not crazy. maxsolomon Dec 2019 #23

That's crazy, of course. dchill Dec 2019 #25

Nope. That's colloquial "crazy". maxsolomon Dec 2019 #30

If you haven't severed ties with trump-supporting acquaintences, please do so. Paladin Dec 2019 #29

"Step right up! Enter into the big tent in the middle of the circus!" LiberalLovinLug Dec 2019 #31

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And he makes those around him crazy, too. Kid Berwyn Dec 2019 #36

If the audience is there to cheer and praise rather than jeer and haze ... Martin Eden Dec 2019 #37

I onlysaw part of a video where he talked about what a great Hortensis Dec 2019 #39

I hate his freakin guts amuse bouche Dec 2019 #40

You're right to focus on the sort of person who is attracted to malevolence. They should Karadeniz Dec 2019 #41

I wonder if he gets all of his ideas from Looney Tunes? Initech Dec 2019 #43

This is what we get when PatSeg Dec 2019 #44

It's a Gawd Damn freak show. gibraltar72 Dec 2019 #45