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paulkienitz

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14. and might I add

Reply to paulkienitz (Original post)

Fri Jan 29, 2021, 12:36 AM

Jan 2021

Regular Trumpism is the same as QAnon except with less overt wishful thinking. It's just as founded on lies, and just as attractive to people whose motive is to participate in hate and violence. In both cases, people mostly join up not because they are tricked, but because they are assholes.

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call QAnon what it is: not a cult, a hate movement [View all] paulkienitz Jan 2021 OP

It can be both. Ferrets are Cool Jan 2021 #1

well that's the magic of doublethink paulkienitz Jan 2021 #4

Those are the EXACT words I planned to post. Maru Kitteh Jan 2021 #5

It IS both. hlthe2b Jan 2021 #7

You are 100% correct. H2O Man Jan 2021 #9

+1 Ferrets are Cool Jan 2021 #10

the "process of indoctrination" isn't the issue IMHO paulkienitz Jan 2021 #13

How about calling it a hate movement cult? mzmolly Jan 2021 #2

Trump's Terrorist Organization. lagomorph777 Jan 2021 #3

Very well put, I'd say you nailed it. Arne Jan 2021 #6

Why can't it be both? The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2021 #8

Not all cults are hate movements. roamer65 Jan 2021 #11

I can't think of anything meaner than calling it Qanon. Iggo Jan 2021 #12

and might I add paulkienitz Jan 2021 #14