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  • Lerxst1992
    Lerxst1992 Posts: 7,963
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    the vast majority of those 70 mill people just don't vote democrat and never will. it has nothing to do with being in a cult. the cult is a very small fraction, yet incredibly loud fraction, of his base. to say every single one of his voters is in the trump cult is patently absurd. 

    I spend a decent amount of time on conservative forums. Posters I’ve know close to a decade. You’d be surprised how many never trumpers, who claim have never have/never will vote for him, believe all his election lies and Jan Six defense nonsense. Bright folks, not joking.
  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,399
    2023
    The Juggler said:
    Go Beavers said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    the vast majority of those 70 mill people just don't vote democrat and never will. it has nothing to do with being in a cult. the cult is a very small fraction, yet incredibly loud fraction, of his base. to say every single one of his voters is in the trump cult is patently absurd. 
    The voting is just one aspect of the cult like behavior. Some will vote red knowing pretty well the reality of Trump, and they’ll just say it’s still better than having Biden. The cult is completely detached from reality, both with what Trump has done and who he is as a person. 
    Halifax, despite all his childish names and shit, is right. 30%+ of those 70 million are most definitely in a cult. 
    See the difference? I’m just some anonymous poster on a famous 1990s era band’s website, sometimes confused with a former FBI agent who studies cults, notwithstanding. From Letter From an American:

    Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel—who was recorded on November 17, 2020, pressuring two Republican officials in Michigan not to certify Joe Biden’s electors in a county he won by 68% and promising the officials to “get you attorneys”—has urged Haley to drop out of the race. Traditionally, party chairs stay neutral in primary contests. Tonight, Trump posted a threat to donors: “Nikki ‘Birdbrain’ Haley is very bad for the Republican Party and, indeed, our Country…. Anybody that makes a ‘Contribution’ to Birdbrain, from this moment forth, will be permanently barred from the MAGA camp. We don’t want them and will not accept them.”
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  • Lerxst1992
    Lerxst1992 Posts: 7,963
    edited January 2024
    The Juggler said:
    Go Beavers said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    the vast majority of those 70 mill people just don't vote democrat and never will. it has nothing to do with being in a cult. the cult is a very small fraction, yet incredibly loud fraction, of his base. to say every single one of his voters is in the trump cult is patently absurd. 
    The voting is just one aspect of the cult like behavior. Some will vote red knowing pretty well the reality of Trump, and they’ll just say it’s still better than having Biden. The cult is completely detached from reality, both with what Trump has done and who he is as a person. 
    Halifax, despite all his childish names and shit, is right. 30%+ of those 70 million are most definitely in a cult. 

    This sounds a lot like a Hilary era underestimation of maga power. There is one critical word in the definition of cult that is being ignored. Edit, take a closer look at the polls. The vast majority of Republicans, far far greater than 30%, believe all of the Trump indictments are bogus


     : a small religious group that is not part of a larger and more accepted religion and that has beliefs regarded by many people as extreme or dangerous


     

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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,224
    2023
    do not forget that trump is antithetical to the teachings of jesus, and these evangelical christians are hardcore trumpers. kind of weird how they can claim to be devout and still support a man like trump.
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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,273
    2023
    gimmesometruth27 said:
    do not forget that trump is antithetical to the teachings of jesus, and these evangelical christians are hardcore trumpers. kind of weird how they can claim to be devout and still support a man like trump.
    It's unreal...same people that say they like tRump because he "does what he says" even though he doesn't.
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  • OnWis97
    OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,610
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    Lerxst1992 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    the vast majority of those 70 mill people just don't vote democrat and never will. it has nothing to do with being in a cult. the cult is a very small fraction, yet incredibly loud fraction, of his base. to say every single one of his voters is in the trump cult is patently absurd. 

    I spend a decent amount of time on conservative forums. Posters I’ve know close to a decade. You’d be surprised how many never trumpers, who claim have never have/never will vote for him, believe all his election lies and Jan Six defense nonsense. Bright folks, not joking.
    I believe it. Most of them, whether easily targeted "angry about nothing" people susceptible to populism or more rational "less government; lower taxes" people, listen exclusively to right wing "news." And those outlets don't really survive if they don't peddle outrage and party-first nonsense. Some of it is going to resonate with some of them.

    There's something to be said for the days of newspapers and 30-minute nightly news programs...there was so much less ability to find echo chambers and so much less time/space for outrage and conspiracy theories.
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  • OnWis97
    OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,610
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    Lerxst1992 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    the vast majority of those 70 mill people just don't vote democrat and never will. it has nothing to do with being in a cult. the cult is a very small fraction, yet incredibly loud fraction, of his base. to say every single one of his voters is in the trump cult is patently absurd. 

    I spend a decent amount of time on conservative forums. Posters I’ve know close to a decade. You’d be surprised how many never trumpers, who claim have never have/never will vote for him, believe all his election lies and Jan Six defense nonsense. Bright folks, not joking.
    I believe it. Most of them, whether easily targeted "angry about nothing" people susceptible to populism or more rational "less government; lower taxes" people, listen exclusively to right wing "news." And those outlets don't really survive if they don't peddle outrage and party-first nonsense. Some of it is going to resonate with some of them.

    There's something to be said for the days of newspapers and 30-minute nightly news programs...there was so much less ability to find echo chambers and so much less time/space for outrage and conspiracy theories.
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  • mickeyrat
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  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,385
    Lerxst1992 said:
    The Juggler said:
    Go Beavers said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    the vast majority of those 70 mill people just don't vote democrat and never will. it has nothing to do with being in a cult. the cult is a very small fraction, yet incredibly loud fraction, of his base. to say every single one of his voters is in the trump cult is patently absurd. 
    The voting is just one aspect of the cult like behavior. Some will vote red knowing pretty well the reality of Trump, and they’ll just say it’s still better than having Biden. The cult is completely detached from reality, both with what Trump has done and who he is as a person. 
    Halifax, despite all his childish names and shit, is right. 30%+ of those 70 million are most definitely in a cult. 

    This sounds a lot like a Hilary era underestimation of maga power. There is one critical word in the definition of cult that is being ignored. Edit, take a closer look at the polls. The vast majority of Republicans, far far greater than 30%, believe all of the Trump indictments are bogus


     : a small religious group that is not part of a larger and more accepted religion and that has beliefs regarded by many people as extreme or dangerous


     

    And what happens when a cult’s behaviour gets traction? It grows up into a religion with the same characteristics, but society accepts and encourages it!  What a fucked up place we live in.
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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,273
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    I had a tRumpster in today...same guy that told me that his business ALWAYS does better under republicans.

    He says that this month is the best month that he has ever had. Imagine that.
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  • JeBurkhardt
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    Gern Blansten said:
    I had a tRumpster in today...same guy that told me that his business ALWAYS does better under republicans.

    He says that this month is the best month that he has ever had. Imagine that.
    The term delusional doesn't even begin to cover it.
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    2023
    Gern Blansten said:
    I had a tRumpster in today...same guy that told me that his business ALWAYS does better under republicans.

    He says that this month is the best month that he has ever had. Imagine that.
    Was it this guy?
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  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,399
    2023
    Gern Blansten said:
    I had a tRumpster in today...same guy that told me that his business ALWAYS does better under republicans.

    He says that this month is the best month that he has ever had. Imagine that.
    Well, repubs control the house despite the chaos Dems so there’s that.
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  • Bentleyspop
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    edited January 2024
    mrussel1 said:
    benjs said:
    gimmesometruth27 said:
    Lerxst1992 said:
    josevolution said:
    mrussel1 said:
    josevolution said:
    Halifax2TheMax said:
    How you know that you’re in a cult and never getting out.


    Told you guys they’ve confiscated the stars & stripes I’m not flying the flag on my house! Stay away from folks who wear the flag as a sign of patriotism screw them! 
    You can't let them take YOUR flag.  I always say that.  Don't give up. 
    I know you do but I don’t want to be associated with the MAGA cult! I’d have to put up a disclaimer with the flag, No MAGA here! 

    Sorry to say this in reply specifically to your comment as this is common sentiment here. Calling maga a cult is misleading, as trump is likely to receive upwards of 75 million votes. Cult implies a small religious group, maga is far from that. 

    and yes, don’t give up the fight for the flag !
    it is the biggest cult of all time. 75 million members.
    I’d say the major religions technically have the ‘biggest cult’ battle won. In comparison, the GOP are relatively few in number. Maybe equal in destructive potential at this point though. 
    When I was a sophomore or something in college, I was in this historical writing class and I wrote a long paper with the hypothesis that LDS was really just a cult, albeit a large one.  It caused considerable consternation and anger from several members of the class.  It was a small class and everyone had to read everyone's work and discuss.  I learned never to posit that again, not academically.  Too sensitive. 
    I always felt that LDS was a con game that got out of control.
    Then Jon Krakauer's Under the Banner of Heaven came out which confirmed my theory.
    Then I had the opportunity to talk to him and it really confirmed my theory of a con game that ended up in a place that Joseph Smith could never have prophesied. 
    So yes a cult that's for sure.
    But some could argue that all religions have cultish aspects. 
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  • Halifax2TheMax
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    mickeyrat said:

    Might be time to attach some liens on some real estate properties and bequeath the settlement dollars in the event the appeals process takes a decade or so.
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