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The dangerous cult of Donald Trump
Los Angeles Times ^ | November 6, 2017 | Reza Aslan

Posted on 11/06/2017 6:07:24 AM PST by artichokegrower

I am not the first person to point this out: There’s been a cultish quality to President Trump’s most ardent supporters. He seemed to acknowledge the phenomenon when he boasted that he could “stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody” and not lose voters.

Throughout the campaign, and in personal appearances since then, Trump has harnessed the kind of emotional intensity from his base that is more typical of a religious revival meeting than a political rally, complete with ritualized communal chants (“Lock her up!”).

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: boogedyboogedy; cult; third100days; trump45
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To: artichokegrower

OMG, did this guy forget all those school children singing Obama’s praises, led by the classroom teachers? LOL, the level of confirmation bias in people is hilarious.


81 posted on 11/06/2017 9:00:02 AM PST by Paradox (Don't call them mainstream, there is nothing mainstream about the MSM.)
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To: McGruff

The same guy that ate human brain?


82 posted on 11/06/2017 9:03:40 AM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: BenLurkin

That photo ALWAYS makes me smile.


83 posted on 11/06/2017 2:46:04 PM PST by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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