[joethedrummer]

EVERYTHING the left accuses the right of - is projection.

Everything.

[a fool in paradise]

>>Cult Criteria
>>"Cult" is a very specific term with a very specific set of criteria that must be met for the label "cult" to really apply. Since 2015, I've been using the excellent Cult 101 Checklist provided by the International Cultic Studies Association to figure out, for myself, what is or is not a cult. Here's the "lite" version of the checklist.
>> - The group displays excessively zealous and unquestioning commitment to its leader and regards his belief system, ideology, and practices as the Truth, as law.
>> - Questioning, doubt, and dissent are discouraged or even punished.
>> - ‪Mind-altering practices (such as meditation, chanting, etc.) are used in excess and serve to suppress doubts about the group and its leader(s).
>> - The leadership dictates, sometimes in great detail, how members should think, act, and feel.
>> - ‪The group is elitist.
>> - ‪The group has a polarized us-versus-them mentality, which may cause conflict with the wider society.
>> - The leader is not accountable to any authorities.
>> - The group teaches or implies that its supposedly exalted ends justify whatever means it deems necessary.
>> - The leadership induces feelings of shame and/or guilt in order to influence and/or control members. Often, this is done through peer pressure and subtle forms of persuasion.

(Paul Joseph Watson) Ritual Public Shaming (715,999 views - Sep 4, 2020)
"The Red Guards are back."

[American in Israel]

Good article, interesting approach. Never heard that CS Lewis quote.

[tflabo]

Remember during King Barry’s reign the leftists had school children singing songs of praise for their man-god. Talk about cult.

[spankalib]

Lenora, congratulations on taking the front in the battle against narcissism.
jmo, I don't think we're 'all a little narcissistic', as you have written, rather I'd define it as ego - which is healthy (love others as you LOVE YOURSELF).

Narcissism is something else, and even it is had 'by degrees', there was once 9 characteristics, where if you had 5 or more, you ventured into the territory of personality disorder (NPD), or some writers call: malignant.

The main 'tell' of NPD is empathy - the LACK of it!

Witness one BHO, for instance, saying he wouldn't pay any attention ('who cares what he thinks') about Rick Perry because "half his state is on fire" (back in 2005 when Bastrop was burning).
Cold. No empathy. You could cite dozens of examples yourself I've no doubt!

Trump is NOT a narcissist.

In fact, the original narcissist was the supreme 'projectionist' - the father of lies. For what did he accuse God of? Of being 'unfair', 'unjust', and the IMperfect creator of a 'rigged' system - and see? didn't the rebellion of his creation prove him right?

Satan, Narcissists, Democrats ALL project. Why? Because there is no THERE, there.(only dreams and wishes of their evil fantasies).