Posted on 07/09/2022 6:46:59 AM PDT by Yashcheritsiy
I had the term “new direction” which when read by the voice reader sounds like “newd irection” or “nude erection”.
Of course it is a cult, and becoming more so every day.
Signs That a Political Group is a Cult
https://mindfulpolitics.org/signs-that-your-political-group-is-a-cult/
I am glad he likens this to a cult. The people I know who are into this all think the same way on all of the issues. They all use the same words and expressions. They never question. If word came down that the sun rises in the west, they would believe it fervently. It’s a form of programming.
That’s only in the Bill Clinton/Andrew Cuomo wings of the faith.
The signs that a political group may be a cult include:
1. Inappropriate loyalty to the leader – In any cult, from the Peoples Temple to the president, the leader is the ultimate authority and worshipped by his followers. Displaying his extreme narcissism, he portrayed himself as their savior from the beginning, declaring that “I alone can fix it.” A disturbing number of evangelical “pastors” have helped cement his godlike status by anointing him as God’s chosen and millions believed.
2. Absolutely no criticism of a cult leader – Cult leaders are not allowed to be criticized, under any circumstances. The president has rage tweeted at critics, fired people, threatened to jail reporters, and calls anyone speaking out against him and all media reporting negative stories “enemies of the people”. Those in his immediate circle are too afraid to do anything to stop his current coup attempt.
3. No accountability for the leader – In any cult, the leader is above the law and there is no accountability for his actions, no matter how reprehensible. This has certainly been the case with this president. Nothing seems to be too much for his followers. He pays hush money to porn stars, brags about sexual assault, looks the other way while Putin pays bounties on our soldiers, and funnels money from his campaign and the country into his businesses and his supporters defend him.
4. Dedicated to a certain ideology or philosophy – Cults are known for their unorthodox and even bizarre ideologies, and the cult of Trump is no exception. From a belief that the coronavirus isn’t real and all media is fake to the shared delusion that the president won the election, their beliefs are far from the mainstream. Some of them are even planning a fake “inauguration” for a second term for their beloved leader, completely ignoring the fact that he lost the election.
5. Oppose critical thinking by members – The president doesn’t listen to any dissenting opinions and doesn’t encourage his followers to do so either. In the beginning, he was enamored with Fox and branded all other media as fake news to the point of a collective eyeroll. Then Fox dared to suggest that he lost the election, so now he hates them and follows “alternative media” sources like Newsmax or OANN, which do a better job of towing the line.
6. Demonization of critics and former members – One hallmark of a cult that definitely applies to the president is the demonization and delegitimization of anyone criticizing the cult leader and former members. Every person who left this White House has been demonized by the president everywhere from Twitter to television.
7. Extreme paranoia about anything outside the group – Cults are always paranoid about the outside world and the president’s most loyal followers are no exception. The president is constantly warning his followers about the dangers of the “deep state”, how Obama was spying on him, the vast conspiracy to “steal” the election from him, and that Democrats want to “destroy” the country. Just look at how many people actually believe these delusions now.
8. Difficult to leave the group – Cults are notoriously difficult to leave. This is often the result of their success at isolating members from family and friends who oppose their beliefs. If your family and friends subscribe to the beliefs, it can be really hard to walk away. Many families have been torn apart over this president, like countless other cult leaders have done.
Just replace conservative with liberals, even with this list, the left still can’t see they are in a cult.
Here we have a Leftie troll using manufactured and debunked things to make Donald Trump into this cult figure.
That’s the whole bird, not just a wing.
I don’t think he’s a lefty, I didn’t read it thoroughly either. It could be rewritten to fit the left’s agenda better, though.
Projection is the process of displacing one’s feelings onto a different person, animal, or object. The term is most commonly used to describe defensive projection—attributing one’s own unacceptable urges to another. For example, if someone continuously bullies and ridicules a peer about his insecurities, the bully might be projecting his own struggle with self-esteem onto the other person.
Those 10 signs all seem pretty good. Not sure about #4 though.
The person that wrote the narratives however... that person is a cult member for sure.
It’s curious how the author can express the traits of a cult, yet not recognize these indicators in him or her self. Or maybe it’s just a propaganda piece.
The Ukraine conflict illustrated this nicely (I still don’t understand it).
But the day it became news, the ‘tards had their Ukraine flags up on Facebook and Twatter.
To hear them talk about it was funny, because it was easy to see they didn’t really understand it either.
1. Demonizes those who dare to disagree or disapprove with cult ideology.
2. Isolates, mocks and bullies it’s enemies. Enemies are defined as anyone who could pose a threat or expose the organization.
3. Entices you with promises of security, freedom from want and the perfect way to heal or fix the world.
4. The cult offers members an opportunity to be part of something “bigger than themselves” and a sense of belonging.
5. The cult is self-perpetuating and cannot afford to attain the goals it claims it exists to address.
6. Requires secrecy to hide its true goals and beliefs. New recruits are never told the true agenda.
7. Has intense interest in all potential recruits’ personal information, foibles, and weaknesses to be used at a later date to keep them tied to the cult.
8. Uses blackmail and fear to scare followers and even non-followers into keeping quiet.
9. Systematically bullies you into submission, especially after it has taken a great deal of your income.
10. Has “Messianic” leaders, who are continually enriched by the system, never have to live by the same rules they require of others, and are worshipped as Gods or super-human.
11. Wants to separate you from those you love and make you suspicious of them. Sees independent, personal relationships and the “nuclear family” as a threat.
12. Preys and thrives on the most gullible and lost among us.
13. The cult is vindictive and retaliatory toward outsiders and anyone who dares to criticize.
14. Targets children and devotes enormous resources to indoctrinating them as early as possible.
15. Causes poverty financially and spiritually.
16. Willing to lie outlandishly to further its goals.
17. Worships celebrity and treats certain people as more special than others. Celebrities are used to perpetuate the cult to the masses.
18. Blatant contradictions and hypocrisy are simply ignored. If exposed they simply deny, deny, deny.
19. Seeks to control every aspect of life to perpetuate itself and to maintain control over its followers.
20. The deeper adherents become involved in the cult, the more they are willing to abandon and contradict every principle that attracted them to the cult in the first place.
21. The final result of their involvement leads to a complete loss of self and ultimately, slavery.
Does a member of a cult ever know it?
It’s only after the Kool-Aid is served that they find out.
The eco nazi stuff is the true religion. Leftism and woke bits are more political. You could characterize any political zealot as being cult like.
In monotheistic religions, only God is above mankind.
In the earlier pagan, polytheistic religions, it was nature that was above man. Their gods were representatives of natural forces or human tendancies.
Eco nazis of today follow that pagan belief system. When you include their deviant sexual proclivities, you see it has the same humanist aspects of those older religions as well. Lookup wiccans and their “five fold kiss” to see the similarity to the old concept of temple prostitutes.
That’s a good example.
XD XD
“Hey, Jim! I got a belly ache.” “Yeah, me too Jim”
“oooooohhhh.... shit”
There probably are a few on the right that verge on cultish behavior with regard to Donald Trump. We should always consider our own behavior too and guard against letting ourselves get caught up in it.
Trump is just an imperfect human being with flaws just like the rest of us, but he did his best and that wasn’t bad at all. I also think he has more to do, and I for one would be willing to let him do it.
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