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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: Lurker

I concur completely with your statement on all counts.


21 posted on 11/06/2017 6:15:46 AM PST by DarthVader ("These lying tyrants are about to get hit with a tsunami of destruction on their evil reign." Gaffer)
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To: rovenstinez

I am one. Very grateful to President Trump for giving up so much and to God for allowing the President to win.


22 posted on 11/06/2017 6:15:52 AM PST by madison10
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To: artichokegrower

Fever pitch like Sutherland? Rand Paul? Steve Scalise? Las Vegas? NYC bike paths?

THAT sort of fever pitch?


23 posted on 11/06/2017 6:15:55 AM PST by A_Former_Democrat ("I am SpartaLee" Hey, NFL, why didn't you any of you bold guys hire Kaepernick? #GoodbyeGoodell)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Alinsky 101: Accuse your enemy of that which you, yourself, are doing.”

It really has always been “The Serpent 101”, the school of the original liar.


24 posted on 11/06/2017 6:17:31 AM PST by avenir ("But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days"--2 Tim. 3:1)
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To: artichokegrower; All

I thought it was the dangerous cult of Hillary Clinton? Projection, indeed!


25 posted on 11/06/2017 6:18:10 AM PST by notdownwidems (Washington D.C. has become the enemy of free people everywhere!)
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To: artichokegrower

Author is Iranian who was fired from CNN for calling Trump a Piece of Sh@t.


26 posted on 11/06/2017 6:19:14 AM PST by lacrew
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To: madison10

I thank God every day for His Divine Intervention in keeping that criminal psychopath Clinton out of the White House.


27 posted on 11/06/2017 6:19:21 AM PST by henkster (The View: A psychiatric group therapy session where the shrink has stepped out of the room.)
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To: artichokegrower

What’s a Reza Aslan?


28 posted on 11/06/2017 6:19:22 AM PST by Altura Ct.
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To: artichokegrower

Does anyone on the left have even a smidgen of imagination?

It seems all they are capable of doing is projecting their own desires and actions on others.


29 posted on 11/06/2017 6:20:23 AM PST by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the SEALs of Extortion 17 - and God Bless The United States of America.)
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To: artichokegrower

And schools and roads being named after 0bama. Talk about a cult figure.


30 posted on 11/06/2017 6:21:32 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~)
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To: barbarianbabs
There was NO obama cult
Repeat
There was NO obama cult

And no Hillary cult
And no Hillary cult. ⚡️⭐️💫

31 posted on 11/06/2017 6:21:54 AM PST by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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To: artichokegrower

It is not a cult when it is based upon facts and logic.

Hillary supporters on the other hand are emotional, irrational, illogical koolaid drinkers. These attributes are those of cult followers.


32 posted on 11/06/2017 6:22:02 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: artichokegrower

Peacefully coexistence with RATs has long past


33 posted on 11/06/2017 6:22:17 AM PST by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.6l)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

Don’t forget the Seattle Berner throat-slitter.


34 posted on 11/06/2017 6:23:36 AM PST by txhurl
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To: artichokegrower

Wiki: “Reza Aslan is an Iranian-American author, public intellectual, religious studies scholar, producer, and television host.”

Book: “No God but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam”

Iranian Muslim. That says it all.


35 posted on 11/06/2017 6:23:44 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: artichokegrower

IF you want to know what Liberals are up to, just pay close attention to what they are accusing Real Americans of doing. It is a dead give away, every time.


36 posted on 11/06/2017 6:24:12 AM PST by Howie66 ("Tone down the tagline please." - Admin Moderator)
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To: artichokegrower

Most of the journalist and donkeys seem attracted to pedophilia. Anthony Weiner continued his sick obsession because he was enabled by the alt-left.


37 posted on 11/06/2017 6:24:46 AM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: Bryanw92

It will not stop with surrender. Then comes the purge.


38 posted on 11/06/2017 6:24:59 AM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: tired&retired

You are seeing the conservative response by a group of people who have been silent and patient for a long time and are now reaching a breaking point.

WE ARE FED UP AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANY MORE!!!

I feel what has been done is to awaken a sleeping silent majority and filled them with a terrible resolve.


39 posted on 11/06/2017 6:28:43 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: artichokegrower

They still don’t get it. It isn’t a cult, but that is how they see the world, as competing cults. Betrayed by Hillary, Bernie and the DNC they don’t question their allegiance to their cult and so that is how they explain Trump’s supporters, not understanding that were Trump to engage in the wholesale betrayal that GOPe is trying to foist on us we would drop him like a hot-potato, just like we have already dumped the lying sell-outs who call themselves Republicans.


40 posted on 11/06/2017 6:33:25 AM PST by AndyJackson
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