Why vote for trump? Because the election was stolen.....While buying a car, the dealer manager steered the conversation into how the last election was stolen because there was a lot of fraud (apparently all by democrats). When we pointed out that the 61 court cases and many audits in swing states demonstrated the opposite, he said he had…
Why vote for trump? Because the election was stolen.....While buying a car, the dealer manager steered the conversation into how the last election was stolen because there was a lot of fraud (apparently all by democrats). When we pointed out that the 61 court cases and many audits in swing states demonstrated the opposite, he said he hadn't heard about those. Culture war is only part of the problem....complete ignorance is another, major, part.
One of my close friends swears to me that Trump completed the entire wall on the Mexico border, non-stop from the Pacific to the Gulf. No matter what I tell him, his belief in this is unshakable. Maybe it's not a "cult", but it sure seems like SOME kind of religion where you either have "faith" or you don't.
"A delusion is an unshakable belief in something that’s untrue." That seems to be the human foundation of all of this. Trump is just the vector. Seems to cut against a democracy, doesn't it, especially if so many can hold the same delusion at once? If Charlie is right and a constitutional republic is the protection against this (meaning the majority can be countered legally), then it needs to come to our rescue. Go 14th amendment!
I can't argue with that. When an individual is infallible, (as Trump clearly is to his supporters) then it's just a plain-old cult. I was just trying to be generous when I said "Maybe it's not a "cult"". Happy New Year, Sandy.
"complete ignorance is another, major, part." Made possible by conspiracy theories and the now deeply help distrust of anything other than Trumpist media.
Why vote for trump? Because the election was stolen.....While buying a car, the dealer manager steered the conversation into how the last election was stolen because there was a lot of fraud (apparently all by democrats). When we pointed out that the 61 court cases and many audits in swing states demonstrated the opposite, he said he hadn't heard about those. Culture war is only part of the problem....complete ignorance is another, major, part.
One of my close friends swears to me that Trump completed the entire wall on the Mexico border, non-stop from the Pacific to the Gulf. No matter what I tell him, his belief in this is unshakable. Maybe it's not a "cult", but it sure seems like SOME kind of religion where you either have "faith" or you don't.
"A delusion is an unshakable belief in something that’s untrue." That seems to be the human foundation of all of this. Trump is just the vector. Seems to cut against a democracy, doesn't it, especially if so many can hold the same delusion at once? If Charlie is right and a constitutional republic is the protection against this (meaning the majority can be countered legally), then it needs to come to our rescue. Go 14th amendment!
It's a cult, a personality cult - excessive public admiration for or devotion to a famous person, especially a political leader.
I can't argue with that. When an individual is infallible, (as Trump clearly is to his supporters) then it's just a plain-old cult. I was just trying to be generous when I said "Maybe it's not a "cult"". Happy New Year, Sandy.
Oh, I took you seriously. Happy year backatcha.
"complete ignorance is another, major, part." Made possible by conspiracy theories and the now deeply help distrust of anything other than Trumpist media.
Willful ignorance. The information is out there readily available, they just choose not to hear it.
Agree, M. WILLFUL ignorance