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kentuck

(111,054 posts)
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 10:24 AM Jun 2020

The Trump "cult" are losing their minds.

We have seen multiple examples of them losing it and ranting in public displays. They are very angry and confused.

Is the pandemic a hoax? Should they wear a mask or not? Herr Leader says he is not going to wear one and he will know who is on his side by following his example.

The Doctors and Scientists are all wrong. Their leader is right.

It is all a creation of the "fake news". It is all so confusing.

So they react by refusing to wear their mask and yell and scream at those who do. There is a lot of pressure when you put your life on the line for your cult Leader.

It's hard to tell what is "real" anymore.

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The Trump "cult" are losing their minds. (Original Post) kentuck Jun 2020 OP
Too true. leftieNanner Jun 2020 #1
How many did they spread it to by not wearing masks Midnightwalk Jun 2020 #8
I assume the sister-in-law is married to a sibling. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #15
You are correct leftieNanner Jun 2020 #19
Sister-in-law's brother is not, IMO, an in-law. Your sister-in-law is... brush Jun 2020 #17
He is my sister in law's brother leftieNanner Jun 2020 #18
Thanks Midnightwalk Jun 2020 #21
I know the feeling. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #23
Religious folks tend to believe the unbelievable superpatriotman Jun 2020 #2
The cognitive dissonance caused by their beliefs pnwest Jun 2020 #3
That's it! kentuck Jun 2020 #6
Good! Because their self serving refusal to mask up while in public is causing me to meltdown. SammyWinstonJack Jun 2020 #12
Trump's cult: "My ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." sop Jun 2020 #4
They're losing it because they're losing Sympthsical Jun 2020 #5
They never had minds to begin with. Aristus Jun 2020 #7
Landru guide us! Dread Pirate Roberts Jun 2020 #9
Yes, they must not be "of the body." PSPS Jun 2020 #25
I think Trumpers would follow Landru Dread Pirate Roberts Jun 2020 #28
If Trump had acted in his own self-interests chriscan64 Jun 2020 #10
I love these cultural references -- Billy Mumy & Landru. Sadly, meaningless to anyone under 50! PSPS Jun 2020 #26
Yes, he should have pushed masks, he could have sold red ones with his stupid logo on them. OverBurn Jun 2020 #27
:-) kentuck Jun 2020 #29
Just wait until their close relatives are on respirators. roamer65 Jun 2020 #11
WRONG... JHB Jun 2020 #13
YEP Cosmocat Jun 2020 #16
Whether to wear the mask (or not) is an IQ test FakeNoose Jun 2020 #14
You would think that having the Presidency, Senate, Supreme Court, and most states fescuerescue Jun 2020 #20
It reminds me of an anti-drug movie we saw in school. louis-t Jun 2020 #22
All I know is that I just want it to stop. Initech Jun 2020 #24

leftieNanner

(15,068 posts)
1. Too true.
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 10:27 AM
Jun 2020

My sister in law's brother is one of those No Maskers, big Trumper fans. And he was diagnosed with Covid last week. His wife and daughter are now showing symptoms. They will be tested soon. You can "believe" whatever you want, but the virus doesn't care.

Midnightwalk

(3,131 posts)
8. How many did they spread it to by not wearing masks
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 10:42 AM
Jun 2020

And will they wear masks in the future? I’m guessing they won’t.

I like to think that some of the anger they feel is because somewhere in their mind they realize just how utterly stupid they are in not wearing a mask.

Being a malicious vandal is embarrassing and everyone wearing a mask is someone silently calling them out on their disregard for responsibility to others. No wonder they lash out.

But screw them for their callous disregard for others.

Btw, I have to ask. Why your sister in law’s brother rather than brother in law? None of my business and I haven’t had coffee yet, but I don’t get the difference.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,852 posts)
15. I assume the sister-in-law is married to a sibling.
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 11:04 AM
Jun 2020

The siblings of such a sister-in-law generally aren't called in-laws too, in my experience, and it's her brother who refuses to wear a mask.

However, if the sister-in-law was a sister of the poster's spouse, then all of the spouse's siblings should be called in-laws and it wouldn't make as much sense to word it that way.

brush

(53,743 posts)
17. Sister-in-law's brother is not, IMO, an in-law. Your sister-in-law is...
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 11:08 AM
Jun 2020

Last edited Mon Jun 29, 2020, 11:59 AM - Edit history (2)

as she's married to one of your siblings, whereas a brother-in-law is one's wife's brother—an in-law.

leftieNanner

(15,068 posts)
18. He is my sister in law's brother
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 11:14 AM
Jun 2020

Because I'm not related to him and he's a pretty toxic fellow. He is the brother of the woman who is married to my husband's brother.

Midnightwalk

(3,131 posts)
21. Thanks
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 11:21 AM
Jun 2020

I struggle with what to call anyone more complicated than first cousins. Some mental block.

I can see wording it that way. Kind of like “a mistake twice removed in law”

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,852 posts)
23. I know the feeling.
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 11:35 AM
Jun 2020

My sister married a guy whose siblings and other relatives are "rednecks" and Trump cultists. They're my sister's in-laws, but not MY in-laws. (By naming convention or otherwise.)

I've never even met them, but my sister has described them invading their home with their many children, without masks, when they could've been considerate and at least talked with her husband outside in the open air.

They're the main reason that my sister suspects they could get infected, after all their effort (mostly from my sister) to keep safe. Her husband whines that he can't be "inhospitable" to them.

pnwest

(3,266 posts)
3. The cognitive dissonance caused by their beliefs
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 10:31 AM
Jun 2020

about trumpism clashing with the reality of life around them is causing their brains to meltdown.

Sympthsical

(9,041 posts)
5. They're losing it because they're losing
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 10:39 AM
Jun 2020

And they know it.

From now until November, expect chaos. They will not go gently.

Aristus

(66,294 posts)
7. They never had minds to begin with.
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 10:40 AM
Jun 2020

What they're losing right now is any form of restraint that might characterize them as human beings.

chriscan64

(1,789 posts)
10. If Trump had acted in his own self-interests
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 10:48 AM
Jun 2020

he would have had his minions wearing masks and yelling at those who don't. He was running on the strength of the economy, so when the virus threatened that, he should have done everything to nip it in the bud. But his first instinct is to just say it ain't so and wish it into the cornfield like the kid from the Twilight Zone. And his idiot supporters are like, "It's good that you done that, Donnie"

OverBurn

(945 posts)
27. Yes, he should have pushed masks, he could have sold red ones with his stupid logo on them.
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 02:33 PM
Jun 2020

His idiot cult followers would have slept in those MF'ers.

Cosmocat

(14,559 posts)
16. YEP
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 11:07 AM
Jun 2020

Took decades of huffing Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity et alls farts to end up voting for a deranged sociopathic wanna be dictator in the first place.

FakeNoose

(32,596 posts)
14. Whether to wear the mask (or not) is an IQ test
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 11:01 AM
Jun 2020

I really believe it has gone beyond politics. However since I'm not a regular viewer of Faux News, I recognize that I'm probably in the minority.

I agree with your other points though. The ChumpHumpers are so confused now, and their heads will explode when these Covid-19 deaths keep growing exponentially. Wait until the RNC Convention, it's only a few weeks away.



fescuerescue

(4,448 posts)
20. You would think that having the Presidency, Senate, Supreme Court, and most states
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 11:16 AM
Jun 2020

would be enough.

It drives them crazy that some people still disagree with them!

louis-t

(23,273 posts)
22. It reminds me of an anti-drug movie we saw in school.
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 11:32 AM
Jun 2020

There was a segment about a kid who took drugs and thought he could make the traffic lights turn green with his mind. "It worked for a while", the narrator says......

Initech

(100,042 posts)
24. All I know is that I just want it to stop.
Mon Jun 29, 2020, 11:41 AM
Jun 2020

Trump has caused his followers to collectively lose their minds. It's way past time to get the adults back in charge.

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