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Related: About this forumTrump is like a cult leader
And his supporters that make excuses for him sexually assaulting women and all the other BS he does and says are like his mindless little cult followers in desperate need of de-programming. It didn't dawn on me until his speech today. It's insane.
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Trump is like a cult leader (Original Post)
NoGoodNamesLeft
Oct 2016
OP
Hate separates people, but this is clear evidence that it sure can bind some people together.
tonyt53
Oct 2016
#2
I came to this conclusion awhile ago and for that reason I stopped calling them supporters
Cakes488
Oct 2016
#3
Like a good cult leader, he found a group of existing crazies, and made their insanity ...
JoePhilly
Oct 2016
#10
Democat
(11,617 posts)1. Will they drink the Kool-Aid in the end?
Or before the end?
tonyt53
(5,737 posts)2. Hate separates people, but this is clear evidence that it sure can bind some people together.
Cakes488
(874 posts)3. I came to this conclusion awhile ago and for that reason I stopped calling them supporters
and only refer to them as followers who drank the Jim Don Jones Trump Kool Aid
truthisfreedom
(23,142 posts)5. Not "like". IS a cult leader.
I grew up in a religious cult. He's a cult leader.
unitedwethrive
(1,997 posts)8. Just what I was thinking.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)6. He's in good company:
Bill USA
(6,436 posts)12. great cartoon. Says all you need to know about demagogue Donald
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)9. His supporters are a bunch of schnooks.
@#$% 'em.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)10. Like a good cult leader, he found a group of existing crazies, and made their insanity ...
... the foundation of his cult.
Bill USA
(6,436 posts)11. that's correct. and another word for it is "demagogue"