Christianity Today was founded by Billy Graham, the most prominent evangelical figure in modern history. It is a vehemently anti-choice, conservative publication.
The second it called for Trump's removal, the entire GOP attacked it as "far-left."
THIS IS HOW CULTS THINK.
The second it called for Trump's removal, the entire GOP attacked it as "far-left."
THIS IS HOW CULTS THINK.
The basic psychology of cults:
1. The LEADER is sacred above all & not to be questioned.
2. Anyone who questions the LEADER is attacked.
3. The lure of the cult is the absolute certainty it offers, which is why doubt is a threat.
4. Cult members don’t know they’re in a cult.
1. The LEADER is sacred above all & not to be questioned.
2. Anyone who questions the LEADER is attacked.
3. The lure of the cult is the absolute certainty it offers, which is why doubt is a threat.
4. Cult members don’t know they’re in a cult.
So applying this to the modern Republican Party:
1. Trump posters, Trump rallies, Trump memes, Trump lawn signs. It’s not about policy per se. it’s about worship of authority, of a certain personality and identity. This is very different than, say, the party of George HW Bush.
1. Trump posters, Trump rallies, Trump memes, Trump lawn signs. It’s not about policy per se. it’s about worship of authority, of a certain personality and identity. This is very different than, say, the party of George HW Bush.
2. Consider that ANY Republican who has dared to question Trump has been ruthlessly attacked and dismissed as a traitor.
The CIA operatives that have come forth, the whistleblowers, the FBI agents were almost ALL Republicans. Once they criticized Trump, they were tossed out.
The CIA operatives that have come forth, the whistleblowers, the FBI agents were almost ALL Republicans. Once they criticized Trump, they were tossed out.
3. The reason Trump and his cronies never apologize, never retreat from a gaffe or misstep is that doing so would allow uncertainty to corrupt the perfect ideology that Trumpism offers:
That belief in Trump simplifies a complex world into a basic “us vs. them” dynamic.
That belief in Trump simplifies a complex world into a basic “us vs. them” dynamic.
4. Anyone who points these obvious traits out to Trump supporters is ALSO attacked.
This is part of why Trumpists constantly attack the press, why Fox News has become so obsequious and unhinged: they maintain an entire parallel (simple, savage) ideological world for believers.
This is part of why Trumpists constantly attack the press, why Fox News has become so obsequious and unhinged: they maintain an entire parallel (simple, savage) ideological world for believers.
