Posted on 02/03/2016 12:47:43 AM PST by elhombrelibre
Often reminiscent of the Cult of Personality that arose in 2007
It does seem petty. He should be honored so many people want to work for him.
Excellent article. And Cruz put a dent with the Kardashian Conservatives/lumpen Conservatives who support Trump.
What is eye opening is the venom spewed by his cult to anyone that disagrees with trump. It’s what has turned me away from trump as option number two. Something is wrong with this movement.
Daren Jonescu has a Ph.D. in Philosophy from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He currently teaches English language and philosophy at Changwon National University in South Korea.
Trumpees succumbed. It isn’t pretty. He is more divisive than bambi. Cult is what it is. Blind faith in one with no logical reason for it, the defense of all indefensible and the joy at attacking any do not agree. Fortunately not enough fell for it for him to win.
Fish rots from the head down. When Trump sits around all morning in his pajamas, tweeting about the latest pundit who dissed him, his acolytes follow suit. I'm waiting for substance.
Whaas! We want to be able to post our bile lace trades and infantile snarks without anyone challenging our emotional hysteric rantings! How dare the Trump people shoot back at our childish antics! Whaaa!
Geee you post infantile snarks and childish ranting and then wonder why you get your same behavior fed back to you?
If you object to being treated like badly behaved children, stop behaving badly.
Try posting some substance then instead of your habitual infantile snarks and empty bile lace tirades.
Try posting some substance then instead of your habitual infantile snarks and empty bile lace tirades.
Oh please. You have YET to post a rational intellectually serious post. For you to whine about the fire that gets shot back at you is jut so absurdly hypocritical.
Johnnie boy’s boy got schlonged and all he can come up with more insults. Put some ice on it, Johnnie.
You know what? I can deal with actual criticism.
What I can’t deal with is people cherry picking statements - taking them out of context or editing them so that Mr. Trump appears to say something he isn’t.
What really gets me boiling is when these same people then call me a cultist for pointing out that they are either intentionally misrepresenting or ignorant of the position Mr Trump is espousing.
Ignorance:
Trump is a Hillary plant.
Trump will announce he isn’t keeping any campaign promises after he takes office
Trump is a dictator who is as bad as Obama/Mussolini/Hitler
Trump is not serious about running
Misrepresentations
Trump will replace Obama Care with single payer like in Scotland/Canada (Yes he said they work in those places but also said they would not work in the US and he said that IN THE SAME DAMN INTERVIEW)
Trump is not really a supporter of the right to bare arms. (This is simply ridiculous especially as he has a concealed carry permit. Trump used the term assault rifle to mean a full automatic machine gun like an M-60 and SPECIFICALLY said that an AR-15 was not an assault weapon. I at least can understand why such weapons should be regulated and I am a Life Time Member of the NRA)
Trump is really still pro-abortion because he changed his mind in 2008 or believes in some exceptions that would allow abortions. (You may not like the rational for his change but it is disingenuous to deny the change. It is also disingenuous to say that believing that stopping probably 95% of abortions currently being performed would not be a huge pro-life victory)
Trump’s immigration plan is just another form of amnesty and that almost all the illegal aliens currently in the US would be allowed to return after being deported. (A simple direct LIE)
The REFUSAL of non-Trump supporters to admit that people change their minds on issues over time and to see that possibly they should put more weight on the more recent statements rather than something said 30 years ago.
If you have an issue that is not mis-phrased, taken out of context, that has been repudiated by Mr. Trump at a later date or information that has been deliberately misstated then fine.
Defending positions that are put forth as either intentional or unintentional distortions of Trumps stated positions in this election is not a personality cult.
Calling me a cultist when I respond to those accusations is simply an ad-hominim attack that does not deal with the issues.
I support Mr Trump because
1. His stance against illegal immigration.
2. His tax reform plan.
3. The national concealed carry
4. His plan to reform the VA
5. His refusal to use or bow to the PC speech BS
6. His pledge to revoke Obama Care on the first day in office
Honestly, I don’t like his personality that much. He is a flawed messenger.
Don’t bother to respond to me unless it is an apology. I don’t care to see a rehash of your lies
Your passive aggressiveness is really sad. You want to behave like an ass, then whine when your get the treatment your behavior warrants.
Here an idea, drop the bile laced tirades and the infantile snarks at the other candidates, and try posting thoughtful reasonable argument for your candidate instead
The author is implying Trump create the anger.
Dr. Johnnie, I’m not whining. I’m watching you go off the deep end with your pseudo psychiatric remarks and projection, Dr. Johnnie.
I think the reaction of the Trump cult proves the point the author made well enough without dwelling on the obvious.
Trump tapped into existing anger. Trump did not create it. Agree?
He exacerbated it for his own unprincipled and demagogic purposes, his self-aggrandizement.
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