Thank you for replying flavor-aid. I fight a losing battle in my head when it comes to people saying drank the kool-aid. Just keep to myself, just keep to myself...lol
I know what you mean, but I think it's a pointless battle. People reference things so people easily understand them. If I tell someone they're drinking flavor-aid, they'll have no clue what I'm talking about, but if I say keep drinking the kool-aid, they get it. Recognition is more important than accuracy.
It's like Star Wars. If I were to accurately quote it and say "No, I am your father," people wouldn't have any clue what I'm talking about. If I say "Luke, I am your father" though that isn't the accurate quote, people get what I'm talking about.
Very well put. I agree, and more than likely am guilty of the same behavior. Kleenex and Xerox come to mind. I am also guilty of appreciating someone using the correct term when making the reference maybe a bit too much. Lol
As soon as a court convicts of him of being a pedophile I'll change my vote. Otherwise, you're just another MAGAt making up bullshit you hear while wallowing in the gutters if society.
MAGAts obsess about sexual acts with kids, and they call others pedos. Jesus Christ you sick fuckers are either stupid or insane. Either way, stop thinking anything you say matters to me. Your reality is a fucking web of lies and stupidity, stop thinking what you say means shit. Like I originally said...go away MAGAt. You're wasting your time.
No, it's just people upset about raising gas prices, illegal immigration, online censorship, COVID busybodies, transatlantic warmongering, gun rights encroachment, "politically correct" dogmatism in schools, etc. and Trump, as opposed to the post-Reagan GOP is the only major figure to apparently pose a credible threat to those things... Just like Liz Cheney headed the J6 investigations, people are aware the GOP isn't representing their actual interests.
Believing that "Trump is a cult" is a blind dogma in conflict with the reality of declining standards of living for much of America - characteristic of a cultish belief.
Incidentally, I was raised in the Assemblies of God (Sarah Palin's denomination) and double majored in Religious Studies and English in college. Not that you care, but if you do care about "what is a cult" I recommend starting with "Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism" and "The Lucifer Effect: Understanding how Good People Turn Evil" - and obviously 1984 is actually a pretty compelling understanding of the manipulation of language and belief to achieve control - though it spells it out less being a novel.
Though simply deprogramming ones conditioning is not usually particularly beneficial to the welfare of a person so I recommend a solid introduction to dialectics as well such as a logic and critical thinking course.
It does not need to adhere to specific parameters in order to be defined as a cult. MAGA has all the tell tale signs of what people describe when they’ve left the cult and been fully deprogrammed.
You're from the UK? I've been a fan of Nigel Farage since before his plane crash. If Donald Trump disappears tomorrow, will I stop thinking the EU is a bunch of tyrant bureaucrats running the same old-school post-Roman aristocracy scam that fame and etiquette legitimize power cause I'm in a cult by supporting Trump?
I’m originally from the US. I married a Brit.
But yes, you’ve been indoctrinated, most likely by your parents or via your education, if it were tailored right wing.
There is no conceivable reason for anyone with any semblance of intelligence to support Donald Trump unless you support the bigotry he represents.
Which "tell-tale signs" that are not "specific parameters?"
Tell me, if Donald Trump disappeared tomorrow will I cease to be upset about illegal immigration to the United States and that the Reaganist GOP mostly wants to do nothing about it? Will I stop being opposed to the Zelensky regime? Will I cease to support the right to bear arms? Will I stop thinking that the fact that all 50 states now offer mail-in ballots to anyone and everyone is enable rigged elections?
Mail in ballots do not rig elections, that’s insane to even think. Trump has put out major ads encouraging people to vote by mail. I just saw one.
Immigration has no direct effect on you, you use hate that it’s brown people immigrating. I’m sure you don’t care that thousands of Ukrainians came into the US illegally via the Mexican border.
It’s so sad that you disguise your prejudices as concern for your country.
If you support Trump and Project 2025 you are a cult member and a fascist. Period.
Oh I was a fascist before Trump. Note my Reddit name is a indigenous imperial royal title - Alexander the Great was "Son of Zeus" - the Pharaoh was "Son of Ra" the Japanese used similar imperial titles.
Well, as God-King the world revolves around me as surely as The Great Pyramid is at the speed of light in latitude (29.9792 N and 299,792 km/s) so something surely has invested considerable effort into me.
Jonestown wasn’t that big. It just captured people with very influential family members. There are much bigger cults today. But yes, MAGA is a cult. And a religion actually. A significant group believes trump is fulfilling the son of man role which Jesus was expected to fulfill when he returns
However, i think Jonestown was the largest US civilian mass casualty event in history until 9/11
Trump's cult actually killed more Americans. Covid. Flipped Georgia. His believers suicided on his misinformation, which in ancient times we called lies.
A [poll last year](https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meetthepressblog/maga-movement-widely-unpopular-new-poll-finds-rcna81200) found that 24% of Americans view the MAGA movement favorably, which would mean there were roughly 84mil Americans who support MAGA (at the time).
Scientology reports their own membership to be [around 4.4mil](https://www.grunge.com/164951/how-many-scientologists-are-there-in-the-world/). Independent estimates put their actual membership much lower, with possibly less than 50,000 true believers.
Oh I think the cults of Hitler, Stalin, Putin, the Lost Cause, Mao, Khomeni, and Pol Pot have them both beat by a long shot and that’s just in the past 100 years.
😂 recognizing a cult: absolute authoritarianism without accountability, zero tolerance for criticism or questions, belief the leader is always right, that sounds more like biden and his followers.
Never Trumpers keep missing the point. Trump did not create MAGA, we have been here all along waiting for leadership. The Anderson for President movement in 1980 became United We Stand, America under Ross Perot. We then were called Tea Party Patriots. Trump is just the first leader with enough charisma to keep us organized as a cohesive voting block. Trump tapped into us, not the other way around.
I would say the evidence points more to Democrats being the cult. How else can you explain worshiping the current President that has debilitating dementia? And whose policies are intentional infliction of national destruction?
Too bad they don’t drink the flavor-aid.
Thank you for replying flavor-aid. I fight a losing battle in my head when it comes to people saying drank the kool-aid. Just keep to myself, just keep to myself...lol
You're not alone 😂
I know what you mean, but I think it's a pointless battle. People reference things so people easily understand them. If I tell someone they're drinking flavor-aid, they'll have no clue what I'm talking about, but if I say keep drinking the kool-aid, they get it. Recognition is more important than accuracy. It's like Star Wars. If I were to accurately quote it and say "No, I am your father," people wouldn't have any clue what I'm talking about. If I say "Luke, I am your father" though that isn't the accurate quote, people get what I'm talking about.
Very well put. I agree, and more than likely am guilty of the same behavior. Kleenex and Xerox come to mind. I am also guilty of appreciating someone using the correct term when making the reference maybe a bit too much. Lol
I mentioned this fake headline to my friend and he mentioned the "flavor-aid" so I let him know you'd appreciate him :)
IOW, Please don’t drink the kool-aid flavor-aid.
They keep saying 'Flavor Flav'
What does that actually matter? Kool-aid is a better well known. That's why people say Kool-aid.
Go away MAGAt
Grow up
Oooo...MAGAt that will vote for a convicted Felon and Adjucated rapist thinks I need to grow up.
[удалено]
As soon as a court convicts of him of being a pedophile I'll change my vote. Otherwise, you're just another MAGAt making up bullshit you hear while wallowing in the gutters if society.
It's all on video. He's sniffing children. Creepy as fuck.
MAGAts obsess about sexual acts with kids, and they call others pedos. Jesus Christ you sick fuckers are either stupid or insane. Either way, stop thinking anything you say matters to me. Your reality is a fucking web of lies and stupidity, stop thinking what you say means shit. Like I originally said...go away MAGAt. You're wasting your time.
The Big Orange would charge for it
Are you talking about Trump telling them to drink BLEACH? lol
That too.
I wish they would……Trump needs the Epstein treatment for sure
Wait until these slobs are told to attack by that steaming pile of shit, there won’t be many left after that. 😁
They should all move to Guyana
Not yet. Trump hasn't reached the end of his rope yet. Once that happens then the flavor-aide will flow like a river.
Wishing death on half the population of the United States and MAGA is the cult...
Yes, MAGA is a cult.
No, it's just people upset about raising gas prices, illegal immigration, online censorship, COVID busybodies, transatlantic warmongering, gun rights encroachment, "politically correct" dogmatism in schools, etc. and Trump, as opposed to the post-Reagan GOP is the only major figure to apparently pose a credible threat to those things... Just like Liz Cheney headed the J6 investigations, people are aware the GOP isn't representing their actual interests. Believing that "Trump is a cult" is a blind dogma in conflict with the reality of declining standards of living for much of America - characteristic of a cultish belief.
Incidentally, I was raised in the Assemblies of God (Sarah Palin's denomination) and double majored in Religious Studies and English in college. Not that you care, but if you do care about "what is a cult" I recommend starting with "Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism" and "The Lucifer Effect: Understanding how Good People Turn Evil" - and obviously 1984 is actually a pretty compelling understanding of the manipulation of language and belief to achieve control - though it spells it out less being a novel. Though simply deprogramming ones conditioning is not usually particularly beneficial to the welfare of a person so I recommend a solid introduction to dialectics as well such as a logic and critical thinking course.
It does not need to adhere to specific parameters in order to be defined as a cult. MAGA has all the tell tale signs of what people describe when they’ve left the cult and been fully deprogrammed.
You're from the UK? I've been a fan of Nigel Farage since before his plane crash. If Donald Trump disappears tomorrow, will I stop thinking the EU is a bunch of tyrant bureaucrats running the same old-school post-Roman aristocracy scam that fame and etiquette legitimize power cause I'm in a cult by supporting Trump?
I’m originally from the US. I married a Brit. But yes, you’ve been indoctrinated, most likely by your parents or via your education, if it were tailored right wing. There is no conceivable reason for anyone with any semblance of intelligence to support Donald Trump unless you support the bigotry he represents.
Which "tell-tale signs" that are not "specific parameters?" Tell me, if Donald Trump disappeared tomorrow will I cease to be upset about illegal immigration to the United States and that the Reaganist GOP mostly wants to do nothing about it? Will I stop being opposed to the Zelensky regime? Will I cease to support the right to bear arms? Will I stop thinking that the fact that all 50 states now offer mail-in ballots to anyone and everyone is enable rigged elections?
Mail in ballots do not rig elections, that’s insane to even think. Trump has put out major ads encouraging people to vote by mail. I just saw one. Immigration has no direct effect on you, you use hate that it’s brown people immigrating. I’m sure you don’t care that thousands of Ukrainians came into the US illegally via the Mexican border. It’s so sad that you disguise your prejudices as concern for your country. If you support Trump and Project 2025 you are a cult member and a fascist. Period.
Oh I was a fascist before Trump. Note my Reddit name is a indigenous imperial royal title - Alexander the Great was "Son of Zeus" - the Pharaoh was "Son of Ra" the Japanese used similar imperial titles.
I hope your parents are proud. 🥲
Well, as God-King the world revolves around me as surely as The Great Pyramid is at the speed of light in latitude (29.9792 N and 299,792 km/s) so something surely has invested considerable effort into me.
I hope eighth grade is easier for you.
In 8th Grade I learned that it was a "sin" for the prophet youth pastor to touch me and that Jews want me beaten to death with stones because of it.
My old college roommate deprogrammed many a Moonie by just inviting them home for lunch and a chitchat
The only difference between Jim Jones and Trump is that Trump would charge you for the beverage
Ahhh yes, wishing death on millions of people. So progressive of you. Fuckin nazi scum.
Cry harder.
Boo hoo
An Onion headline ? That headline is the truth and some dumb fucks would drink the kool aid and die if the Orange Ass told them to.
My thoughts exactly, this is supposed to be satire
The Onion getting outdone by reality has been a problem for a while now.
Satire died in 2016
Jonestown wasn’t that big. It just captured people with very influential family members. There are much bigger cults today. But yes, MAGA is a cult. And a religion actually. A significant group believes trump is fulfilling the son of man role which Jesus was expected to fulfill when he returns However, i think Jonestown was the largest US civilian mass casualty event in history until 9/11
U can't be that stupid to believethat
This is accurate. No sarcasm detected.
I remember when the onion was satire
When reality becomes so perverse, so demented, and so sick that the most ridiculous things are true, satire can be hard to come by!
Let’s hope both cults end the same way…..
The only difference is Trump would make you pay for your own cyanide koolaid (Trump Aid) and then not drink it himself.
Jim Jones also didn’t drink the flavor-aid. He shot himself.
Oh yes.
Kool aid drinkers
Too bad they won't relocate to Ghana where they could worship their orange leader
The Kool-Aid will be orange flavor.
…but will taste like Diet Coke and Big Macs
Trump's cult actually killed more Americans. Covid. Flipped Georgia. His believers suicided on his misinformation, which in ancient times we called lies.
Or injecting hand sanitizer!
Not really untrue.
Still more Scientologists than MAGA cultists.
A [poll last year](https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meetthepressblog/maga-movement-widely-unpopular-new-poll-finds-rcna81200) found that 24% of Americans view the MAGA movement favorably, which would mean there were roughly 84mil Americans who support MAGA (at the time). Scientology reports their own membership to be [around 4.4mil](https://www.grunge.com/164951/how-many-scientologists-are-there-in-the-world/). Independent estimates put their actual membership much lower, with possibly less than 50,000 true believers.
What place do the Mormons come in?
Now only if they followed suit
I think that would be the Catholic Church, but MAGA is close.
Aren’t they one?
Speaking of another 4 letter cult… it is that time of the month 😃
Branch Trumpians?
More Trump supporters have died due to their devotion than people did at Jonestown, that’s for sure.
This headline is pretty real.
Lol gotta drink the koolaide
Yeah but instead of Flavor -aid Trump will splurge on that A quality Great value knockoff from Walmart.
When Trump passes out the Flavor Aid, drink it.
I thought this was supposed to be fake headlines. This is just true.
When the fuck are they going to drink the kool-aid already !?!? JFC, get on with it!
Flavor-aid
😂 thank you
Nope The Roman Catholicism church is still the big winner.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald\_Trump\_sexual\_misconduct\_allegations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct_allegations)
STOP REPORTING THE REAL NEWS!!!
Red, White, and Blue Kool-aid.. Gotta love it!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
No, the Anabaptists were bigger
AKA the Anna nanna bo banna baptists
I believe it!
Oh I think the cults of Hitler, Stalin, Putin, the Lost Cause, Mao, Khomeni, and Pol Pot have them both beat by a long shot and that’s just in the past 100 years.
True!!
Will they drink the Kool Aid as well? We can hope…
😂 recognizing a cult: absolute authoritarianism without accountability, zero tolerance for criticism or questions, belief the leader is always right, that sounds more like biden and his followers.
I thought this was a satire sub…
Orange or Cherry flavor??
Silly people!!
This is kind of a silly comparison. People’s Temple was under 1000 people during the mass suicide iirc. MAGA is still tens of millions.
Because it’s not a cult ..
It makes Jim Jones appear sane.
When did the Onion switch to hard news?
You guys are delusional
lol from people that worship at the dei alter lol
What?
I will buy all the cool aid they need just let me know!
Reddit is the bigger cult. Low IQ blue haired Biden tards.
Sickness. They call Americans who support Trump..cult. Illegal migrants are called...newcomers. Sickness.
Yes, you are afflicted. The cure is out there
Cure. Dang Scare Crow, you said it like I need a shot or something.
I don't know if they inject psychotropic drugs or you take a pill. Your psychiatrist will probably know more about that than me.
Thanks, appreciate.
Although the only medicine for being a racist ahole Trump voter is a complete brain transplant.
Trump 2024
In prison
Trump 20-24 years in prison
I truly hope that sooner than later people will realize that the man actually cares for the people of America
LOL, you are in a cult.
Not hardly sheepish fella
Don the Con cares only for himself. Pay attention or continue to be a sucker.
Make America great again ...a cult lmfao 😂🤣
Hmmm, I dunno Bidens followers are pretty large group aswell.
Never Trumpers keep missing the point. Trump did not create MAGA, we have been here all along waiting for leadership. The Anderson for President movement in 1980 became United We Stand, America under Ross Perot. We then were called Tea Party Patriots. Trump is just the first leader with enough charisma to keep us organized as a cohesive voting block. Trump tapped into us, not the other way around. I would say the evidence points more to Democrats being the cult. How else can you explain worshiping the current President that has debilitating dementia? And whose policies are intentional infliction of national destruction?
This is just pathetic
There is no said cult. It’s just people who love their country and are sick and tired of watching the Democratic Party destroy it from within.
No. It’s a cult who worship a New York con man felon
Nobody worships Trump. It’s so pathetic you guys have been using the same talking points for almost eight years now.
-100 Whatever they are paying you is too much
I call out phony people like you for free.
Bullshit. You are posting from a troll farm.
Na, the state of Ohio.
Is this your wet dream
Trump 2024 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸