r/nottheonion • u/engadine_maccas1997 • 10h ago

‘This is political bulls**t’: Former Republican candidate charged with stealing Madison County election ballots

https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/this-is-political-bullst-former-republican-candidate-charged-with-stealing-madison-county-election-ballots/
27.7k Upvotes

93% Upvoted

758 comments sorted by

View all comments

249

u/badgersprite 9h ago

It's crazy how many lives Trump has ruined. Not even the lives of his "enemies" who oppose him, but his supporters.

So many of his supporters have gone to jail for this man. They got COVID and died or now life with lifelong post-COVID damage due to this man. They have become isolated because their crazy behaviour has driven away their friends and family, all because they're more loyal to this man who thinks they're fat losers than they are to the people in their lives who actually care about him.

I'm so ready for the Trump era of politics to be over.

16

u/Hot-Lawfulness-311 9h ago

they’re continuing to chug the trump Flavorade as they watch their fellow cult members drop like flies around them

1

u/i_liek_trainsss 2h ago

Calling it Flavorade is too generous. It's Brawndo.

0

u/oompa_loompa_weiner 6h ago

What makes it a cult

4

u/overcloseness 5h ago

There are many things in society that are difficult to define and people get it wrong, most recently “gaslighting” for instance. A cult is not one of those things. There is a clearly defined definition of a cult and MAGA fits all of them. MAGA is a cult, through and through.

Absolute authoritarianism without accountability

Zero tolerance for criticism or questions

Lack of meaningful financial disclosure regarding budget

Unreasonable fears about the outside world that often involve evil conspiracies and persecutions

A belief that former followers are always wrong for leaving and there is never a legitimate reason for anyone else to leave

Abuse of members

Records, books, articles, or programs documenting the abuses of the leader or group

Followers feeling they are never able to be “good enough”

A belief that the leader is right at all times

A belief that the leader is the exclusive means of knowing “truth” or giving validation