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http://blog.timesunion.com/heather/opinion-trump-and-his-supporters-are-the-personification-of-scientology/689/the symmetry is scary
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Trumo and his supporters are the personfication of scientology (Original Post)
DonCoquixote
Oct 2017
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Hugin
(33,200 posts)1. Frauds have a lot in common.
Birds of a feather and all of that jazz.
salin
(48,955 posts)2. and the combo of cult and fraud ...
very f*cked up.
Wounded Bear
(58,706 posts)3. I don't think you can have a cult without fraud...
usually it is fraudulent religion. Repubs and radical conservatives have adapted their religious bent to all things political, especially in the "faith trumps facts" area. When you believe, what good is truth?
You can tell who they are. Their biggest argument is always a projection: They think science is just another belief system, or in simple terms another religion, which is of course false. They are only allowed one religion, and when you paste that label on anything else it automatically makes it "fake" as their hero likes to say.
You can have fraud without being a cult, I guess, but all cults are based on fraud.
salin
(48,955 posts)5. good points.
UTUSN
(70,740 posts)4. Rec Big #5 & K