The usage of "cult" is incredibly offensive to those who have families torn apart by actual cults

[Caution]

Seriously. This is the worst kind of political meme creation. If you are buying into this particular meme, please stop. It's highly offensive and it downplays just how harmful real cults are to millions of Americans and their families.

[mckeown1128]

1. What do they care?

It is more important for them to feel good about the lack of inspiration coming of their candidate.

[NightWatcher]

2. the Hillary people dont care about anyone else. It's 'win at any/all costs' for them

Take money from Fox News' Rupert Murdoch- sure
Cry the night before a primary or two to show fake emotion- sure
Use the word 'cult'- sure
Spend millions of your own money that you got from people like Mark Rich- sure

[niceypoo]

20. Just had to toss in that RW talking point, didnt ya?

:rofl:

[readmoreoften]

26. Oh is that it? They're tossing the CULT SURVIVORS under the bus? Get a fucking grip.

Just wait. I hope Obama wins so that I can watch all your heads explode when Obama takes this party two steps to the right further than Clinton did. You think the DLC's bad? Just wait.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. I've had a neice who was a Rajneeshi

even lived in the town in Oregon for a while. Drifted out of it on her own. But I know what you mean. I've also been accused of being in a "cult" when I was initiated into Sufism-which can't be further from the truth (no allegiance to the leader of the order, no demands of money, open discussion and debate).

[MADem]

4. The use of the word "offensive" is highly offensive to people who have been offended.

Get over it.

Stop tossing more gasoline on the fire if it bugs you so much.

[griffi94]

5. AMEN

from what i've seen the cult threads are mostly full of obama supporters.

[Caution]

6. I'll get over it when my frackin family is whole again.

Until then, I think I know a little bit more about what a cult *really* is over this bullshit that the Clinton campaign is spewing right now.

It's offensive and I will continue to call it so.

[MADem]

13. The "obsessors" here are all on the 'Cult leader's' team, it seems.

Most of the "bullshit" threads on the subject aren't coming from the Clinton supporters. It's the Obama supporters from the "Cult of the Perpetually Aggrieved And Downtrodden" who are anxiously, angrily, and self-righteously keeping this idiotic "Cult" balloon in the air.

Your 'continuing to call it so' will permit you to reap just what you sow, oh Expert On Cults Who Knows SO Much More Than Anyone Else On The Subject! Throwing your "Fracking Family" into the debate does NOT move anyone, either. That "I'm affected by it, so everyone else shut the fuck up!!" argument NEVER works unless the world REALLY DOES revolve around you, and sorry, just in case you aren't clear on that--it does not.

PSST...here's a clue: Ya don't like it? Stop FEEDING it by starting threads like this one!

[Whisp]

22. wow. what a nice person you are.

:(

[readmoreoften]

29. Did Leader tell you to say that?

Leader wants you to defend him.

[MADem]

31. I'm honest.

I didn't say anything that wasn't the absolute truth. It's not the opponents to Obama starting thread after thread after thread doing the "Cult Denial" schtick, it's the supporters, who seem to revel in their victimization.

Like I've said elsewhere, that HIDE THREAD and IGNORE feature can prevent people from "having a cow" over any issue.

[Whisp]

33. that's not honesty, that's cruelty...

"""Your 'continuing to call it so' will permit you to reap just what you sow, oh Expert On Cults Who Knows SO Much More Than Anyone Else On The Subject! Throwing your "Fracking Family" into the debate does NOT move anyone, either. """

you are taking directly to someone who has been hurt terribly by a Real Cult. a personal person, here. and calling her family 'fracking' during this stressful time makes you a cold and cruel person. More likely she is much more an expert on Real Cults than you are - yet you demean her and her experiences, all for some possible political points you see in gaining by this viciousness.

[MADem]

34. SORRY. No SALE. That's called EXTORTION, when you try to say

"My feeeeeeelings will be HUUUUUUUURT if you talk about Suject X."

All they are trying to do is CENSOR people.

Fuck THAT. And the horse it rode in on.

This site has two wonderful features--they are called HIDE THREAD and IGNORE.

People who are angst-ridden, or whose FEEEEEEEELINGS get hurt by honest discussion need to USE those buttons, and stop trying to play the STFU card when the discussion turns to matters not of their liking.

Free speech is a cornerstone of our system of government. And if people don't care for the speech, there ARE ways to avoid bothering their pretty little heads about it.

And one more thing--it's IMPORTANT, so you LISTEN UP--the "fracking" reference that you so haughtily SCOLDED me about CAME FROM THE ORIGINAL POSTER. Try reading the entire "fracking" thread in CONTEXT before you start spanking people and making a self-righteous ASS of yourself.

The phrase was in quotes for a "fracking" reason.

[readmoreoften]

27. I'm not a part of the Clinton campaign and Obama's cult is a CULT.

Sorry about your family, but I'm gonna call it like I see it. And I've lost people to cults as well. That's why I know what this is.

[Mojorabbit]

10. This man may end up being our

nominee. Half the Dem party that has voted supports him. I don't think using the word cult is helpful and will probably be picked up by the other side as a meme. nothing like helping them shoot us in the foot.

[MADem]

12. If the GOP doesn't "pick up on" one attack, they'll use another.

That excuse doesn't fly.

If people don't want to keep talking about CULTS and how OFFENDED they are by the use of the word, they should do this:

STOP TALKING about CULTS and how OFFENDED they are by the use of the word.

This is the twentieth thread today on the subject!

I am amused as hell, because most of the threads are coming from the so-called cultists!

[Mojorabbit]

14. Well if I were Queen of this board

I'd ban every member who described supporters of a Dem candidate as a member of a cult.

[MADem]

15. If the shoe does not fit, you really should not wear it. THAT's how you solve a problem.

And banning people for expressing an opinion, one that many are in concurrence with, would leave you with a, forgive the expression, "cultish" board that has forums named

General Discussion--Obama

Editorials and Other Articles about OBAMA

Frugal Living--How to save Money to Buy Tickets to Go See OBAMA

General Discussion--Is Obama Great or THE GREATEST?

The place would get pretty boring, pretty quick. And the echo might get annoying over time.

For those who want criticism-free discussion of their beloved candidates, I think the candidates themselves offer PRAISE AND GLORY BE forums at their websites.

:eyes:

[Mojorabbit]

16. I disagree

calling fellow dems members of a cult is calling them names and against the rules. I don't care what anyone says about the candidates but calling poster cult members because of the Dem candidate they support is over the top. Disclaimer, I don't particularly care for either of the candidates.

[MADem]

18. "Cult" is not an insult, like asshole or jerk or Republican.

It describes an organizational structure that venerates a leader in a creepy fashion, but it is NOT an insult. And because it is not an insult, it isn't against the rules.

If we're going to play the game where we can't say anything that is an UNCOMFORTABLE opinion, we may as well close up shop and go home.

You're wanting to CENSOR people because YOU don't like what they say.

I have to say that the rallies and the chanting and the repetitive phrases, followed by the speeches where the venerated candidate talks DOWN at--yes, AT, not TO--his acolytes, who are shrieking, crying, trembling--desperate to touch the hem of his robe-- does have a cultish element to it.

It LOOKS like it to me. It's not quite THIS, but it just is too "adoring" for the real world:

[Mojorabbit]

21. It is an insult when

one smears half of the dem voting public as members of a cult. Everyone is looking for something in particular in a candidate and being as we only have these two left standing a choice is made. No Dem should be denigrated for their choice.

[MADem]

30. Look, if you go to the Catholic church, people assume you're a Catholic.

If you go to the temple, they assume you are a Jew. If you go to the masjid, they assume you are a Muslim. You don't HAVE to be--I've been in a variety of houses of worship without being a member, but I wouldn't be "insulted" if someone assumed I was.

For those who see 'cultish' aspects of the Obama campaign, attendance at those rallies, with the mindless, repetitive, chants, the speeches full of bullshit platitudes that say absolutely NOTHING, the shrieking, the screaming, the "rock star" audience reactions of hopping up and down like tweens at a Backstreet Boys concert, the streaming tears and the "OOOOOOH! I TOUCHED him!!" coupled with the inability of the vast majority of his 'fans' to answer any questions about his platform, makes one look askance--to put it politely.

And SAYING SO is not, like it or not, an insult. His rallies have a creepy, unspecific and mindless quality to them. A 'cultish' quality.

What you can do, if these comments hurt your feelings or cause you angst, is use some of the stress-relieving features that the DU administrators have provided us. That 'Hide Thread' one is great, and can brighten anyone's day! I notice that some Obama supporters have opted for IGNORE, and that works, too, if you don't want to see anything negative about your candidate.

But censoring people for their opinion just isn't acceptable, even if their opinion hurts your feelings.

[Mojorabbit]

35. dupe

[Mojorabbit]

36. Excuse me but Obama

is not my candidate. I don't care for either of them. My candidate dropped out early on. So I am looking at this dispassionately. Calling Dems who support one of our own candidates cult members is out of line. Period.

[MADem]

37. Well, your mileage varies, and it isn't deciding on this forum. We'll just have to leave it at that

I guess, because I don't agree with you at all.

[incapsulated]

7. The use of "Americans" is offensive to non-cult Americans

I'm deeply offended.

[Bluerthanblue]

9. you are

also pretty offensive- and insensitive-

[Bluerthanblue]

8. you make an important point- something that matters

to me- but I'm not sure that those who are so blythly tossing this around really care who they hurt- or what lengths they'll stoop to to try and smear their 'opponent'-

peace~

[mondo joe]

11. The use of the word Hillbot is offensive to those whose families have been torn apart by real robots

[blogslut]

17. I agree

My brother has been in the Wierwille cult since the late seventies. The only time he ever talks to us is when he needs money. Other than that, we're all going to hell as far as he is concerned. This cult crap is well, grrrr.

[niceypoo]

19. It is based on 'cult of personality'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_personality">Which pretty much sums up what we are seeing

A cult of personality or personality cult arises when a country's leader uses mass media to create a heroic public image through unquestioning flattery and praise

A cult of personality is similar to general hero worship except that it is created specifically for political leaders.

Oh, and by the way, your making a strawman arguement.

[BenDavid]

23. when was the last time you ever heard of a political campaign

telling their volunteers to: "share personal conversion" Now that is what one would call obama as a cult figure and believing his volunteers to have been converted.....obama is no jesus

"Obama basic training
Volunteers told to share personal conversion stories with voters - not policy views."

[readmoreoften]

24. Is this an article from the Onion? /nt

[JohnBreauxDemocrat]

25. What kind of cults are you referring to?

I worked with John Breaux, who was caught up in Heavens Gate for awhile...would run around zapping aliens in the Governor's Mansion...they prop him up on TV but those who've worked with him know. Ask anyone.

[LiberalHeart]

28. What a hilarious post.

[Leopolds Ghost]

32. It is said that they are liars and deceivers. They murder people in the night. I know nothing.

Two or three years ago they were just another snake cult... and now look at us!