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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MAGA really isn't only about politics-- it's about protecting a certain identity, way of life, and ensuring people who feel disenfranchised maintaining control/the upper hand. It's personal. When people join actual cults, there's a personal motivation and eventually, investment. Maybe even a sense of rebellion against others who have "wronged" them. The cult leader communicates something to the recruit that is inspiring and stirs something within, leading them to want to hear more, support the mission, and eventually identify with the cult and cult leader as a messiah who "gets them." There is something amiss in their lives that's left them feeling victimized and powerless. The cult leader erases that feeling, similar to a drug hit. [/quote]

My definition of MAGA would simply be people who have never wavered from their support for Trump in three consecutive elections. 90% of these folks are long standing GOP loyalists who would be voting for any Republican candidate in those same three elections. Those folks aren't cult like. They simply refuse to admit they are wrong. There is a similar phenomenon with loyal Dem voters who will never admit to making a poor voting decision.

And then there are the 10% of the loyal Trump supporters who weren't necessarily Republicans or politically active prior to 2016 who you could justifiably classify as cult-like. Those people exist but they don't make up the majority on either political side. [/quote]

10% one might be able to fit into a basket perhaps?[/quote]

I'm not calling those people deplorable. They are mostly just stubborn and misguided people. There are deplorable people in this world but politics have little to do with why they are deplorable. [/quote]

Nope.  People who listen to the vile things Trump says and cheer that on are deplorable.  It's one thing to make actual suggestions for improving our immigration system.  It's another thing to demonize immigrants as all being rapists and murderers who are eating the dogs and the cats and to send illegal immigrants away to random countries with no due process.  It's one thing to talk about increasing efficiency in our government and to do things to actually find and stop fraud and it's another thing to brand all federal workers as people committing fraud and fire all the people who were actually doing the work to find and stop fraud.  It's one thing to talk about balancing the budget and another to cut Medicare so rich people can have tax cuts.

Trump's policies are not just bad, they're unnecessarily cruel.  People who support him cheer on lies and cruelty because they like it.  They are deplorable.  They don't deserve a pass.[/quote]

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