Is there a cult mentality among hard-core Trump supporters?

[Ceece]

There is a "cult" around any public figure, including politicians since we have turned politics into a sport in this country with everyone rooting for their team and favorite player. It's weird but we have to accept that this is who we are now.


I don't know anyone who voted for Trump because they wanted to revert back to some point in our past, most just wanted go down a different road for the future. Where Hillary or Bernie wanted to steer us was not where people wanted to go so they opted for the only other viable option.

[banjomike]

Originally Posted by bawac34618

You sum it up very well here.

A lot of social change happened during the Obama era and I think much of what we are seeing is a backlash to that. I really don't understand why people are that angry though. In the grand scheme of things, things aren't that bad.

Thanks.
And thanks for posing a serious thoughtful question on the forum in an open and honest way.

[Kracer]

Originally Posted by bawac34618

I am not talking about everyone who voted Trump. Almost 50% of the country voted for him but only about half that, maybe a little more, is Trump's hard-core, vocal base. There is almost a Messianic quality to Donald Trump to these people. Living in the world of alternative right-wing media like Hannity, Breitbart, and InfoWars, they believe all negative coverage of Trump is a made up conspiracy between the media and Democrats to overturn the election. Trump can absolutely do no wrong. Every piece of evidence that comes out against Trump is either "fake news" or excusable in some way. With that said, they are quick to believe all kinds of conspiracies about Hillary like Pizzagate and likely believe in birther and 9/11 conspiracies as well. I think this devotion is almost cult-like. Much like religious cults deny facts in the face of overwhelming evidence to disprove it, they cling to it and consider anybody with an opposing viewpoint to be the enemy. That is what we see from these hardcore Trump supporters.

That's not to say that its only Republicans that are guilty of this. Obama had quite a cult-like following as well especially in his early days, but I don't think his was quite to this level.

Well, obama had a hard core cult that supported him despite his treasonous behavior....which included the mainstream media. Often referred to in religious terms like, savior and even said to change climates and lower the seas level.


You are missing the point and making an assumption that a large portion of trump supporters even know what infowars, etc is or where to find it.


Trump opposition is so confused they halted their thought process in favor of being pure reactionary. They can't conceive of a rationale other than their own to attribute to their political opposition.


Oppsoing a viewpoint is acceptable, shutting down political opposition is the stuff of liberal behavior played out every week as seen on TV. Don't know of any institutionalized effort on the repub side to shut down opposing speech.


You are looking in a mirror and confusing yourself with republicans.