(Rewriting my original comment since I think it came off wrong.)
It’s absolutely cultish behavior. I can’t imagine devoting that much of my life to some random dude that clearly doesn’t care about me and is obviously authoritarian.
I do want to add though, I strongly dislike this format of “look at all these weird people,” followed by a collage. I see it used all the time by the right when they attack marginalized groups, especially those in the LGBTQ+ community (think this post, but “Not weird, totally normal LGBTQ+ people” with photos of those people who go to family-friendly intended pride parades in kink gear, stereotypically unattractive trans people who don’t pass, etc.)
I see this sort of thing all the time, and it really contributes to a higher level of divisiveness in conversation than I think is necessary. It leads a lot of people to think all or even the majority of Trump voters look like this, when in reality, most of them are random people in the suburbs that just want lower taxes. (and think the Republicans will actually give it to them instead of just cutting taxes for the rich)
(Rewriting my original comment since I think it came off wrong.)
It’s absolutely cultish behavior. I can’t imagine devoting that much of my life to some random dude that clearly doesn’t care about me and is obviously authoritarian.
I do want to add though, I strongly dislike this format of “look at all these weird people,” followed by a collage. I see it used all the time by the right when they attack marginalized groups, especially those in the LGBTQ+ community (think this post, but “Not weird, totally normal LGBTQ+ people” with photos of those people who go to family-friendly intended pride parades in kink gear, stereotypically unattractive trans people who don’t pass, etc.)
I see this sort of thing all the time, and it really contributes to a higher level of divisiveness in conversation than I think is necessary. It leads a lot of people to think all or even the majority of Trump voters look like this, when in reality, most of them are random people in the suburbs that just want lower taxes. (and think the Republicans will actually give it to them instead of just cutting taxes for the rich)