Believing that “Republicanism” is a cult is utterly ludicrous. I could turn that around and say Democrats are more cult-like with their obsession over the unreality of “Russian collusion” nonsense and their media bashing of Trump and his family. As a country, we were founded as a Constitutional Republic, but we unfortunately keep moving further left, especially under our last president, yet Mr. Essen has the audacity to assume Republicans are a problem.
I could say the cultism of the liberal/progressives are actually hurting the country on a daily basis. We see it within the news media, the Leftist protest groups spewing hate and violence, and within our school system indoctrinating our kids into disliking their country with Marxist philosophy. Indoctrination and brainwashing are part of what happens in a cult and Americans are subjected to this by the 80% controlled liberal-Democrat media. Everywhere you go–airports, restaurants, sports bars, you see this monopoly broadcasting on CNN or MSNBC, both propagandizing entities. Fox News was created to give a voice to the other side and allow the public to hear what mainstream media won’t tell you. The same goes for talk radio. If right-wing folks didn’t have these options, we’d all be sucked into a left-wing belief system and that’s more cult-like than a balanced 2-party system which prevents one party from subverting the will of the people. As Mr. Essen stated, a cult is where conflicting information is shut out in favor or what the cult wants you to know. Seems to me, the Democrats are guilty of doing just that!
Mr. Essen’s religious references have nothing to do with Republicans. Trump voters were Middle Americans, the silent majority who were left out under Obama, and tired of radical policies being forced upon them. Many Republicans are not religious and many Democrats are. His Jesus references were irrelevant. Abortion and gay-marriage were not cultural issues thousands of years ago. The “men behind the curtain” that he spoke of are the corporate elites and the majority of billionaires are Democrats.
Global warming is a rightfully disputed issue. Warming has been waning for over a decade and humans contribute only 4% of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. That’s why the Democrats decided to call it “climate change.” What a “convenient” ploy, because the earth has been warming and cooling for millions of years and these changes are natural and caused by the sun. Several years ago NASA announced that we’ve already entered a deep solar minimum, which means we are in a cooling trend. There are many scientists who disagree with the man-made global warming narrative. I agree we should be stewards of the planet, but let’s be honest about it.
Mr. Essen said cults don’t question and education is a cult’s greatest enemy. He’s exactly right. Few on the Left questioned Obama and his radical policies. He went behind the backs of the American people many times with his executive orders. Too many folks fell in line with man-made global warming and few questioned it. The conservatives, the Republicans and Independents did question things; they became educated about what was going on and didn’t want these policies to continue, so they voted Republican.
I am not a Republican. I am an Independent and environmentalist, but I can see that Democrats want to change our America into a different system and that is unacceptable. In the past, I have worked with people who were in cults and I understand very well the cult mindset and how they operate. I even helped deprogram victims, as I am a retired therapist. I find many liberal-Democrat behaviors to be unrelenting and fascist, which is far more characteristic of cults than the behaviors of Republicans.
Esther Russell
Hamilton