Read on Twitter
Me: Huh. I wonder what the actual signs you're in a cult are. *googles* Oh.
"Ten warning signs of a potentially unsafe group/leader.
"Absolute authoritarianism without meaningful accountability."
"Ten warning signs of a potentially unsafe group/leader.
"Absolute authoritarianism without meaningful accountability."
"No tolerance for questions or critical inquiry.
"No meaningful financial disclosure regarding budget, expenses such as an independently audited financial statement."
Me: Oh. That's not good.
"No meaningful financial disclosure regarding budget, expenses such as an independently audited financial statement."
Me: Oh. That's not good.
"Unreasonable fear about the outside world, such as impending catastrophe, evil conspiracies and persecutions.
"There is no legitimate reason to leave, former followers are always wrong in leaving, negative or even evil."
"There is no legitimate reason to leave, former followers are always wrong in leaving, negative or even evil."
"There are records, books, news articles, or television programs that document the abuses of the group/leader.
"The group/leader is always right."
Me: Hoo, boy.
"The group/leader is always right."
Me: Hoo, boy.
"The group/leader is the exclusive means of knowing 'truth' or receiving validation, no other process of discovery is really acceptable or credible."
Me: Welp. https://twitter.com/sarahgoughy/status/1335286038592413705
Me: Welp. https://twitter.com/sarahgoughy/status/1335286038592413705
"Ten warning signs regarding people involved in/with a potentially unsafe group/leader."
Me: Oh, no, there's more.
"Extreme obsessiveness regarding the group/leader resulting in the exclusion of almost every practical consideration."
Me: Oh, no, there's more.
"Extreme obsessiveness regarding the group/leader resulting in the exclusion of almost every practical consideration."
"Individual identity, the group, the leader and/or God as distinct and separate categories of existence become increasingly blurred."
"Whenever the group/leader is criticized or questioned it is characterized as 'persecution'."
Me: This absolutely doesn't apply to anyone I know.
Me: This absolutely doesn't apply to anyone I know.
"Uncharacteristically stilted and seemingly programmed conversation and mannerisms, cloning of the group/leader in personal behavior.
"Dependency upon the group/leader for problem solving, solutions, and definitions without meaningful reflective thought."
"Dependency upon the group/leader for problem solving, solutions, and definitions without meaningful reflective thought."
"A seeming inability to think independently or analyze situations without group/leader involvement."
Me:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/survey-who-won-election-republicans-congress/2020/12/04/1a1011f6-3650-11eb-8d38-6aea1adb3839_story.html
Me:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/survey-who-won-election-republicans-congress/2020/12/04/1a1011f6-3650-11eb-8d38-6aea1adb3839_story.html
"Hyperactivity centered on the group/leader agenda, which seems to supercede any personal goals or individual interests." https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-53914829
"Anything the group/leader does can be justified no matter how harsh or harmful."
Me: Trump's openly stating he's pressuring GOP governors to overturn the results of the election by breaking multiple laws to seat pro-Trump electors, and his supporters think he's right.
Me: Trump's openly stating he's pressuring GOP governors to overturn the results of the election by breaking multiple laws to seat pro-Trump electors, and his supporters think he's right.
"Former followers are at best-considered negative or worse evil and under bad influences. They can not be trusted and personal contact is avoided."
Me: Brian Kemp, Doug Ducey, Fox News...
Me: Brian Kemp, Doug Ducey, Fox News...
It's honestly terrifying the way the right is willing to put everything on the line for Trump. The Constitution, the results of elections, democracy generally. And pandemic-wise they'll sacrifice their loved ones, their own health, their very lives.
https://culteducation.com/warningsigns.html
https://culteducation.com/warningsigns.html
It's not a stretch to call it a cult. That's 100% what it is.
