Is the GOP turning into a Death Cult? Just asking....

[ashredux]

COVID is fake

Climate Change is fake

Elected GOP officials are supporting those who would destroy our Democracy

“Sovereign Citizens “ are now part of the GOP “clan”

[brewens]

1. Being vaccinated, I'm ALMOST tempted to smear COVID all over myself and go to the

demolition derby here tonight. I'm just not totally convinced I'm protected well enough. And I don't know anyone with COVID right now.

[former9thward]

13. If it is outside then you would fail anyway.

Covid is not spread in outdoor environments. At the Indy 500, 135,000 people showed up. It was the largest event held in the world since the pandemic began. It was predicted to be a "super spreader". They tracked the cases. How many? A grand total of 19. And they are not sure if those came from the event itself.

[patricia92243]

2. It seems to be more and more crazy. I think real GOP

members will eventually start another party. People like Liz Cheney or Mitt Romney are GOP but they are not crazy.

Start a New party or figure out how to get rid of the crazy, dangerous people from their party.

[GoCubsGo]

3. They've been a death cult for decades.

They have been claiming that Climate Change is fake since the 1990s. They have been chiseling away at our democracy since the Reagan Error. The "Sovereign Citizens" have long been part of the party. Trump just gave them permission to crawl out from under their rocks. As for COVID, it's not surprising their followers think that's a hoax, since they've been demonizing science for over 30 years. Even longer when it comes to Evolution.

[dchill]

5. This.

[abqtommy]

6. + 100 Yup...

[Ferrets are Cool]

8. You beat me to it nt

[Pobeka]

10. Here here! n/t

[Hortensis]

4. I've wondered, and increasingly. There are uncounted numbers

of mass suicides in world history, and one of the reasons is to make a political statement, another of course when threatened and facing defeat. Both would seem to fit Trump's raging, destructive followers. They've also become increasingly like a totalistic cult spread to giant size by mass communications, and we know suffering from, to their minds, breakdown of their society and institutions.

It'd be interesting if someone who's studied in this area weighed in.

This craziness has made me wonder if perhaps nature tends to cause humans to self destruct and move on when they, what?, become too settled for too long? We have it so good, even with all our problems. Could a long era of safety and comfort trigger something like this?

[Blue Owl]

7. And don't forget no health care

Or safety regulations

[Bettie]

9. Turning into?

Nah, they've been there for a while, they're just becoming more and more open about it.

[Generic Brad]

11. That train left the station long ago

And the race is on for those self hating projectionists.

[Initech]

12. They've been a death cult since the NRA turned into a full blown propaganda machine.

[GoodRaisin]

14. They are just taking death to another level.

Ask the Babbitt and Sicknick families.

No punishment for Trump.

[Zorro]

15. Yes

They're praying for Armageddon.

Or better yet, braying for Armageddon.

[TheFarseer]

16. You forgot

No action to curb mass shootings.