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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Lapsody   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: The Fight
Date: 06/14/24 10:45 AM
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Dope: Yes, you have. Have the posts here are "tEh GoP iS a CuLt" offering zero substantive value.

Do you mean "half"? And shouldn't the accusation be half of your posts are "the GOP is a cult"? So you jump from the individual to the group to justify the individual accusation of dehumanization - an invalid argument by itself. And his statement that a cult is made up of humans ( similar) is true. It appears you are pretty fuzzy on what dehumanization is. It means what is says, that we see the person as not human. Saying a person is in a cult doesn't imply in any way that the person is less than human.

There was a belief system for a long time that blacks were less than human. Part of it was based on a bad interpretation of a bible story. They were seen as a species somewhere between an ape and a human. We could talk to them, they learned the same way we did, they invented things and made strides in the sciences, etc., but still we saw them as not quite human - a lesser animal. Being in a cult in no way approaches that - isn't even close to the door. We see people in a cult as being very human - and they can be deprogrammed.

This is something you do continually, make false accusations based on poor understanding of the subject, with flimsy reasoning that can be torn asunder by anyone with a sound mind, but it makes no dent in your world view.

Cult: noun: cult; plural noun: cults

a system of religious veneration and devotion directed toward a particular figure or object


Why, it's almost as if your group has a veneration and devotion directed toward Trump. Don't bother talking DeSantis, that's just trying to throw us off, you're all in on Trump, but you want an escape avenue of he loses - because you know that when he loses everything comes home to roost.

When you put negative energy out there in the world, sooner or later it shows up where you don't want it to.

What about all the negative energy you pump out by false accusations, misunderstandings, and misinformation? Never think they'll be a reckoning?
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