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You might be in a cult if…

Alyson Chadwick
5 min readAug 11, 2022

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If you think, your guy didn’t do anything wrong, the entire media establishment is fake, and he is under siege, I have some Kool-Aid for you

By now, we have all heard Jeff Foxworthy’s bit, “You might be a redneck if…” I think there are a lot of parallels between this kind of comedy and MAGA people. Con man Donald J. Trump, with his history of grift and lies, makes the perfect cult leader. People believe anything he says, no questions asked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYKXIrZ6w3A

  • If you think the entire media establishment is in a war with your favorite candidate, you might be in a cult. It has always — or almost always — been the popular thing to bash the liberal media. At least in GOP circles (both sides get upset with media coverage). Trump took this to a different level when he convinced his entire base to think any bad media coverage of his actions was “fake news.” If you can look at all of the coverage of things Trump has done and think people who believe the coverage is accurate have been brainwashed, you are in a cult.
  • If you think the above conspiracy includes FOX News, you are definitely in a cult. After FOX News announced that President Biden won in 2020, a number of people said, “I saw that coming! FOX News hates…

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Alyson Chadwick
Alyson Chadwick

Written by Alyson Chadwick

I am a sports and news junkie, writer and comedian. If you like your political commentary with some snark, this is the place for you. http://bit.ly/3HcFKGb

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