By CE Marshall
Dear Loyal Reader,
Yes, I'm writing another blog critical of the Democratic party. I regret picking on them as a group when they're already down, but there's just so much material it's impossible to ignore. Their behavior must be addressed and ridiculed lest it be seen as acceptable here at Marshall in the Middle. We are adamant to have all voices heard, not just one opinion. All opinions ! There is not a "wrong" opinion. A cult is the opposite, and all opinion in opposition to their opinion is seen as an existential threat.
The chatter these days is that the Democrat talking heads (CNN, MSNBC and most all heads of the Democratic party) have instructed their "followers" that it's "okay" to refuse to attend Thanksgiving dinner or even have a relationship "for a while" with their family. Such a small minded, and juvenile reaction is what a cult would do. According to "Psychology Today" in an article "Signs someone may be in a cult" this would be referred to as Isolating your members.
They state:
Isolation. The cult becomes too large to control and has to prevent influences from the outside world from weakening its power over members. The leaders ban acts of individual free will. The cult isolates its members from the world beyond, depicting the outside as corrupt, evil, and violent. This increases bonding as members see themselves as ‘threatened victims’. Language control and growing paranoia make questioning the cult impossible. Mantras and slogans silence doubts and dissent. Internal repression grows.
I have friends who have close family members that refuse to even speak to them because of the election of Donald Trump. These people exhibit all the symptoms of a person who has been brainwashed. We are used to cults being weird groups that keep to themselves, however this is a cult on a grand scale that needs to be recognized for what it is and that it's tentacles reach into every corner of American power centers. Isolation is not the answer in this situation. Communication with each other becomes even more important than ever. Consider the reaction from the Democrats if you suggest that Transgender surgery for minors is immoral and a form of mutilation and child abuse. They lose their mind ! I have had my own experience with this. In April when I posted an opinion piece published in the Christian Post titled "To This Decision We Leave Our Children" in which I was critical of children being encouraged to change their sex if they should desire such a thing. The fact that I have to even argue the point is absurd. (Here is the link if the reader is interested. Blog Regarding Transgender Children ) By the way, nothing in the modern world is more a cult than the transgender movement, which of course, the Democrat party is attached to at the hip. I received quite a few very nasty comments regarding my opinion when that was published, and that's a Christian periodical !
Another trait mentioned in the same article of Psychology Today is "Hate Bonding"
Hate Bonding. The cult reaches its size limit and problems arise from failures in its ‘plan for all.’ But the cult cannot admit errors. It starts to feed on hatred of the outside world. It evolves rituals of hatred, building a deeper ‘unity of the persecuted.’ One stratum of society is usually the target of all hatred and they might be given a coded name. Members are encouraged to share their hatred in ritualised forms.
I think we all know the name that they "hate" and this hatred is beyond what could be considered normal. In the 2024 election loss many Democrats were left foaming at the mouth and behaving like spoiled brats. Grown adults behaving like 5- year old children screeching and crying and cutting their hair, and refusing to have sex (more a promise IMHO than a threat). They are totally out of control ! Over 30% of Democrats polled before the election agreed that they "wish the assassin had gotten Donald Trump". To me that is truly horrifying.
One more: (although if you review any list of "cult' traits you will see much of what the Democrat party has been exhibiting this past several years). Traitors to the cause.
Traitors. Afraid of the growing hate culture, some members question the leaders but they are thrown out or made to do penance. The contraction phase begins and leads to a clampdown on any freedoms within the cult. In the face of internal persecution, a senior member often leaves and becomes a ‘traitor.’ Gaslighting, peer pressure, and groupthink prevent others from leaving. A few are helped to leave the cult by family members or forced out by cult deprogrammers, but such acts only fuel the cult's conviction that it is under attack.
Some of Donald Trump's closest friends are now sworn enemies - witness his past close relationship with Oprah Winfrey, the Clintons, and a very long list of celebrities that turned on Trump when he became a Republican. They cannot handle someone expressing an opinion contrary to theirs. Now RFK Jr. has supported Donald Trump and his famous family has denounced him. They denounce him for having his own opinion. That is childish. That is narrow minded. That is a cult. In my humble opinion.
