Cult of Fools Weekly (Oct 20, 2024) — “The closest thing to God”

David Gamble
The Cult of Fools
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11 min readOct 20, 2024

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There are vast numbers of people who sincerely believe that Trump is their best choice. For some he is the chosen one and the closest thing to God we have …

It really is a political/religious cult in which facts do not matter, and the individuals in it no longer share our reality with us.

Here is Glenn Youngkin demonstrating this. Like most of the Trump cult, he appears to be in denial about the things Trump actually says …

  • Younkin OP-ED: “I’m a reasonable Republican, and I’m here to educate you on how the liberal media took Trump’s recent words out of context by quoting them word-for-word in full
  • If you insist that Trump isn’t actually saying what he’s literally saying according to direct quotations … then yes, you really are in a cult.
  • For context, Trump is saying that he will use the military to root…

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The Cult of Fools
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David Gamble
David Gamble

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Blogger and writer with a keen interest in science, skepticism, critical thinking, and many other weird and whacky topics.

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