• Blank@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Yeah, that’s just not how cults work. Especially when the idol is supposedly “counter culture” due to the “deep state” having it out for them.

    The more you (deservedly) vilify him, the harder the zealots chant.

    • banneryear1868@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      It’s the same as in 2016 how Trump supporters would share clips and compilations of reactions to him from liberal media personalities, and how Hillary invented the “deplorable” slogan for them. His political brand was built by reactions to him largely from liberal media.