How stupid is the "Trump Cult"?

[kentuck]

How smart do they think they are?

Just my observation, but they act like they are the most informed voters on earth when they start spouting their propaganda. They are super proud of what they have learned since they joined the "cult". They have an answer for every question. If you think you can trick them into agreeing with facts outside their world, they will quickly inform you that if Donald Trump did it or said it, then he had a very good reason to do so, and they trust him over all the fake news.

Stupidity is to be celebrated, not to be castigated or vilified. After all, why would so many people show up at a Trump rally and hardly anyone shows up at a Biden rally? Answer that, Einstein! Isn't that proof that Trump won the election and Joe Biden never received the votes that they reported?

But, don't call them a "Cult". They don't like that. They are enlightened Americans who realized that there was only one guy willing to "tell it like it is". Why do you have so much difficulty understanding that?

[dclarston13]

1. John Cleese says it best

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[dutch777]

2. Cult is the correct word when the beliefs of a group are based on faith and contrary to, not based in, the facts.

I do think many only drink the Kool-Aid to a limited extent. Some just want no restrictions on guns, others want to outlaw abortion, others lower taxes, allowance for White nationalism, etc....basically one issue voters where THAT issue is the deciding factor never mind that everything else Trump does may be counter to their and the country's long term interests. We see it as dumb, they see it as the easy (I don't have to think and hurt my head) answer.

[Emile]

3. Just ask them how many branches of government

we have and to name them. You will find out real quick if they're worthy of a conversation with them.

[cutroot]

4. I ask them to name one specific thing that stinky or even any republican has done for them

The answer is always vague and misleading. It will include words like freedom and protection and salvation but nothing that can be considered legislation of any kind.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. That's easy! "Biden, Obama, and Clinton!" . . . . nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Deplorably stupid

It's a problem dealing with stupid people who don't know how stupid they are and are kind of oblivious to the harm they do.

They have tender egos, evidenced by the frequent protestations of victimhood, so they can't be told directly that they are not smart enough to understand certain things, nor do they accept any information if it doesn't confirm their held viewpoints.

[CrispyQ]

7. There are also a lot of people who have the need to feel superior to someone.

I suspect a lot of them are not very bright, either, because skin color as a litmus test of superiority is as stupid as using hair color or eye color or any number of other physical attributes that have nothing to do with one's mental or physical capabilities.

It is so sad that this is so true for so many people:

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”
― Lyndon B. Johnson

[czarjak]

8. "Nothing you say will change my mind."

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Facts and Truths be damned.

[TlalocW]

9. Dovetailing into the whole cult thing

There are quite a few who are convinced they have a superpower called discernment which comes from being Christian.

[republianmushroom]

10. Well my pet rock has a higher I.Q. than most trumpers.

[NanaCat]

11. I like to say that if brainpower

Were the same as power to move something, then MAGA wouldn't have enough, collectively, to budge a quark.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

12. "How stupid is the "'Trump Cult'? How smart do they think they are?"

Stupid enough to get three justices on the Supreme Court.

And that's just the beginning.

List of federal judges appointed by Donald Trump

They're so young, most of them. They'll be in place for years.

Oh, yeah, school boards, county boards of supervisors ... The list goes on.