Cult thinking includes ardent adherence to group thinking such as – clinically speaking, in the face of distorted thinking we ask about one’s strength of conviction by querying, ”Can you think of other ways of seeing this?” Sadly, what we are seeing publicly is ‘No’ from those who still subscribe to Trumpism/MAGA.
Here are a few examples in today’s socio-political environment in which cultism has contributed to a lack of middle ground.
There is no middle ground on treasonous, conspiratorial, fraudulent behavior – these are crimes and, arguably, the worst crimes one could commit against their own country.
There is no middle ground on slavery.
There is no middle ground on allowing Americans to die through inaction in response to natural disasters and global health crises.
There is no middle ground on gunning down school children or wearing an AR-15 rifle pin and throwing away a pin to remember a Uvalde victim.
There is no middle ground on jeopardizing national security and retaining and sharing classified documents.
There is no middle ground on breaking campaign finance (i.e., hush money schemes) laws.
There should be no middle ground on tolerance of crime, period
Cult thinking includes ardent adherence to group thinking such as – clinically speaking, in the face of distorted thinking we ask about one’s strength of conviction by querying, ”Can you think of other ways of seeing this?” Sadly, what we are seeing publicly is ‘No’ from those who still subscribe to Trumpism/MAGA.
Here are a few examples in today’s socio-political environment in which cultism has contributed to a lack of middle ground.
There is no middle ground on treasonous, conspiratorial, fraudulent behavior – these are crimes and, arguably, the worst crimes one could commit against their own country.
There is no middle ground on slavery.
There is no middle ground on allowing Americans to die through inaction in response to natural disasters and global health crises.
There is no middle ground on gunning down school children or wearing an AR-15 rifle pin and throwing away a pin to remember a Uvalde victim.
There is no middle ground on jeopardizing national security and retaining and sharing classified documents.
There is no middle ground on breaking campaign finance (i.e., hush money schemes) laws.
There should be no middle ground on tolerance of crime, period