You’re honestly just grasping at straws, trying to force a fit where there isn’t one. Like I said, a religion doesn’t have to be a cult in order to be awful.

See, that’s a much better example. Although I suppose it depends upon whether the other characteristics are present as well.

A lot of you are awfully quick to call Catholicism a cult. A religion doesn’t have to be a cult in order to be awful. Every one of you is missing one key piece of the cult puzzle: social isolation. Catholics are, for the most part, sociable people, and their religion in no way restricts who they can socialize with.…

trump cashed in big time on “the swamp”, and he was the swampiest swamp-creature to ever swamp a swamp.

I gotta say, your last sentence threw me at first, but when I thought about it, not just is there a profound ignorance in the US as to that particular situation, there’s a profound ignorance concerning what comprise fascism, police states, apartheid states, and genocide. And hell yes, I think all of those apply to…

I feel you. I’m going on a very rough 4 day stretch, myself. About the only good thing is music right now, so I’ve got the cans strapped on and listening to HEALTH.

Hey, I’m totally down to laugh at Panic!, but at least they didn’t use that fucking “Bodies” song by Drowning Pool... jesus...

Never quite the defense they think it is.

Sadly, so many still are.

The “NIN” track is far more HEALTH than NIN. If you’re into HEALTH then it’s perfectly lovely.

I’m glad I wasn’t the only one thinking of “sociopathy”, here. This is some truly vile and sinister shit.

Well, yeah.

It may be ironic, but it’s a common historical trope backed up by plenty of examples that the oppressed often become the oppressors when given a chance. See, for example, christians. 

If he says anything it will be one of those mealy-mouthed “we’re deeply concerned” bits, which will be followed by the typical “we affirm that Israel has the right to defend itself”, thereby rendering the former bit null. And the right will pounce on him anyways for his “radical leftist” rhetoric. Crimes against…

Why are there not more stars for you?

Probably because “elites” is their code for “snooty liberal college professors”, “woke” tech CEOs crushing their free-speech, and/or illuminati/Jews.

I also suffer from chronic pain, which at some times is severe, and to see this used as some sort of excuse is frankly insulting. Of course I’ve never been an executive-level anything, so I just get to live with it, sitting in uncomfortable chairs and such.

Ideally, this should have happened long ago.

Correct. I’m glad I’m not the only one to notice that one. Maybe “glut” would have been a better choice of word, here.

This. A thousand times this. How fucked up are we as a culture where the “reasonable” course of action is reckless, deadly violence?