Members of Michael Protzman’s conspiracy cult abandoned their families and spent their life savings to follow him to Trump rallies around the country.

Members of Michael Protzman’s conspiracy cult abandoned their families and spent their life savings to follow him to Trump rallies around the country.

  • acronymesis@kbin.social
    12·
    1 year ago

    “She is missing birthdays and holidays for this. She truly believes this is all real and we are the crazy ones for trying to get her to come home. But she won’t, I don’t believe she will ever come back from this. We are in mourning.”

    We truly have a sickness in our society. Sure would be nice if certain politicians - who are quick to blame mental health issues for our societies woes - could focus on things like the Qanon Qult tearing apart families rather than, oh, you know, the gays.

    • CeruleanRuin@lemmy.one
      2·
      1 year ago

      Cults are nothing new. But the big media outlets aren’t helping anything by avoiding using that c-word for this phenomenon. It is undeniably a cult, and it needs to be called that.

      • acronymesis@kbin.social
        3·
        1 year ago

        I mean, hell, we can forget the “c-word” and we still have this huge issue with foreign (and even domestic!) bad actors stirring shit up with disinformation campaigns in our society. When will our government acknowledge it and actually fucking DO something??

        • CeruleanRuin@lemmy.one
          1·
          1 year ago

          One can only conclude that they haven’t because a significant proportion of the government is just as compromised by it - or finds it useful.