Leftism is a death cult

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Posted on 11/17/2024 9:43:09 AM PST by NetAddicted

When the TikTok freakout videos first started being posted the morning after the election, showing assorted leftists in various stages of post-election mental breakdown, I was initially amused. Here, I thought, were the usual pampered, suburban brats throwing tantrums because the world doesn't look like their living room. They did the same thing in 2016. They'll get over it.

Then a couple days went by, and my bemusement faded into annoyance. The videos kept coming. Are these people serious? I get it, you're upset, your candidate lost. But get a grip! Can so many supposed adults be having this large of a collective hissy fit? How are you not embarrassed to post this?

Say what you will about European leftists. They're lazy, arrogant, and decadent. But they're not children. They simply don't behave this way when they don't get their way.

But then a couple more days went by, and my annoyance faded into genuine shock. The videos kept coming. Holy hell, I thought, these people are crazy! I mean that without hyperbole, these people are straightjacket and padded room crazy. Like, Adam Sandler's sister in Anger Management crazy. Like, it places the lotion in the basket crazy.

It has often been said that leftism is a religion, or that political ideologies are secular religions. I think what we're witnessing goes well beyond that. While all religions have their extremists (and secular religions even more so), the aforementioned post-election meltdown videos delve into something far darker. Even the bin Ladens of the world, as degenerate and reprehensible as they are, possess the mental capacity to produce propaganda videos during which they calmly spell out their goals and accompanying rationales, flawed as they may be. But apparently, large swaths of our fellow Americans are unable to rise to even this ....

(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...

I think this article excellently describes the 'Cult of the Self' of the left. It says the Left think woke means they are enlightened.

1 posted on 11/17/2024 9:43:09 AM PST by NetAddicted

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