Peter Berkowitz wrote a great editorial last week in the WSJ: Bush Hatred and Obama Euphoria Are Two Sides of the Same Coin. If you've ever been just plain flabbergasted at the unicorns-sneezing-skittles adoration from some Obama supporters, with all their kittens and soviet propaganda and condescending YouTubery, this lays it out. Snap:
Some will speculate that the outbreak of hatred and euphoria in our politics is the result of the transformation of left-liberalism into a religion, its promulgation as dogma by our universities, and students' absorption of their professors' lesson of immoderation. This is unfair to religion.Those of us still waiting on our unicorns and personal rainbows will just have to remember not to let our personal pendulums swing too far the other way, crushes on Sarah Palin notwithstanding.
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Not religion--cult.
The psychological definition of cult refers to the conditions prevalent within the group and designed to reinforce identification with the cult and its leader.
1 People are put in physically or emotionally distressing situations
2 Their problems are reduced to one simple explanation, which is repeatedly emphasized
3 They receive unconditional love, acceptance, and attention from a charismatic leader
4 They get a new identity based on the group
5 They are subject to entrapment (isolation from friends, relatives, and the mainstream culture) and their access to information is severely controlled
Posted by Mick Stockinger | February 3, 2009 9:03 AM
Posted on February 3, 2009 09:03