People dressing up as handmaids from The Handmaid’s Tale are typically dressed that way as a form of protest against the conditions that would lead to Handmaid’s Tale becoming a reality. Which is typically anti-Christian nationalism but can also include anti-MAGA/Trump which …the lines there are blurry at best.

The “No Kings” protest was anti-Trump. Do with that what you will.

I think it is funny he salutes like he’s lost a war.

You underestimate how much of a couch potato I am. Not moving is normal lol.

ITT: no cult scholars. I am not one either.

I watch a lot of Knitting Cult Lady’s content and I’ve read her book. From that I have a pretty good idea of what a cult is, which is an extreme form of group.

So I guess the opposite of a cult would be a solitary individual.

One point I keep seeing in these comments is religion. Religion isn’t a cult, it’s an idea. That ideology can be used by cults, but the idea itself isn’t a cult. You can believe the idea all by yourself you don’t HAVE to be part of the group.

Yes [insert religious group you’re thinking of] is probably a cult. But it isn’t one because of the idea, it’s one because of controlling behavior and exploited labor and a bunch of other reasons.