We don t need deprogramming – The Spectator – news, politics, life & arts

There are millions of Americans, almost all white, almost all Republicans, who somehow need to be deprogrammed. It s as if they are members of a cult, Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson said of Trump supporters on January 12. Former CBS news anchor Katie Couric agreed. How are we going to really, almost, deprogram these people who have signed up for the cult of Trump? she asked Bill Maher. And both CNN and Vanity Fair ran interviews with Steven Hassan, former Moonie and author of The Cult of Trump, discussing the best way to help Trump cultists escape the supposed abusive authoritarian who supposedly rules their minds.

Conservatives didn t take kindly to these remarks, inquiring just what sort of deprogramming Katie and her pals had in mind and pointing out that reeducation is what communists do in camps. Business Insider took it upon itself to rebuke this overreaction only delusional conspiracy theorists could possibly make such a mountain out of a molehill! Katie, Eugene, CNN and Vanity Fair simply wanted to help people! Of course no one is going to be unfairly silenced or oppressed for supporting the wrong candidate.There s no evidence for that, and if there were, we the Reputable Press would know about it and tell you immediately. Business Insider piously intoned: There is no evidence suggesting the incoming Biden administration plans to take Trump voters into custody because of their voting records. Well, that s good to know, but why all this talk of deprogramming?

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