Lyle Northey (Silent/Boomer)

The following of a specific idiom can be looked at as a good thing or a bad thing depending on the point of view of the observer. Most people have a team, a faith or an ideal that they not only follow but will protect if anyone challenges them about those things.
Have you observed the absolute stupidity of raden fans of a sports team, or the length people go to to attend a golf tournament? One’s heroes are another item of the list of hard to change even in the face of proof that the hero is corrupt. Had a man tell me his hero was O.J. Simpson and even after admitting to his crimes this man refused to believe it. Trump is one of those icons to a great number of people that even with all his proven faults is considered worthy of loyalty.
It can be called a cult or possibly even a faith or religion, because like every major gatherer of the folk, be it Billy Graham, or Jim Jones, or Osama bin Laden or Donald Trump they were and are really good snake oil salesmen and they have a following. Were any of them beneficial to society, that is a question. Graham was considered a great faith instructor, Jim Jones was just a man with a dream that turned into a nightmare, and bin Laden was a leader that caused hell on earth to erupt. Trump is attempting to top the pot because he wants to destroy a nation and turn it into a playground for the rich at the expense of everyone else living here.
Everyone of these men had or has a following that is devoted as much as any religion. It might be argued that the 911 tragedy was the result of hate and yet the 4 men on each of those planes that were destined to destroy themselves and whoever was unlucky enough to be with them or in their path were in fact the most religious people there. Yes they were followers of Islam but that religion is force fed from birth to death without benefit of a coffee break. The use of that faith to commit to those acts is disturbing and yet we have the same type of faith being used against our democracy for the benefit of one person. That person is a self centered, egotistical spoiled child that has never been told no and does not know how to behave.
What is the benefit to the people that tell us that they are ready and willing to take up arms and kill their fellow citizens just because Trump tells them to. There is no benefit except the pat on the head like the faithful dog by the master.
If allowed to win the outcome will mean the destruction of not only our form of government but of our environment for the sake of searching for more mineral wealth. Nothing will be spared from the rape of the earth to make him richer. His days are numbered and no amount of wealth is going to bring him youth again but the object is only to die with having the most.