# Is Trumpism the new religion?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trumpism-the-new-religion/834433>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 23, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trumpism-the-new-religion/834433 "2019-05-23T22:23:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trumpism-the-new-religion/834433/21 "2019-05-28T12:53:54Z")

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I know you just want to have your beer in peace without having to confront chanting fanatics, but one thing that sometimes works is to pull out your phone and start filming people. After a second, they think about all the people who have had a shit storm come down on them when a video goes viral and maybe the bartender would realize that it’s not great for business. A while back, I was in a taxi when an idiot road rager went nuts and was driving aggressively and yelling racist stuff at the driver. I pointed my phone at him and started filming and he immediately backed off.

As for Trumpism being a religion, it makes sense: it’s people believing that certain actions are going to benefit them without any evidence to support that belief. Say the magic words “Build the Wall!” and you will be happy.

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**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trumpism-the-new-religion/834433/22 "2019-05-28T13:07:29Z")

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> [@Mortimus](#):
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> The guy who started it was white, morbidly obese and an unemployed former paper mill worker. Also a Chicago Bears fan, which is a rare thing to admit in Wisconsin.

Wait, the guy thinks Trump is going to get him his job back? Making paper? You know, the stuff that people write and print words on? Words that Trump never reads? Good luck with that.

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trumpism-the-new-religion/834433/23 "2019-05-28T14:03:21Z")

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> [@El\_Kabong](#):
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> Wait, the guy thinks Trump is going to get him his job back? Making paper? You know, the stuff that people write and print words on? Words that Trump never reads? Good luck with that.

**BEEP**

Nice try at slipping that one past. :dubious: Being sensible and appealing to reason does not work in this scenario. However, I salute the effort.

The bar buffoon doesn’t \*think \*anything. There is no thought. Somehow it’s the OP’s fault that buffoon’s life sucks–him and all the Hitlery-Obummer libruls. His heated reaction was processed 100% from his sinus cavities downward. No gray matter involved.

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**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trumpism-the-new-religion/834433/24 "2019-05-28T19:28:39Z")

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> [@Mortimus](#):
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> The guy who started it was white, morbidly obese and an unemployed former paper mill worker. Also a Chicago Bears fan, which is a rare thing to admit in Wisconsin.

Scary thing is that he probably used to be a democrat.

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