Invoice Maher Says Catherine Oxenberg’s “Hate The Cult, Love The Cultist” Strategy Is Good For Donald Trump Period – .

At today’s Real Time season finale starring Bill Maher, the host cited the case of the New York-based sex cult Nxivm to suggest a way to deal with Donald Trump supporters who believe the election has been stolen.

“The challenge for us is how do you get people out of a cult?” Asked Maher. “Especially when every time you come up with evidence of the obvious reality, you take it as evidence that you are involved in a conspiracy to destroy it?” A recent poll found that 88% of Trump voters believe he won the election, and their beliefs could divide much of America from the way democracy and society work.

As a living example of how one can face such an existential challenge, Maher greeted Catherine Oxenberg. The former dynasty star’s dogged work to liberate her daughter India can be seen in two documentaries, HBO’s The Vow and Hulus Seduced: Inside the Nxivm Cult.

Donald Trump Jr. tests positive for coronavirus

Maher played a series of clips showing the unbridled admiration of the supporters of Nxivm leader Keith Raniere, who was sentenced to 120 years in prison last month, and the Republican leaders who praised Trump. Maher found many points of comparison between Trump and Raniere, who nicknamed himself Vanguard. “They had to have that one queen bee they represented to recruit others for their sick games,” he joked. “Vanguard had Smallville actress Alison Mack. Trump has Lindsay Graham. “

In an attempt to fight a “cult” that has grown into tens of millions of people, he added: “They are fighting not just against the leaders, but against all enablers. They see you as an enemy. The truth is a threat to them. That is why what Catherine Oxenberg did was so instructive. You heard the phrase, “Hate sin, love the sinner.” Well, she practiced, “Hate the cult, love the cultist.” She didn’t yell at her daughter for being stupid. She didn’t cut them off. She kept trying to remind her of who she used to be. “

Especially as America heads into the holiday season and enters a new era in the new year, those on the other side of Trump should follow Oxenberg’s lead, Maher said. With Trump – and his QAnon supporters – coming to terms with defeat, there is an opportunity to “lift the scales out of their eyes,” Maher said. “But it won’t happen if you ridicule them or call them stupid.”

Instead, Joe Biden’s supporters should try to understand that Trump fans “have been through a lot. Her savior, her “strongest, manliest part of a leader who ever lived,” has just been kicked in the ass by the 2,000-year-old man. Don’t rejoice, don’t even try to argue, because arguing with cult people will only make it worse. “

Recalling the long history of religious and cult leaders who have made inaccurate prophecies, he quoted the preacher William Miller who mistakenly foretold the second coming of Jesus and the end of the world in 1844 as prophecy that will not come true, the logical reaction the tag should read, “Well, that was a bunch of cops – t,” Maher said. In reality, Miller’s followers doubled in size, anchoring that date as the big disappointment.

After Maher did his final digs in 2020 (spoken of major disappointments) – including a video message for his future reminding himself of a year of public-free shows in his backyard – he vowed to return on January 15.

Comments are closed.