Are You In A Cult, or Just Talking Like You Are In One?
The Power of Loaded Language
Are people being unduly influenced by Donald Trump’s tactics, such as name-calling? Yes. It is called loaded language, and cults employ these methods as well. When it comes to freeing one’s mind from cultic influence, one of the hardest things for many to overcome is the involuntary use of “loaded language.”
You will find this loaded language everywhere these days, especially so if you scroll on Donald Trump’s Truth Social. “Crooked Hillary,” “Sleepy Joe Biden,” “Fake News,” “The Big Beautiful Bill.” Actually, the Abomination Bill is more like it.
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