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  Joseph Rutherford = Donald Trump

  by Wild_Thing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been rereading a lot about rutherford lately; about his personality and the kind of person he was.

  i have come to the conclusion that he was a lot like donald trump.. he was an accused womanizer.. he was a narcissist with a self inflated ego.

  he claimed to be persecuted by the media all the time.

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  WT: He ran for office twice and lost both times.

  Well that explains a lot!
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  Joseph Rutherford = Donald Trump

  by Wild_Thing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been rereading a lot about rutherford lately; about his personality and the kind of person he was.

  i have come to the conclusion that he was a lot like donald trump.. he was an accused womanizer.. he was a narcissist with a self inflated ego.

  he claimed to be persecuted by the media all the time.

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  Okay, to redirect. The point, I believe, that the OP was trying to make is that narcissistic, demagogues tend to have many traits in common. As ex-JWs, it shouldn’t be surprising for us to see some similarities between Rutherford (the control freak that really turned this religion into a cult) and Trump.

  We could just as easily draw parallels between any two authoritarian autocrats, but Rutherford is significant in the history and character of the cult we all left and Trump is the current President of the United States.

  If we, as ex-Witnesses lived elsewhere in a country with a leader that exhibited such behaviors we would no doubt draw the appropriate comparisons, Rutherford to:

  • Putin in Russia
  • Orban Viktor in Hungary
  • Kim Jong Un in Korea, etc.

  Do the math.

  That’s all.
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  Joseph Rutherford = Donald Trump

  by Wild_Thing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been rereading a lot about rutherford lately; about his personality and the kind of person he was.

  i have come to the conclusion that he was a lot like donald trump.. he was an accused womanizer.. he was a narcissist with a self inflated ego.

  he claimed to be persecuted by the media all the time.

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  “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get you!”
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  Joseph Rutherford = Donald Trump

  by Wild_Thing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been rereading a lot about rutherford lately; about his personality and the kind of person he was.

  i have come to the conclusion that he was a lot like donald trump.. he was an accused womanizer.. he was a narcissist with a self inflated ego.

  he claimed to be persecuted by the media all the time.

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  BBW: What makes you think Trump has persecution complex?

  Oh, I dunno. Maybe it’s the bazillion times he’s tweeted “WITCH HUNT”!

  
  

  Or how about when, in May 2017, in an an address to a US Coast Guard graduating class in Connecticut on Wednesday, Mr Trump said: said "No politician in history, and I say this with great surety, has been treated worse or more unfairly."

  Historians disagree. Click here to read why.

  Why don’t you google “Trump persecution complex” for yourself and see what you find?
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  The problem of being (or wanting be to) an Ex-Muslin

  by no-zombie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just finished reading a long article about the young people wanting to break free of islam in australia and the problems they face in leaving their high control religion.

  the similarities between us and them is quite clear, as is how they woke up.

  it's worth a read.. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-09/double-lives:-the-secret-ex-muslim-network-in-australia/9811340.

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  A cult is a cult is a cult.
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  Joseph Rutherford = Donald Trump

  by Wild_Thing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been rereading a lot about rutherford lately; about his personality and the kind of person he was.

  i have come to the conclusion that he was a lot like donald trump.. he was an accused womanizer.. he was a narcissist with a self inflated ego.

  he claimed to be persecuted by the media all the time.

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  This just in: Research shows all cult leaders bear striking resemblance to each other, particularly in regard to their narcissistic personalities and corresponding persecution complexes.
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  Make America Great Again Hats...would you wear one?

  by minimus in

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  i like trump but i would be reticent wearing that hat.🤠.

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  That being said, I'm still waiting for a specific answer to the questions that Cofty, Sparrowdown and I posed:

  • What is it -- right now (or 2016,if you prefer) -- about America that isn't great? (Be specific.)
    
  • When was this time that the word 'again' implies? When was it exactly that those who endorse this slogan believe that America "was great"?
  • What does a "great" America look like? Is it a reference to the fifties? Eighties? Pre 911? Pre political correctness?
    
  • Why exactly do they think that America "was great" then, but not now?
  • What values and beliefs are implicit in accepting this slogan and everything that goes with it?
  • Correspondingly, what values and beliefs does accepting this slogan require a person to thereby reject?

  No takers ....
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  Make America Great Again Hats...would you wear one?

  by minimus in

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  i like trump but i would be reticent wearing that hat.🤠.

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  Make America Great Again Hats...would you wear one?

  by minimus in

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  i like trump but i would be reticent wearing that hat.🤠.

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  Jehalapeno: Basically, any time before Social Media was invented is when America was Greater than it is now.

  So we should get rid of social media to make America great again. Is that right?

  Great, no more twitter storms from Trump!

  
  

  Source: Politico Magazine, June 2016
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  Make America Great Again Hats...would you wear one?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  i like trump but i would be reticent wearing that hat.🤠.

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  LV101: Trump works for free and takes no salary

  This is not true!

  As reported by PolitiFact, on May 18th, 2018 :
  

  "Trump has donated his quarterly salary to various federal departments and projects including to the National Parks Service to restore battlefields, the Department of Education for children's camps and the Department of Health and Human Services for a public awareness campaign about the dangers of opioid addiction and the Department of Transportation for infrastructure projects."

  Getting a paycheck and donating it -- to causes which Trump chooses and that further his own political agenda -- is clearly contrary to the erroneous claim that Trump "works for free."

  There is plenty of objective evidence to show that Trump is benefiting financially in many ways from his presidency, but I'll leave that to others to sort out.

  Please get your facts straight.

  'Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not to their own facts.”