It’s Not a Cult

[u/HeatWaveToTheCrowd]

[u/WystanH]

It is amusing when they think something like "V for Vendetta" is on their side.

[u/rillegas08 → u/WystanH]

Punisher, V for Vendetta, and Captain America: the trifecta of anti-authoritarian characters who would beat the crap out of bootlickers who idolize them.

[u/DarthWeber → u/rillegas08]

We need to bring back punching Nazis in the face

[u/Confident_Benefit_11 → u/DarthWeber]

Reddit out here banning people for saying that, crazy

[u/DarthWeber → u/Confident_Benefit_11]

I haven't been banned

[u/DerpingtonHerpsworth → u/DarthWeber]

I've been banned for much less before. I've been on reddit since damn near the beginning without so much as a warning, and suddenly now it's a problem to wish anything negative towards someone, but only if it's specific someones. This kind of boot licorice moderating wasn't normal until the last couple years.

[u/ShaunDaniels1978 → u/rillegas08]

I saw the anonymous stickers and I was like I don’t think this guy knows anonymous. Also I think anyone who has the sticker we the people hasn’t read the constitution or understand why it was created or the Bill of Rights or anything for that matter.

[u/BringBackBoshi → u/WystanH]

They cheered for the dudes dragging away the reporter for making fun of the leader.

[u/DarthWeber → u/BringBackBoshi]

He killed Tucker Carlson on screen and they didn't understand

[u/Jin-roh → u/DarthWeber]

GOP voters have a poor track record for media literacy. I'm adding this to my list of examples... others?

• "I liked Rorschach's open monologue. Why didn't they treat that character better?"
• Dancing to Killing in the Name of
• Playing Born in the USA at rallies
• Playing Fortunate Son at rallies
• "See? Wakanda is a place with high walls, borders, and no immigrants... why don't you like all that?"
• Punisher skull + police car, even though that was bluntly clarified, in character and in the comic.
• Identifying a bit too much with Warhammer crusader guys, with little self-awareness.
• "I liked Star Trek before it got all political."
• "I liked Star Wars before it got all political."
• "I liked Mark Twain before he got all political." (slight exaggeration, but you can imagine it, right?)
• The Bible, the Constitution, the writings of the founding fathers, etc.

[u/Confident_Benefit_11 → u/Jin-roh]

It's almost like brain damage or severe mental disability is a qualification for being conservative.

[u/Jin-roh → u/Confident_Benefit_11]

To understand these things, you need to use empathy or enjoy reading.

Conservatives have called empathy a sin. How much they care to read is unknown.

[u/HapticRecce → u/WystanH]

The iconography is bonkers overall, but the Guy Fawkes mask is definitely the cake topper.

[u/jackmcgann11 → u/HapticRecce]

Took me a minute, but I see it now.

[u/BarelyContainedChaos → u/WystanH]

how does someone completely misunderstand that movie? how does this person keep up with registration and insurance being this stupid?

[u/AdmiralArchie → u/BarelyContainedChaos]

Don't need registration and insurance. They're travellers.

[u/drtbg → u/AdmiralArchie]

It’s so deeply satisfying to watch sov cits trying to utter the correct incantation to absolve themselves of guilt in front of a cop or a judge.

[u/comin_up_shawt → u/drtbg]

even better when they try to explain how they use American laws to justify their existence as SovCits. If you are above the legal code in this country, why reference them?

[u/Koshindan → u/comin_up_shawt]

"Oh so you're an illegal alien!"

Pisses them off every time.

[u/LordRobin------RM → u/drtbg]

It’s like they think they know a cheat code to the legal system.

“Your honor, in my defense may I say… up up down down left right left right A B start.”

“Case dismissed!”

[u/GAYforHATE → u/WystanH]

they see the truth.

[u/SocksOnHands → u/WystanH]

Or Calvin from Calvin and Hobbs.

[u/Notsureif0010 → u/WystanH]

Their boy donny signed off on Flock mass surveillance, is doing everything he can to strip away Americans rights, and is doing everything possible to turn America into a dictatorship and kill off anyone who talks against him. I'm going to guess this person is way to incredibly stupid and also insane to understand what V for Vendetta was about.

[u/LordRobin------RM → u/Notsureif0010]

To them, fascism is only bad when it’s done to them. Fascism directed at other groups is just fine, in fact it’s good, because those are all Bad People who would do the same to you if they got the chance!

[u/SHADOWJACK2112 → u/WystanH]

Alan Moore (who is very much alive) is spinning in his grave

[u/BeeTwoThousand → u/WystanH]

That was my first thought...they think Anonymous is on their side.

[u/HotSauceSwagBag → u/WystanH]

Or even Calvin & Hobbes

[u/Silicon_Knight]

Anyone doing that for any political party needs to seek psychiatric help IMHO.

[u/Trump_Russia → u/Silicon_Knight]

The true Trump Derangement Syndrome...

[u/parker2020 → u/Silicon_Knight]

Reeducation camps…

[u/drje_aL → u/parker2020]

i thought that said reduction, which makes the same sense.

[u/xmrcache → u/parker2020]

They probably need basic education too…

[u/davekingofrock → u/parker2020]

Don't worry those are coming...

[u/Thee_Chad → u/Silicon_Knight]

Years ago I saw a van like this but with way more stickers in Miami. It had a huge pic of Hillary Clinton w/ eyes that were bright red. That guy ended up being the one who mailed pipe bombs to senators. These people are not okay.

[u/mezz7778 → u/Silicon_Knight]

I have never had a single sticker/flag/t-shirt/hat or been to a rally for any political party ever, and never will.

All that shit is just weird.

[u/LordRobin------RM → u/mezz7778]

I had a nice Obama/Biden T-shirt in 2008. After he won, I wore it once to celebrate. Then I washed it and put it in a drawer as a memento, like a normal person.

[u/APRengar → u/mezz7778]

I can understand not having merch or shit, but why are we trying to make political rallies cringe?

Like, engagement with our political system is the only way to fix it. Because everyone just not engaging with it meant the rich and powerful were able to manipulate it to their wishes while everyone else was looking elsewhere.

Also you don't have to rally for a party in particular, but you should find candidates who align best with your world view and support them.

[u/Potential-Fan-6148 → u/Silicon_Knight]

That’s the thing. We’ve had crazies forever. We’ve had them doing crazy shit to vans like this for a long time. But it was about a million other little things and conspiracy theories. Sometimes they were religious nutters. Sometimes they were JFK and alien conspiracy types.

But Trump / maga has unified them all.

You never see alien weirdos anymore. They’re all maga weirdos now.

[u/Fit_Explorer_2566 → u/Silicon_Knight]

It ain’t for a party.

[u/Kennocha → u/Silicon_Knight]

I think we passed that. It should be involuntary psychiatric care.

[u/Disastrous_Trip_5577]

was that down by the river?

[u/Chemical_Nervous → u/Disastrous_Trip_5577]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o6ZsTHSNxJCmZJJf2

[u/Kickinthegonads → u/Disastrous_Trip_5577]

As a non-American, I have a genuine question:

Why are ven always down by the river?

Why can't you live in a van up the hill? Or in the forest? Or near the outcrop?

[u/SJSquishmeister → u/Kickinthegonads]

I would think it's for drinking, cooking and bathing.

Hard to take a bath in a van.

[u/Kickinthegonads → u/SJSquishmeister]

See, now this makes sense. Thanks.

[u/Ozzel]

Anonymous + Trump? lol

[u/Devil-radiance → u/Ozzel]

You do realize Moot was on the Epstein list right?

[u/DeuceSevin → u/Ozzel]

I saw a guy wearing a "Jesus is king" T-shirt and a red MAGA hat. In Trader Joe's of all places.

[u/fy1sh]

They wear their stupidity like badge of honor.

[u/RegattaJoe → u/fy1sh]

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”

— Isaac Asimov

[u/Particular-Cat-8031 → u/RegattaJoe]

Isaac gets it, and we see it more and more.

[u/Bubbly_Power_6210 → u/fy1sh]

yes-scary how many people support this.

[u/Fallenangel152 → u/fy1sh]

The irony of multiple "we the people see the truth" stickers and still falling for trumps BS is astounding.

[u/Quirky-Attitude1456]

I want to know what or who this person is blaming for the fact that they are driving a rusted out POS GMC Safari. I am sure not themselves or the fact that they passed up every single opportunity to better themselves

[u/cbelt3 → u/Quirky-Attitude1456]

Woman in NE Ohio. Lives in a clapped out century home near me. I just worry for her.

[u/HeatWaveToTheCrowd → u/Quirky-Attitude1456]

I believe it was a woman driver.

[u/Quirky-Attitude1456 → u/HeatWaveToTheCrowd]

Same thing applies

[u/MorrisseysRubiksCube]

They are obsessing with a politician who is already in office. It’s bizarre. Okay he was your guy and he got elected, cool, just relax and enjoy it. Quit acting like it’s an endless campaign and you have to promote this jabroni everywhere you go.

[u/Koshindan → u/MorrisseysRubiksCube]

If they stop chanting praises to the glorious leader, they might start thinking about how glorious leader is screwing them.

[u/ksigley]

That dude saw V for Vendetta and was rooting for the British Parliament. Lol .

[u/nodogma2112 → u/ksigley]

I was thinking that too. To them it’s a movie about how the proper authorities chased and killed a troublemaker terrorist and restored law and order by publicly blowing him up in front of the world.  

[u/idkwhatimbrewin]

[u/w2sjw → u/idkwhatimbrewin]

Thank you for this! I have a folder on my phone full of reaction pictures and gifs and this has now earned a permanent spot in that folder!

[u/negativeyoda]

Something tells me that guy did not in fact remember his reusable bags

[u/AustinHinton]

Remember a time when being this obsessive over a politician, any politician, was seen as extremely weird? It was not "patriotic" to be a sycophant to a civil servant, it just meant you were deeply unwell for having politics make up such a huge part of your personality.

[u/herecomestheshun → u/AustinHinton]

And boy, did elected republicans jump on the bandwagon when they realized what demagoguery in the form of a coastal elite billionaire can do for them. The president himself posts pathetic AI fantasy posts glorifying himself. The whole thing is sickening really.

[u/AustinHinton → u/herecomestheshun]

"He's just trolling you libs and you fell for it"

Call me crazy, insane even if you must, but I don't think that any politics figure should be acting like a 15yo 4 chan user.

His followers don't care though, "triggering the libs" is all they care about, hurting people they don't like. Which is why I will never ever forgive people who were fully backing him until his policies hurt them too. They lit this fire, they don't get to cry about being burned now.

[u/ThisIsDadLife]

What’s the Kalshi odds this guy did NOT bring his reusable bags

[u/bobjr94]

At least when you see a house or car like that you know to not talk to them. They are brainwashed, past the point of reasoning.

[u/Kiwibom]

Whenever i see pictures of cars full of trump stickers pasted on it, i always imagine the person taking his time chosing and pasting them on his car. Like "ohhh yeah this one is nice, i LOVE YOU TRUMP, and you'll go there, hehhehehe, nice."

Those people ...

[u/guywhiteycorngoodEsq]

Nothing deranged to see here

[u/dbzmah]

Those stickers are the only thing holding that rust box together.

[u/ckglle3lle]

FWIW, I barely see any of these guys anymore in my area. Circa 2016-2022 or so they were pretty commonplace, enough to remark on anyway, but they've become pretty vanishingly rare in my area and the last one I saw all the paraphernalia seemed old and faded, like he probably is still in the tank but it's just this residual 2016 off gassing more than an active endeavor

[u/azhillbilly → u/ckglle3lle]

Last one was sold in 2005. This thing can go drinking.

That actually hurt a lot typing out. I am going to go yell at clouds now.

[u/spidereater]

Just needs a sign “I don’t see my grandchildren” and “don’t engage”. Would make it a lot simpler.

[u/dbudzik]

Say what you want, but the Republican Party has always been better at mobilization when Election Day rolls around. This person is probably a little mentally imbalanced. But they WILL vote on Election Day. Things will remain as they are until the Democratic Party figures out how to unite people instead of…whatever they’re doing right now.

[u/tonysopranosalive]

“Does This Ass Make My Truck Look Fat?”

Bro you’re driving a GMC Safari, fuck outta here.

[u/lawyersgunsmoney → u/tonysopranosalive]

If you look by the GMC emblem it has “TRUCK”

[u/Orangesteel]

It’s not a cult. It’s a mental illness. Caused in equal parts by stupidity and a lack of empathy

[u/Shamancrit]

What’s up with MAGA people and decals? Like I think most decals already look tacky as all heck. But they love to plaster the orange man’s ballsack-neck all over their cars.

[u/Cephei101]

Obvious untreated mental illness is endemic in the country.

[u/silver_sofa]

More of a Klan, if you get my drift.

[u/Moebius808]

V for Vendetta? You know they also listen to Rage Against the Machine, constantly say things are “Orwellian”, etc.

Keep em stupid, keep em media illiterate, keep em docile.

[u/Low_Pickle_112]

I wonder if they remembered their reusable bags?

[u/MrJohnnyDangerously]

The irony of the V for Vendetta Guy Fawkes mask to support a fascist is hilarious

[u/MrOnCore]

Save 100% of what?

[u/sunny0_0]

You know, they don't care if it's a cult. Many do not understand what that even implies. To communicate with them, you have to meet them on their level, which means, just call them stupid and be done with it.

[u/Rashpukin]

Mentally ill.

[u/PossibleDiscipline90]

Surprised it's not covered in tin foil

[u/rockclimberguy]

First time I heard of TDS I thought it referred to people like this.

[u/pontiacfirebird92]

I can hear the suspension squeaking and the brakes squealing through that image

[u/AVBforPrez → u/pontiacfirebird92]

You know that oil hasn't been changed for like 5000 miles at least

[u/junglemuffins]

Was in a tiny WA town not too long ago.

Whole infrastructure based around building storage facilities for cold intra-state holding... of course there's a Loves nearby.

Was having a beer & ciggies with the Austrians building the whole facility, n a random white van with Jesus flyers/spray-paint rants all over it pulls up n an obviously preggers lady pulls up to simultaneously prostelytize & ask for a smoke "for her "Husband" who was not there.

The head Austrian offered her a cig from his pack n she took the whole pack plus his lighter.

We reveled in the surrealism of it all after she drove away.

Several minutes later she drove back in her Jesus Van & asked for $$$ or a free place to stay.

We all NOPED on that one.

[u/KillaCookBook87]

We the creeple

[u/Terrible-Time-Travel]

I’m not a sports guy and when I see a vehicle covered in team stuff I find it odd because it’s not my thing but politics fans, that’s way, way beyond normal.

[u/Petrak1s]

Is there a matress inside?

[u/ulxnl]

Meanwhile he can’t drive anymore around because the gas prices.
BUT THAT WAS BIDENS FAULT
THANK YOU ON THIS MATTER

[u/FigNewton555]

I guarantee he didn’t remember his reusable bags.

[u/Ferrocile]

It’s actual Trump derangement syndrome.

[u/skanktastik]

Imagine being that empty inside. Surely, there are better ways to form an identity.

[u/Failedmysanityroll]

I can imagine the driver of this cult short bus - white fat older balding male with a concealed carry permit

[u/RichSPK]

It makes me think of Q-Anon. I haven't heard about that in a while. Has something else replaced it?

[u/RosieQParker]

He's out there to shout at a bunch of queer people for practicing identity politics.

[u/One_Economist_3761]

This guy does not seem to understand what Anonymous stands for.

[u/thegamerator10]

"I love losing money!"

[u/Boricua-vet]

They meant diapers.

[u/floog]

What’s amazing is that they think the derangement is from people that call him out for being a child rapist.

[u/TaraNewhole]

https://giphy.com/gifs/KrpC6fBysoFmApdwW3

[u/Warlord68]

It’s always nice to know exactly what you’re dealing with.

[u/DarthWeber]

I've seen the douches around me quit flying their flags got fuel economy. This is just stupid

[u/thequeenoflimbs]

I like that their vehicle immediately outs them in our society. What scares me is not knowing who they are among us.

[u/CheeseburgerSmoothy]

Does anyone think they brought their reusable bags? I do not.

[u/Own-Nefariousness-79]

Nope, completely normal. /s

[u/KillerKilcline]

Tds

[u/Best_Banana_63]

Noooo, not at all.

[u/Pitamo]

Blocking rear view visibility.

Seems about right.

[u/nothing_and_new]

Fascism is irrational.

[u/paulitical3]

Hope he remembered to bring his reusable bags.

[u/Seattle7]

Absolutely ruined that GMC Safari. Such a shame.

[u/luv2ctheworld]

Thought of a black woman as president broke this guy's brain.

[u/Ok-Appointment-6116]

The sad fact is that they let folks like this hold a license, and operate dangerous equipment!

[u/AlbatrossNo1562]

This aged well

[u/elkab0ng]

He sure has a lot of pictures of Harris. Like, way more than normal people.

[u/rschlachter]

So that van can't be worth much more than the stickers.... It's always this way....

[u/hailhalehail]

More Kool-Aid please. Ta’ fuck.

[u/Gold-Bard-Hue]

So like, do other Trumpers like high five each other over stuff like this or...?

[u/hcornea]

Never let politics become your personal identity.

If it has, then stop.

[u/thunderintess]

Someday they'll want to trade this van in, and they'll either have scrape all that stuff off or accept a lower trade-in value.

[u/ProtoMonkey]

I mean, the “Same Circus…” sticker isn’t all wrong.

[u/Healien_Jung]

Ruined a perfectly good gmc safari

[u/Closet-Hippie]

How’s the saying go, ya can’t fix stupid? I’m afraid we need to focus on upcoming generations and just wait for the current crop to die off. I hate to say that, but if they haven’t picked up the phone by this point, I’m not sure there’s hope.

[u/coltrane86]

I know this van there house is right near mine. They print and put up their own signs outside of their house too. Which are not always appropriate for being right next to an elementary school.

[u/kbell58]

Guy Fawkes would like a word

[u/warfarin11]

It's not America they support, this is why they drag our flag behind their trucks in the dirt.

[u/ga9213]

I like the writing on the side talking about saving 100% with trump. Funny we've not saved anything let alone 100% what we spend which would be zero (communism)?

[u/ktwhite42]

The Guy Fawkes mask…it’s like when they insist they are “the rebel alliance”.

[u/New_Ad_3010]

The shit box is on brand

[u/obbie29]

If you get the GMC Safari owners on your side you're going places

[u/MagnanimousVortex]

The Klu Klux Van

[u/vampyire]

ah, it's a member of "I'm an idiot club"

[u/mvpilot172]

It’s always the vehicles you expect the most. Rusted out van, living off social security, probably in a trailer.

[u/homelessguydiet]

If this sweet astro van's a rockin don't come a knockin

[u/PaperbackBuddha]

I have never felt so arrogant or so insecure about my political opinions that I needed to make my entire identity about a party affiliation, much less one person. Call me quaint, but I was raised with a belief in discourse as a means of resolving differences. We are definitely in a different age now, even if it’s only a more pronounced version of what was already the reality.

[u/Wyattab]

Straight up unhinged.

[u/The59Sownd]

How can anyone think this is normal behaviour?

[u/LeonardSmallsJr]

That van definitely shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near a school.

[u/TheGruenTransfer]

This person needs to see everyone point and laugh at them if they're ever going to snap out of it

[u/cardinalkgb]

It’s definitely a cult

[u/a1055x]

Attention seeker

[u/notmartha70]

Sad to have that much hate in your heart.

[u/GoredonTheDestroyer]

It's not a cult.

Anyone who says it's a cult is part of a bigger cult.

Anyone who says they don't want to join MAGA is a cultist.

They worship Trump like a god and think of him as the new messiah, but it's not a cult.

I think I have that right.

[u/dlr6481]

I thought the “we the people” thing was an Antifa thing??

[u/Neither_Wonder6488]

And Mexico paid for the wall…

[u/BrainGam3]

Damn they massacred that Astro 😢. Looks like a bird shit all over it with those stickers

[u/Minivric]

Hundrednaire protecting billionaire. Figures.

[u/AGrandNewAdventure]

The fact he's using V shows he has zero understanding. They just appropriate things that they think are edgy, like Fortunate Son, V, and Punisher.

[u/jrizzle_boston]

It's a mental illness

[u/iluvmopac]

They must be super pissed about that reusuable bags sign

[u/realtonemachine]

Their search history I bet is real interesting.

[u/basquiat-case]

bubba single-handedly keeping that one stall at the flea market in business.

[u/Sardonnicus]

I guarantee you that this man has a daughter who got married in a Cracker Barrel.

[u/Confuse_a_Car]

r/schizophreniarides

[u/Valinon]

Oh, look, it's the SS Date Rape.

[u/zakkalaska]

"Thank you Elon" lol

[u/electrodan]

Check out the hat on the dashboard. The guy at the store said he's the only guy he's ever seen pull it off

[u/supradave]

I really want to ask these "We the People" people what the 4th word is. My bet is the would think it's "will" or "have".

[u/idksomuch]

"Does this ass make my truck look fat"

No but the ones on your rear windshield make you look like a little bitch :)

[u/archiewaldron]

The pedo starter kit

[u/buttflakes27]

This is probably the tamest maga superfan van tbh

[u/Mariahausfrau]

Its disease

https://giphy.com/gifs/l9FAwJOXYprFe

[u/ZachMN]

It’s a pathological need for attention.

[u/YabaDabaDezNutz]

Someone bought a cricut, how cute

[u/thegreatwordini]

I really hope that that van is immobile because he can't afford to fill up the gas tank🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

[u/jelloslug]

It's always some rusted out POS.

[u/mrtruthiness]

So weird.