I have a question.

Why would someone who likes someone or something be critical of them? Someone that is critical of you has already passed the point where they dislike you. The same with any group if you are critical of it then you dislike it already. There is a definition of critical that means important or essential that is the one I would think is used in the term "critical thinking". Often being critical means to be negatively judgmental. That haircut looks stupid or those clothes make you look fat.

I used to be quite critical of other drivers but realized I was usually guilty of the same infractions I was criticizing. Failing to signal. Not merging properly. Although, not allowing someone to merge properly is probably more egregious. Or one that really gets me is sitting at a light and turning on a left signal when the light turns green. Now, I don't get upset I am more likely to make a joke about it. Look, a brand new car and his signal light doesn't work already, poor guy. That kind of thing. But the important thing was I didn't have to be negatively judgmental because I am not a perfect driver either. My favorite is if someone cuts in front of me or wants to get ahead I just think, oh, that must be a very important person, places to go people to see or maybe he has an emergency.

There is something called constructive criticism but then that can be likened to harping if someone is constantly criticizing you or worse criticizing others to you.

I get that groups can demand support and an unquestioning or mob mentality where you can wind up doing things that, as an individual, you would not even consider doing. I suppose that is when it is dangerous, when you lose your individuality and can commit destructive acts against others. Individually, people are fairly weak though, so they will find groups with which they may have something in common or seem to have an answer to certain questions. But we all have essential questions about life like 'What is all this?' and we will find something that we can build a worldview around, a concept to make sense of as much of it as possible. Atheists have their answer but they don't have to tear down or be critical of what others believe. Some do and those ones probably adhered to or followed some other religion previously that they are now critical of, thinking that they had fooled them all their life. If they didn't they would probably be fairly passive about them and just let them be.

Politics has become rather cultish, I think, in that it has a tendency to be destructive and that is, in my opinion, an essential part of the definition of what a cult is. I really don't see today white supremacists wreaking havoc but I see Antifa and BLM blaming them, being critical, while they themselves loot and pillage in the streets. The mainstream media seems to be ignoring destructive elements and trying to focus attention away from it by being critical of the right.

Great video Michelle. Food for thought, and a treat for the eyes (there's something so appealing to the sharpness of black&white).

Reminds me of me when i am in my wicked humors

Reminds me of my home group, ive finally cut ties with.

Kinda reminds me of ptsd and general anxiety disorders.

Kinda makes me think back to childhood and how i have always talked too much.

food for thought.

Especially after the bitterly dark humors ive been in the last couple days.

The most threatening cult on Earth is Islam. It's responsible for more death and destruction than any other cult, including xtianity. The followers are the most backward of all civilizations. Count how many Nobels they've been awarded, even though Nobels have lost all credibility since one was awarded to Obuma, simply because of his colour, not to mention one for terrorist Yasser Arafat. Still, compare the how many have been awarded to Jews, who comprise less than 20 million worldwide as compared to 1.4 billion Muslims.
Enough said.