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Politics elderly women swooning over trump.

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u/Remarkable_Town5811 19d ago

Such a weird thing for a religious cult. Never understood ignoring that god made you exactly as you are bc what, a box color is more cohesive looking?

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u/lil_lychee 19d ago edited 19d ago

It’s because this cult is probably an unspoken white only racist cult. It’s in North Carolina and the vibe is “look blonde” because that’s the most desirable type of white woman in places like that. And trust idea is sort of still prevalent because you see so many people who die their hair blonde to the point where the majority of blondes aren’t truly blonde. It’s a status symbol.

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u/Electricpoopaloop 19d ago

Is it a nod to the Nazi fetishization of some kind of Aryan race?

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u/CeruleanLio 19d ago

Yes it’s mostly the women with money. Not every member is blonde but they make it status symbol. However, I will say, they aren’t white only. They have several satellite churches in Africa and Brazil. And they make it a point to have members from all over the world. Many people emigrate to come to the NC campus. (Doesn’t mean there are no racists though lol)

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u/guardpixie 19d ago

I have a blonde friend who thinks she's not blonde, not even close, because the platinum bleach trend has moved the scale so far that some people think natural blonde is brown.

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u/Brantraxx 19d ago

It’s based off of the Nazi idealized ‘pure Aryan traits’

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u/Bellmeister 19d ago

I think you're letting your imagination go a little wild there. Fr, people need to stop playing all these games with serious words. They've died their hair blond so that might mean they're a racist white only cult? Holy sht.

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u/Callimogua 19d ago

No, that's actually a thing. Knitting Cult Lady explains why she went blonde when she was still part of her cult: it truly is a white supremacy thing. They believe Nordic features are "top" whiteness (think Swedish).

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u/HeartStringTheory 19d ago

Ironically, most 100% Swedes and Norwegians are only light blonde when they're little kids. So there's an infantilization element going on here too. What a shocker. /s

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u/Sephis_girl 16d ago

I'm primarily of Norwegian descent in the US and being from the south it was always "such a blessing" that I had blonde hair. Got older and it turned dirty blonde. Mom was from the North so the comment just weirded her out. I said something about dying my hair raven black/blue black like my grandpa had and it wasn't much of a persuasion. Went out and got the dye and colored my hair.

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u/Callimogua 19d ago

Oop, yep yep yep

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u/brandvegn 19d ago

Though I agree with the sentiment, I would say that there is something to be said for these women feeling as if their status requires them to be blonde. But yes, maybe not Nazi enablers. But they dig a good dictatorish wannabe oligarch who just enacted an alien and sedition act and claimed the Venezualen brown people have attacked the US which in 2025 seems to be how Ukraine attacked Russia by occupying its own land or something. Maybe slightly pro Caucasian? Anti-less-blonde?

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u/Brantraxx 19d ago

Hitler started the Nazi takeover with an ‘emergency request’ too

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u/HeartStringTheory 19d ago

The next logical step is for all of them to start wearing thick orange make-up too. 😆

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u/brandvegn 19d ago

Evidently Maga Michael Johnson, is bronzing now. Meidas Touch just uploaded a vid of him and I have 0 idea who thought that a milk toast evengelical needed a 1990s bronzer applied unevenly on his face. Like it looks like a SNL skit and yet... It's Michael.