"The show is also critical of oversensitive, egotistical liberal Americans, ones who might display an exterior of compassion and inclusivity but are part of the problem that’s dividing the country further into political cults."

But  Cult isn’t just a parody of the racist and xenophobic contingent of Americans who have felt emboldened by Trump’s victory. The show is also critical of oversensitive, egotistical liberal Americans, ones who might display an exterior of compassion and inclusivity but are part of the problem that’s dividing the country further into political cults.


"The story, as Murphy’s series often do, becomes progressively more ridiculous. A cult of homicidal people in clown masks wreak havoc across an affluent Michigan suburb. A gerbil explodes in the microwave. The phrase, “a lesbian George Zimmerman,” is uttered."

https://qz.com/1066795/american-horror-story-cult-is-a-disturbing-satire-of-liberal-fears-in-america-after-donald-trump/

"The opening scene of the new season of American Horror Story, appropriately subtitled Cult, is set on US election night, in November of 2016. A diverse group of liberals (including a lesbian couple, an Asian-American couple, and a black woman) watch MSNBC, nervously awaiting the results. Meanwhile, a Cheeto-munching young, white “alt-right” type, alone on his couch in another home, stares at Fox News.

When the race is called for Donald Trump, the liberals are in shock: “I won’t believe anything until I hear Rachel Maddow say it, she’s the only one I trust,” one deadpans."

"Sarah Paulson, another American Horror Story veteran, plays one half of the show’s stereotypical progressive couple—lesbians who refuse to allow their young son to give his pet a cisnormative name. She’s a guilt-ridden Jill Stein voter who’s deeply triggered by Trump’s win and begins to succumb to her various anxieties and phobias (one of which is, of course, a fear of clowns). “Go to hell Huffington Post, fuck you Nate Silver,” she says, before she starts going crazy."