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11. This Helps Me To Understand

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Sun Feb 8, 2026, 07:32 PM

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Why is MAGA so hateful? (best concise explanation I've seen) [View all] Nevilledog 17 hrs ago OP

One important thing to understand about this analysis: RockRaven 17 hrs ago #1

Or.....they will turn en masse whilst claiming they never supported Trump. Nevilledog 17 hrs ago #2

Either way--we blow past them. pandr32 27 min ago #40

Exactly. progressoid 17 hrs ago #3

But they're still a minority. The true believers. paleotn 16 hrs ago #12

The worst thing about the internet/social media is that it gives the assholes ways to find each other. Intractable 15 hrs ago #25

Good point. pandr32 21 min ago #42

maga hate anti-repub 59 min ago #35

maga hate anti-repub 46 min ago #36

This part is important: progressoid 17 hrs ago #4

There's some people here that need to wake up and smell the coffee as well. durablend 17 hrs ago #7

Collective Trauma response... purr-rat beauty 17 hrs ago #5

The entire Trump/Miller doctrine is... lame54 17 hrs ago #6

Most were raised by bigoted people Johonny 17 hrs ago #8

Doc Holliday had the answer AverageOldGuy 17 hrs ago #9

I have a maga brother in law and he fits the descriptions to a tee kimbutgar 16 hrs ago #10

It's just so terribly sad. Our culture, our civilization leaves so many damaged like h hedda_foil 13 hrs ago #30

This Helps Me To Understand WiVoter 16 hrs ago #11

There is a Michael Wolff thread floating around here about Uncle Joe 16 hrs ago #13

Trump is extraordinarily unusual markodochartaigh 15 hrs ago #20

Curiosity of the rest of the world AverageOldGuy 15 hrs ago #24

I was just talking about this, They wake up to hate MagickMuffin 16 hrs ago #14

The MAGA movement, Q Anon,Tea Party, racists and masoginists and the religious right Buddyzbuddy 16 hrs ago #15

If Faux Noise had flopped back in the 1990's, there would be no others FakeNoose 16 hrs ago #16

Limbaugh was the nexus of it all kwolf68 1 hr ago #32

Limbaugh, Gingrich, McConnell, Nixon, Reagan, W - no movement consists of one person, no matter how dysfunctional Martin68 43 min ago #38

Excellent. Thanks for posting. LoisB 16 hrs ago #17

A pretty good synopsis of what B.See 16 hrs ago #18

Spot on. Permanut 15 hrs ago #19

ChatGPT writes well. ThreeNoSeep 15 hrs ago #21

The Religiously Insane are a part of it. They are not resentful as much as they are in the thrall of a religion that CTyankee 15 hrs ago #22

MAGA is like the logo for Disaster Capitalism SleeplessinSoCal 15 hrs ago #23

Because hate is one of the most powerful emotions and hate sells. c-rational 15 hrs ago #26

excellent post proud patriot 15 hrs ago #27

In a word: compensation RainCaster 15 hrs ago #28

Yes. "...if someone else gains, they lose." Grins 14 hrs ago #29

The triangulation of hate, greed and fear. Marcuse 2 hrs ago #31

Excellent summary of MAGA. debm55 1 hr ago #33

This captures a lot of dynamics I've struggled to put into words myself. Torchlight 1 hr ago #34

this the best and most complete analysis I've seen. I agree 100%. Martin68 46 min ago #37

Brilliantly written! Thanks for pointing it. CaptainTruth 31 min ago #39

45 years of brainwashing propaganda brought us here. Initech 22 min ago #41

Thank u-saving 2 read-why mag so hateful Upthevibe 19 min ago #43