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

One important thing to understand about this analysis: RockRaven Sunday #1

Or.....they will turn en masse whilst claiming they never supported Trump. Nevilledog Sunday #2

Either way--we blow past them. pandr32 Monday #40

Not the Maga racist types. But the "undecided" voter types JI7 Monday #64

Exactly. progressoid Sunday #3

But they're still a minority. The true believers. paleotn Sunday #12

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

Good point. pandr32 Monday #42

In 2016 as I saw all of the reptiles coming out from under their rocks, yellow dahlia Monday #50

maga hate anti-repub Monday #35

maga hate anti-repub Monday #36

And they'll get louder and more extreme as they shrink as a demographic going foward. Lanius Monday #47

There isn't another Trump. Chemical Bill Monday #56

This part is important: progressoid Sunday #4

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

Collective Trauma response... purr-rat beauty Sunday #5

The entire Trump/Miller doctrine is... lame54 Sunday #6

Most were raised by bigoted people Johonny Sunday #8

Doc Holliday had the answer AverageOldGuy Sunday #9

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

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

This Helps Me To Understand WiVoter Sunday #11

There is a Michael Wolff thread floating around here about Uncle Joe Sunday #13

Trump is extraordinarily unusual markodochartaigh Sunday #20

Curiosity of the rest of the world AverageOldGuy Sunday #24

George W Bush was another who was exceedingly un-curious Seinan Sensei Monday #48

The grifter's family had money that was made form nefarious and seedy means. yellow dahlia Monday #51

Sure, he was shunned by old money, the intellegentsia, and probably markodochartaigh Monday #54

I wonder about the definition of "class". Chemical Bill Monday #55

The Grifter is a Frankenstein's monster. He doesn't actually belong to any class, yellow dahlia Monday #58

raised ... justsomeguy01 Monday #59

I was just talking about this, They wake up to hate MagickMuffin Sunday #14

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

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

Limbaugh was the nexus of it all kwolf68 Monday #32

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

Agreed. yellow dahlia Monday #53

Excellent. Thanks for posting. LoisB Sunday #17

A pretty good synopsis of what B.See Sunday #18

Spot on. Permanut Sunday #19

ChatGPT writes well. ThreeNoSeep Sunday #21

I wonder how a prompt from opposite-world would turn out. hunter Monday #60

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 Sunday #22

MAGA is like the logo for Disaster Capitalism SleeplessinSoCal Sunday #23

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

excellent post proud patriot Sunday #27

In a word: compensation RainCaster Sunday #28

Yes. "...if someone else gains, they lose." Grins Sunday #29

The triangulation of hate, greed and fear. Marcuse Monday #31

Excellent summary of MAGA. debm55 Monday #33

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

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

Brilliantly written! Thanks for pointing it. CaptainTruth Monday #39

45 years of brainwashing propaganda brought us here. Initech Monday #41

Thank u-saving 2 read-why mag so hateful Upthevibe Monday #43

Exactly MW67 Monday #44

MAGA Fuel gfarber Monday #45

Too right! Easterncedar Yesterday #66

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. Thomas Paine Ping Tung Monday #46

Excellent summary Wild blueberry Monday #49

Disagree. MAGA are the unwitting tools of Billionaires rigging everything bucolic_frolic Monday #52

Short version: They hate because it is the only thing they can do with their terrible fear. n/t TygrBright Monday #57

Their friends are MAGA. Their family is MAGA. Their church is MAGA. Glaisne Monday #61

I can answer that more concisely: WestMichRad Monday #62

Great breakdown. Thank you for posting mjvpi Monday #63

If they can't have it they want to burn it down. North Coast Lawyer Monday #65