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hedda_foil

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

Sun Feb 8, 2026, 10:53 PM

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It's not their fault, but someone must be blamed for their pain of repeated trauma and failure. American society has become too unstable and corrupted and these people are caught in the trap.

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Why is MAGA so hateful? (best concise explanation I've seen) [View all] Nevilledog 21 hrs ago OP

One important thing to understand about this analysis: RockRaven 21 hrs ago #1

Or.....they will turn en masse whilst claiming they never supported Trump. Nevilledog 21 hrs ago #2

Either way--we blow past them. pandr32 4 hrs ago #40

Exactly. progressoid 21 hrs ago #3

But they're still a minority. The true believers. paleotn 20 hrs ago #12

The worst thing about the internet/social media is that it gives the assholes ways to find each other. Intractable 19 hrs ago #25

Good point. pandr32 4 hrs ago #42

In 2016 as I saw all of the reptiles coming out from under their rocks, yellow dahlia 2 hrs ago #50

maga hate anti-repub 4 hrs ago #35

maga hate anti-repub 4 hrs ago #36

And they'll get louder and more extreme as they shrink as a demographic going foward. Lanius 3 hrs ago #47

There isn't another Trump. Chemical Bill 1 hr ago #56

This part is important: progressoid 21 hrs ago #4

There's some people here that need to wake up and smell the coffee as well. durablend 21 hrs ago #7

Collective Trauma response... purr-rat beauty 21 hrs ago #5

The entire Trump/Miller doctrine is... lame54 21 hrs ago #6

Most were raised by bigoted people Johonny 21 hrs ago #8

Doc Holliday had the answer AverageOldGuy 20 hrs ago #9

I have a maga brother in law and he fits the descriptions to a tee kimbutgar 20 hrs ago #10

It's just so terribly sad. Our culture, our civilization leaves so many damaged like h hedda_foil 17 hrs ago #30

This Helps Me To Understand WiVoter 20 hrs ago #11

There is a Michael Wolff thread floating around here about Uncle Joe 20 hrs ago #13

Trump is extraordinarily unusual markodochartaigh 19 hrs ago #20

Curiosity of the rest of the world AverageOldGuy 19 hrs ago #24

George W Bush was another who was exceedingly un-curious Seinan Sensei 2 hrs ago #48

The grifter's family had money that was made form nefarious and seedy means. yellow dahlia 2 hrs ago #51

Sure, he was shunned by old money, the intellegentsia, and probably markodochartaigh 1 hr ago #54

I wonder about the definition of "class". Chemical Bill 1 hr ago #55

The Grifter is a Frankenstein's monster. He doesn't actually belong to any class, yellow dahlia 18 min ago #58

I was just talking about this, They wake up to hate MagickMuffin 20 hrs ago #14

The MAGA movement, Q Anon,Tea Party, racists and masoginists and the religious right Buddyzbuddy 20 hrs ago #15

If Faux Noise had flopped back in the 1990's, there would be no others FakeNoose 20 hrs ago #16

Limbaugh was the nexus of it all kwolf68 5 hrs ago #32

Limbaugh, Gingrich, McConnell, Nixon, Reagan, W - no movement consists of one person, no matter how dysfunctional Martin68 4 hrs ago #38

Agreed. yellow dahlia 1 hr ago #53

Excellent. Thanks for posting. LoisB 19 hrs ago #17

A pretty good synopsis of what B.See 19 hrs ago #18

Spot on. Permanut 19 hrs ago #19

ChatGPT writes well. ThreeNoSeep 19 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 19 hrs ago #22

MAGA is like the logo for Disaster Capitalism SleeplessinSoCal 19 hrs ago #23

Because hate is one of the most powerful emotions and hate sells. c-rational 19 hrs ago #26

excellent post proud patriot 18 hrs ago #27

In a word: compensation RainCaster 18 hrs ago #28

Yes. "...if someone else gains, they lose." Grins 18 hrs ago #29

The triangulation of hate, greed and fear. Marcuse 5 hrs ago #31

Excellent summary of MAGA. debm55 5 hrs ago #33

This captures a lot of dynamics I've struggled to put into words myself. Torchlight 5 hrs ago #34

this the best and most complete analysis I've seen. I agree 100%. Martin68 4 hrs ago #37

Brilliantly written! Thanks for pointing it. CaptainTruth 4 hrs ago #39

45 years of brainwashing propaganda brought us here. Initech 4 hrs ago #41

Thank u-saving 2 read-why mag so hateful Upthevibe 4 hrs ago #43

Exactly MW67 3 hrs ago #44

MAGA Fuel gfarber 3 hrs ago #45

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. Thomas Paine Ping Tung 3 hrs ago #46

Excellent summary Wild blueberry 2 hrs ago #49

Disagree. MAGA are the unwitting tools of Billionaires rigging everything bucolic_frolic 2 hrs ago #52

Short version: They hate because it is the only thing they can do with their terrible fear. n/t TygrBright 1 hr ago #57