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39. Brilliantly written! Thanks for pointing it.

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Mon Feb 9, 2026, 11:54 AM

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This deserves to be shared far & wide.

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Why is MAGA so hateful? (best concise explanation I've seen) [View all] Nevilledog 19 hrs ago OP

One important thing to understand about this analysis: RockRaven 19 hrs ago #1

Or.....they will turn en masse whilst claiming they never supported Trump. Nevilledog 19 hrs ago #2

Either way--we blow past them. pandr32 2 hrs ago #40

Exactly. progressoid 19 hrs ago #3

But they're still a minority. The true believers. paleotn 18 hrs ago #12

The worst thing about the internet/social media is that it gives the assholes ways to find each other. Intractable 17 hrs ago #25

Good point. pandr32 2 hrs ago #42

In 2016 as I saw all of the reptiles coming out from under their rocks, yellow dahlia 17 min ago #50

maga hate anti-repub 2 hrs ago #35

maga hate anti-repub 2 hrs ago #36

And they'll get louder and more extreme as they shrink as a demographic going foward. Lanius 1 hr ago #47

This part is important: progressoid 19 hrs ago #4

There's some people here that need to wake up and smell the coffee as well. durablend 19 hrs ago #7

Collective Trauma response... purr-rat beauty 19 hrs ago #5

The entire Trump/Miller doctrine is... lame54 19 hrs ago #6

Most were raised by bigoted people Johonny 19 hrs ago #8

Doc Holliday had the answer AverageOldGuy 18 hrs ago #9

I have a maga brother in law and he fits the descriptions to a tee kimbutgar 18 hrs ago #10

It's just so terribly sad. Our culture, our civilization leaves so many damaged like h hedda_foil 15 hrs ago #30

This Helps Me To Understand WiVoter 18 hrs ago #11

There is a Michael Wolff thread floating around here about Uncle Joe 18 hrs ago #13

Trump is extraordinarily unusual markodochartaigh 17 hrs ago #20

Curiosity of the rest of the world AverageOldGuy 17 hrs ago #24

George W Bush was another who was exceedingly un-curious Seinan Sensei 47 min ago #48

The grifter's family had money that was made form nefarious and seedy means. yellow dahlia 11 min ago #51

I was just talking about this, They wake up to hate MagickMuffin 18 hrs ago #14

The MAGA movement, Q Anon,Tea Party, racists and masoginists and the religious right Buddyzbuddy 18 hrs ago #15

If Faux Noise had flopped back in the 1990's, there would be no others FakeNoose 18 hrs ago #16

Limbaugh was the nexus of it all kwolf68 3 hrs ago #32

Limbaugh, Gingrich, McConnell, Nixon, Reagan, W - no movement consists of one person, no matter how dysfunctional Martin68 2 hrs ago #38

Agreed. yellow dahlia 5 min ago #53

Excellent. Thanks for posting. LoisB 18 hrs ago #17

A pretty good synopsis of what B.See 17 hrs ago #18

Spot on. Permanut 17 hrs ago #19

ChatGPT writes well. ThreeNoSeep 17 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 17 hrs ago #22

MAGA is like the logo for Disaster Capitalism SleeplessinSoCal 17 hrs ago #23

Because hate is one of the most powerful emotions and hate sells. c-rational 17 hrs ago #26

excellent post proud patriot 17 hrs ago #27

In a word: compensation RainCaster 16 hrs ago #28

Yes. "...if someone else gains, they lose." Grins 16 hrs ago #29

The triangulation of hate, greed and fear. Marcuse 3 hrs ago #31

Excellent summary of MAGA. debm55 3 hrs ago #33

This captures a lot of dynamics I've struggled to put into words myself. Torchlight 3 hrs ago #34

this the best and most complete analysis I've seen. I agree 100%. Martin68 2 hrs ago #37

Brilliantly written! Thanks for pointing it. CaptainTruth 2 hrs ago #39

45 years of brainwashing propaganda brought us here. Initech 2 hrs ago #41

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

Exactly MW67 1 hr ago #44

MAGA Fuel gfarber 1 hr ago #45

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. Thomas Paine Ping Tung 1 hr ago #46

Excellent summary Wild blueberry 37 min ago #49

Disagree. MAGA are the unwitting tools of Billionaires rigging everything bucolic_frolic 10 min ago #52