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pandr32

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42. Good point.

Mon Feb 9, 2026, 12:03 PM

Feb 9

They reinforce each other, and algorithms keep them insulated from opposing viewpoints. Their chosen news sources keep reality away.
And then there are the bots giving the impression that their MAGA numbers are huge.

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Why is MAGA so hateful? (best concise explanation I've seen) [View all] Nevilledog Feb 8 OP

One important thing to understand about this analysis: RockRaven Feb 8 #1

Or.....they will turn en masse whilst claiming they never supported Trump. Nevilledog Feb 8 #2

Either way--we blow past them. pandr32 Feb 9 #40

Not the Maga racist types. But the "undecided" voter types JI7 Feb 9 #64

Exactly. progressoid Feb 8 #3

But they're still a minority. The true believers. paleotn Feb 8 #12

The worst thing about the internet/social media is that it gives the assholes ways to find each other. Intractable Feb 8 #25

Good point. pandr32 Feb 9 #42

In 2016 as I saw all of the reptiles coming out from under their rocks, yellow dahlia Feb 9 #50

maga hate anti-repub Feb 9 #35

maga hate anti-repub Feb 9 #36

And they'll get louder and more extreme as they shrink as a demographic going foward. Lanius Feb 9 #47

There isn't another Trump. Chemical Bill Feb 9 #56

This part is important: progressoid Feb 8 #4

There's some people here that need to wake up and smell the coffee as well. durablend Feb 8 #7

Collective Trauma response... purr-rat beauty Feb 8 #5

The entire Trump/Miller doctrine is... lame54 Feb 8 #6

Most were raised by bigoted people Johonny Feb 8 #8

Doc Holliday had the answer AverageOldGuy Feb 8 #9

I have a maga brother in law and he fits the descriptions to a tee kimbutgar Feb 8 #10

It's just so terribly sad. Our culture, our civilization leaves so many damaged like h hedda_foil Feb 8 #30

This Helps Me To Understand WiVoter Feb 8 #11

There is a Michael Wolff thread floating around here about Uncle Joe Feb 8 #13

Trump is extraordinarily unusual markodochartaigh Feb 8 #20

Curiosity of the rest of the world AverageOldGuy Feb 8 #24

George W Bush was another who was exceedingly un-curious Seinan Sensei Feb 9 #48

The grifter's family had money that was made form nefarious and seedy means. yellow dahlia Feb 9 #51

Sure, he was shunned by old money, the intellegentsia, and probably markodochartaigh Feb 9 #54

I wonder about the definition of "class". Chemical Bill Feb 9 #55

The Grifter is a Frankenstein's monster. He doesn't actually belong to any class, yellow dahlia Feb 9 #58

raised ... justsomeguy01 Feb 9 #59

I was just talking about this, They wake up to hate MagickMuffin Feb 8 #14

The MAGA movement, Q Anon,Tea Party, racists and masoginists and the religious right Buddyzbuddy Feb 8 #15

If Faux Noise had flopped back in the 1990's, there would be no others FakeNoose Feb 8 #16

Limbaugh was the nexus of it all kwolf68 Feb 9 #32

Limbaugh, Gingrich, McConnell, Nixon, Reagan, W - no movement consists of one person, no matter how dysfunctional Martin68 Feb 9 #38

Agreed. yellow dahlia Feb 9 #53

Excellent. Thanks for posting. LoisB Feb 8 #17

A pretty good synopsis of what B.See Feb 8 #18

Spot on. Permanut Feb 8 #19

ChatGPT writes well. ThreeNoSeep Feb 8 #21

I wonder how a prompt from opposite-world would turn out. hunter Feb 9 #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 Feb 8 #22

MAGA is like the logo for Disaster Capitalism SleeplessinSoCal Feb 8 #23

Because hate is one of the most powerful emotions and hate sells. c-rational Feb 8 #26

excellent post proud patriot Feb 8 #27

In a word: compensation RainCaster Feb 8 #28

Yes. "...if someone else gains, they lose." Grins Feb 8 #29

The triangulation of hate, greed and fear. Marcuse Feb 9 #31

Excellent summary of MAGA. debm55 Feb 9 #33

This captures a lot of dynamics I've struggled to put into words myself. Torchlight Feb 9 #34

this the best and most complete analysis I've seen. I agree 100%. Martin68 Feb 9 #37

Brilliantly written! Thanks for pointing it. CaptainTruth Feb 9 #39

45 years of brainwashing propaganda brought us here. Initech Feb 9 #41

Thank u-saving 2 read-why mag so hateful Upthevibe Feb 9 #43

Exactly MW67 Feb 9 #44

MAGA Fuel gfarber Feb 9 #45

Too right! Easterncedar Tuesday #66

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. Thomas Paine Ping Tung Feb 9 #46

Excellent summary Wild blueberry Feb 9 #49

Disagree. MAGA are the unwitting tools of Billionaires rigging everything bucolic_frolic Feb 9 #52

Short version: They hate because it is the only thing they can do with their terrible fear. n/t TygrBright Feb 9 #57

Their friends are MAGA. Their family is MAGA. Their church is MAGA. Glaisne Feb 9 #61

I can answer that more concisely: WestMichRad Feb 9 #62

Great breakdown. Thank you for posting mjvpi Feb 9 #63

If they can't have it they want to burn it down. North Coast Lawyer Feb 9 #65