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In reply to the discussion: Why is MAGA so hateful? (best concise explanation I've seen) [View all]gfarber
(231 posts)45. MAGA Fuel
There once was a movement named Great,
That thrived less on plans than on hate.
Its cry wasnt build,
But theyve robbed us and lied,
And someone else caused your bad fate.
They gathered not aiming to grow,
But eager to torch what they know.
It isnt a flaw
The rage is the law,
The fuel that keeps MAGA aglow.
If someone else wins, they must lose
Thats the lens through which they peruse.
Gay rights are an attack,
A Black president? Whack!
And immigrants clearly abuse.
No vision of shared prosperity,
Just fear dressed as moral sincerity.
In their zero-sum play,
If you rise, they must pay
Equality feels like austerity.
They cling to a ladder so steep,
With straight, white, and Christian on keep.
When youve lived on top,
Letting others climb up
Feels like being shoved in too deep.
From Fox through the feeds every day,
The rage gets its hourly play.
Outrage earns clicks,
So they up the old tricks
More fury, less truth on display.
Their brains get a hit from the fight,
Righteous anger feels chemically right.
Skip news for a week,
They grow restless and bleak
Withdrawal by Tuesday at night.
Now pain underneath this is real:
Lost towns, lost jobs, wounded appeal.
But instead of the rich,
Or the systems that stitch,
Theyre taught weaker targets to feel.
Trump didnt invent all the spite,
He just flipped on the stadium light.
Said the quiet part loud,
Got applause from the crowd
And cruelty turned into might.
He fights! doesnt mean for their pay,
Just mean to folks they disdain.
Being mean is the draw,
Thats the core of the law
The point isnt winning, its pain.
And heres whats most hard to escape:
For many, its not just a take.
Its their friends, church, kin,
Every place theyre let in
The hate is the pass to the gate.
So why is MAGA so cruel?
Its fear turned into a rule.
Add lies, add a tribe,
Give permission to bribe
And hate becomes lifestyle and fuel.
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The worst thing about the internet/social media is that it gives the assholes ways to find each other.
Intractable
Yesterday
#25
And they'll get louder and more extreme as they shrink as a demographic going foward.
Lanius
8 hrs ago
#47
It's just so terribly sad. Our culture, our civilization leaves so many damaged like h
hedda_foil
22 hrs ago
#30
The grifter's family had money that was made form nefarious and seedy means.
yellow dahlia
7 hrs ago
#51
The Grifter is a Frankenstein's monster. He doesn't actually belong to any class,
yellow dahlia
5 hrs ago
#58
The MAGA movement, Q Anon,Tea Party, racists and masoginists and the religious right
Buddyzbuddy
Yesterday
#15
Limbaugh, Gingrich, McConnell, Nixon, Reagan, W - no movement consists of one person, no matter how dysfunctional
Martin68
9 hrs ago
#38
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
Yesterday
#22
Disagree. MAGA are the unwitting tools of Billionaires rigging everything
bucolic_frolic
7 hrs ago
#52
Short version: They hate because it is the only thing they can do with their terrible fear. n/t
TygrBright
6 hrs ago
#57
