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

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

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

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

Either way--we blow past them. pandr32 11 hrs ago #40

Not the Maga racist types. But the "undecided" voter types JI7 4 hrs ago #64

Exactly. progressoid Yesterday #3

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

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

Good point. pandr32 10 hrs ago #42

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

maga hate anti-repub 11 hrs ago #35

maga hate anti-repub 11 hrs ago #36

And they'll get louder and more extreme as they shrink as a demographic going foward. Lanius 10 hrs ago #47

There isn't another Trump. Chemical Bill 8 hrs ago #56

This part is important: progressoid Yesterday #4

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

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

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

Most were raised by bigoted people Johonny Yesterday #8

Doc Holliday had the answer AverageOldGuy Yesterday #9

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

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

This Helps Me To Understand WiVoter Yesterday #11

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

Trump is extraordinarily unusual markodochartaigh Yesterday #20

Curiosity of the rest of the world AverageOldGuy Yesterday #24

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

The grifter's family had money that was made form nefarious and seedy means. yellow dahlia 8 hrs ago #51

Sure, he was shunned by old money, the intellegentsia, and probably markodochartaigh 8 hrs ago #54

I wonder about the definition of "class". Chemical Bill 8 hrs ago #55

The Grifter is a Frankenstein's monster. He doesn't actually belong to any class, yellow dahlia 7 hrs ago #58

raised ... justsomeguy01 6 hrs ago #59

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

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

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

Limbaugh was the nexus of it all kwolf68 12 hrs ago #32

Limbaugh, Gingrich, McConnell, Nixon, Reagan, W - no movement consists of one person, no matter how dysfunctional Martin68 11 hrs ago #38

Agreed. yellow dahlia 8 hrs ago #53

Excellent. Thanks for posting. LoisB Yesterday #17

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

Spot on. Permanut Yesterday #19

ChatGPT writes well. ThreeNoSeep Yesterday #21

I wonder how a prompt from opposite-world would turn out. hunter 6 hrs ago #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 Yesterday #22

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

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

excellent post proud patriot Yesterday #27

In a word: compensation RainCaster Yesterday #28

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

The triangulation of hate, greed and fear. Marcuse 12 hrs ago #31

Excellent summary of MAGA. debm55 12 hrs ago #33

This captures a lot of dynamics I've struggled to put into words myself. Torchlight 12 hrs ago #34

this the best and most complete analysis I've seen. I agree 100%. Martin68 11 hrs ago #37

Brilliantly written! Thanks for pointing it. CaptainTruth 11 hrs ago #39

45 years of brainwashing propaganda brought us here. Initech 10 hrs ago #41

Thank u-saving 2 read-why mag so hateful Upthevibe 10 hrs ago #43

Exactly MW67 10 hrs ago #44

MAGA Fuel gfarber 10 hrs ago #45

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. Thomas Paine Ping Tung 10 hrs ago #46

Excellent summary Wild blueberry 9 hrs ago #49

Disagree. MAGA are the unwitting tools of Billionaires rigging everything bucolic_frolic 8 hrs ago #52

Short version: They hate because it is the only thing they can do with their terrible fear. n/t TygrBright 8 hrs ago #57

Their friends are MAGA. Their family is MAGA. Their church is MAGA. Glaisne 5 hrs ago #61

I can answer that more concisely: WestMichRad 5 hrs ago #62

Great breakdown. Thank you for posting mjvpi 4 hrs ago #63

If they can't have it they want to burn it down. North Coast Lawyer 3 hrs ago #65