What Liberals Miss About the MAGA Movement
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
- David French, a Times columnist, believes that to understand MAGA, we have to understand the joy and sense of belonging that the movement bestows upon its adherents. In this episode, he explains why Donald Trump’s most outrageous statements - such as the lie that Haitian immigrants are eating pets - appeal to his followers’ “sense of gleeful transgression.”
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I’m pretty sure Nazis were happy and having a good time too back in the day. Doesn’t make them any less deplorable.
I've come to the same conclusion. I've also resigned myself to the fact that this core trait is a fundamental character flaw that outweighs my empathy and understanding. MAGA is synonymous with bully, bigot, entitled, jealous, willfully ignorant, and joyfully abusive. None of which are socially acceptable, emotionally healthy, or patriotic. However, any one of those personality traits substantially lowers a person's worth in my view.
MAGA doesn't bother me anymore.
This isn’t new to this liberal, I’ve been saying all of it for years
Second that, it's a cult for those that feel left out.
What??? That’s ridiculous. It’s a cult for people dumb enough, bigoted enough, angry enough & gullible enough to…be in a cult. & your point was not even what this guys point was.
When I was young, I rooted for my hometown team even though a couple of the players on it were not great people. Because that was my hometown team.
Trump's base takes this model and applies it to politics. Trump is their team.
I have a co-worker who supports him through thick and thin, who, out of a belief that all politics are corrupt and Trump is one of a kind, finds a way to excuse everything he does. She's not a hardcore racist. She's not cruel or unloving. She doesn't subscribe to the hate and she won't bat an eye if Kamala wins-life will go on, she told me. But it is her personal belief that Trump is just ... The One, and nothing will convince her otherwise. Trump dares to say and do things, to break taboos, to crash through the morass of gridlock and mediocre consensus, in a way no other politician does. That is undeniable.
Of course there are plenty of Trump supporters that are subscribing to all of the hatred and fascism. But those are definitely in the minority. It's Trump's hold over people like my affable coworker that are his real strength.
Misanthropy is an apt description of MAGA.
Thx, captain obvious
In terms of my interactions with other people, I have to draw the line at MAGA. I know many people don't or "can't."
However, my guy (I am cisgender and female in case that matters to anyone reading this - somehow think my profile name here means I am male, I am not sure why.) has conservative points of view but is not MAGA. I identify as far left of the political spectrum. I never thought I could be in a relationship with a conservative but we don't discuss politics only important topics (public education, health insurance, housing, etc.). I accept that my partner has different life experiences and world view from me and yet he also has some progressive views, is open minded, is very supportive of me and treats me very well.
However, I cannot stomach MAGA.
This podcast is all about living in my bubble vs your bubble and the view is opaque.
I HATE PODCAST MUSIC,