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What does "MAGA" mean to you? (Original Post) Emile Sep 2022 OP
A cult which looks to that guy as their god liberal N proud Sep 2022 #1
Funny, my wife ( who is way less political than I am) and I were just talking about this. bottomofthehill Sep 2022 #22
Neo-fascist, illiberal, authoritarian, anti-democratic, reactionary, nativist, enemy of democracy. J_William_Ryan Sep 2022 #2
. Beachnutt Sep 2022 #3
LOL good one! Emile Sep 2022 #4
Many Angry Going Apeshit Alexander Of Assyria Sep 2022 #5
It means nothing. America is already great. pwb Sep 2022 #6
Mother's Against Greg Abbott MyMission Sep 2022 #7
Of late, Making Attorneys Get Attorneys. Murphyb849 Sep 2022 #8
Christofascist threat is what they mean to me. lark Sep 2022 #9
Insanity. sinkingfeeling Sep 2022 #10
Anti American fascists Johnny2X2X Sep 2022 #11
The most offensive 4 letter word. consider_this Sep 2022 #12
Moron Abetting Gangster Asshole Kid Berwyn Sep 2022 #13
Make Authoritarians Go Away. 2naSalit Sep 2022 #14
Intractable stubbornness, stupidity, hate. pnwest Sep 2022 #15
Death Cult Celerity Sep 2022 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Sep 2022 #17
What it means to me EnergizedLib Sep 2022 #18
Mothers Against Greg Abbott LeftInTX Sep 2022 #19
Come on people. Maga means white supremacy. Its not rocket science. Solomon Sep 2022 #20
Monstrous (or Moronic) Angry Grotesque Americans hlthe2b Sep 2022 #21
Ignorant. redstatebluegirl Sep 2022 #23
Standing against everything good and decent in this world. Initech Sep 2022 #24
A cult of racist old white people. madinmaryland Sep 2022 #25

bottomofthehill

(8,332 posts)
22. Funny, my wife ( who is way less political than I am) and I were just talking about this.
Sun Sep 4, 2022, 11:21 AM
Sep 2022

She was saying that she wished President Biden would use the term Trump Cult. She does think that calling them the MAGA Republicans lumps all republicans in the same pot. She feels thy then More moderate or less Trumpy republicans will feel the need to protect the political brand that they have been affiliated with in some cases for generations. I thought hers was an interesting thought. I on the other hand would be happier if President Trum called then what they are. Trump Fucktards. The followers of Fucking Trump because for the past 5 years it seems that is all I have been able to say, Fucking Trump.

J_William_Ryan

(1,753 posts)
2. Neo-fascist, illiberal, authoritarian, anti-democratic, reactionary, nativist, enemy of democracy.
Sun Sep 4, 2022, 08:02 AM
Sep 2022

And it’s got nothing to do with me – this is in fact who and what Trump supporters are.

MyMission

(1,850 posts)
7. Mother's Against Greg Abbott
Sun Sep 4, 2022, 08:48 AM
Sep 2022

When I heard about this group I really had a big smile.
And I wish these new MAGA's success in their efforts.

https://mothersagainstgregabbott.com/

lark

(23,102 posts)
9. Christofascist threat is what they mean to me.
Sun Sep 4, 2022, 08:53 AM
Sep 2022

The potential destruction of everything good about our country is what they are trying to accomplish and hurting most of us - the working class/poor/minorities/women - for the profit of the rich is their main goal.

Johnny2X2X

(19,066 posts)
11. Anti American fascists
Sun Sep 4, 2022, 09:17 AM
Sep 2022

Sure, they wave our flag and claim to be patriots, but they actually hate what America stands for. They hate an American system that gives people different than they are the same rights. And that’s why their so angry, the loss of privilege.

Kid Berwyn

(14,907 posts)
13. Moron Abetting Gangster Asshole
Sun Sep 4, 2022, 09:29 AM
Sep 2022
"Obamagate" and "Lock her up": Pointing the way toward "Heil Trump"

It’s not just a chant at Trump's rallies or lame wordplay in his tweets. It’s his call to fascist rule


By LUCIAN K. TRUSCOTT IV
Salon, May 16, 2020

You know someone's in a real panic when they start running in circles, and that's what Donald Trump has been doing for the past week. He started off last Sunday with an epic tweetstorm, 126 of them in all, the third-highest total for one day in his presidency, according to FactBa.se, which keeps track of Trump's statements. "Obamagate!" he tweeted, following that one with "Because it was Obamagate, and he and Sleepy Joe led the charge. The most corrupt administration in history!"

That presaged by 24 hours his now-famous exchange with Philip Rucker of the Washington Post in the Rose Garden, when Rucker asked him, "What crime, exactly, are you accusing President Obama of committing?"

"Obamagate," Trump replied, refusing to define the "crime" or provide any specific evidence. So Rucker followed up: "What is the crime, exactly, that you're accusing him of?" Trump shot him what passed for an angry look: "You know what the crime is," Trump answered. "The crime is very obvious to everybody."

Snip…

But Trump loved Flynn. It had been Flynn who led the delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention in chanting "lock her up" after mentioning the alleged criminal behavior of Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. As with Trump's use of "Obamagate" as a shorthand for Obama's alleged corruption while in office, Flynn's allegations against Clinton were equally vague and shorn of specificity. Trump had already been encouraging his crowds to chant "lock her up" at his campaign rallies in 2016, and has continued the practice ever since. I don't know of a single rally Trump has held since he's been in office when the crowd didn't break into the "lock her up" chant, with Trump allowing the fascist bellowing to wash over him as he stands at the podium, smiling with approval at the crowd.

I use the words "fascist bellowing" on purpose, because that's what it is: Trump supporters at public events and rallies loudly endorsing official lawlessness. It's not a funny joke or clever verbiage. Trump and his followers have been routinely advocating the jailing of Trump's political opponents without an investigation, criminal charges, trial or conviction by a jury of their peers. This is the way fascist dictators dispose of their political opposition. Putin has jailed opponents of his regime. He has also arrested wealthy businessmen whose enterprises he wanted to seize, and of course he has ordered the murder of Russian citizens who he felt betrayed him.

Continues…

https://www.salon.com/2020/05/16/obamagate-and-lock-her-up-pointing-the-way-toward-heil-trump/

2naSalit

(86,636 posts)
14. Make Authoritarians Go Away.
Sun Sep 4, 2022, 09:30 AM
Sep 2022

Make Authoritarians Get Accountability

More Accountability Guards America

Response to Emile (Original post)

EnergizedLib

(1,895 posts)
18. What it means to me
Sun Sep 4, 2022, 09:56 AM
Sep 2022

People who think they are being virtuous and doing the right thing (Make America Great Again, a catchy and marketable slogan) are, in essence, doing anything but.

Initech

(100,079 posts)
24. Standing against everything good and decent in this world.
Sun Sep 4, 2022, 03:54 PM
Sep 2022

I don't claim to know a lot, but I know right from wrong. Everything that MAGA wants is wrong. They seek to drag the world backwards. And that's wrong.

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