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JPPaverage

(511 posts)
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 08:44 PM Oct 2022

Good grief the magats are stupid

I realize this is preaching to the choir here but I thought I'd tell about something that happened earlier today.
I went out to a local watering hole to watch some football, drink a couple of beers and have a burger. The NFL is promoting (gasp!) actually voting on November 8 and teams are offering up their stadiums to help out. And sure enough some magat said " goddam, even the NFL is woke. What's going on? Maybe it's time to say screw them."
People were looking at him very strangely and one guy said. " Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out." The guy finished his food and he and his buddies left shortly thereafter. The place was far better off without him in there. But me and a few other guys agreed that he was a stone cold idiot.

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Good grief the magats are stupid (Original Post) JPPaverage Oct 2022 OP
So are the MAGAs saying now that voting is "woke"? Irish_Dem Oct 2022 #1
I guess so JPPaverage Oct 2022 #3
It used to be patriotic to vote, and considered a part of good citizenship. Irish_Dem Oct 2022 #5
If voting is a woke, liberal plot EnergizedLib Oct 2022 #6
I agree totally. They should stay away from woke, liberal plots and never vote again. Irish_Dem Oct 2022 #7
"We'll hold our OWN election!" Grokenstein Oct 2022 #40
I couldn't agree more! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #8
Preach! Ruby the Liberal Oct 2022 #44
No. They just resent efforts to get EVERYONE to vote. n/t Whiskeytide Oct 2022 #10
Oh I see, of course, they don't want everyone to vote. Irish_Dem Oct 2022 #12
That is what they meant by "voting fraud"--- DemocraticPatriot Oct 2022 #17
They liked us better, when we were more apathetic about voting. Meadowoak Oct 2022 #32
They are at plan B now: Terrorism The Grand Illuminist Nov 2022 #47
It's more specific than that. sop Oct 2022 #43
He only knows what he is told to say. louis-t Oct 2022 #19
Exactly. He is parroting trigger words that have been fed to him. Midnight Writer Oct 2022 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author louis-t Oct 2022 #20
Dumb MAGAts, you've got to wait for the right moment. TheBlackAdder Oct 2022 #26
Deep down they long for an authoritarian "daddy" to take care of them. LudwigPastorius Oct 2022 #27
Maybe if they consider voting to be woke, they'll atop voting. That would be great! Lonestarblue Oct 2022 #36
any org or company helping people vote is 'woke', especially if there are a lot of black people invo certainot Oct 2022 #45
They are true believers, Hard to convince them otherwise. No intellectual dialogue wanted. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2022 #2
So hopefully he's a magat who won't vote because it's "woke"? ms liberty Oct 2022 #4
MAGATs will crawl through broken glass to get to the polls Every time if they have to Meadowoak Oct 2022 #33
Cool between the ones who, sadly, died from Covid Phoenix61 Oct 2022 #9
Magat stupidity and incompetence have saved our bacon more than once. Sneederbunk Oct 2022 #11
The NBA Offered Up Their Stadiums in 2020 - Good That NFL Is Following Suit Indykatie Oct 2022 #13
I might be wrong Island Blue Oct 2022 #23
I Recall The Same ProfessorGAC Oct 2022 #41
IRONY BOSSHOG Oct 2022 #14
TFG supporters are idiots LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2022 #15
My RWNJ brother-in-law described "Woke people" as 'queers, transvestites, and things like that'." OMGWTF Oct 2022 #16
Start a promotion "Too woke to Vote" Murphyb849 Oct 2022 #18
VOTE if you're WOKE! DemocraticPatriot Oct 2022 #22
If you're woke, you'll vote. It's what the woke do. unweird Oct 2022 #30
Lol, yup! docgee Oct 2022 #38
One hopes he'll take Fearless Leader's advice in perpetuity Warpy Oct 2022 #21
Jesus zomgitsjesus Oct 2022 #24
👍 Joinfortmill Oct 2022 #28
Hopefully, the election is too woke for them to bother with voting relayerbob Oct 2022 #29
Letting people know where voting locations is woke now? WTF? sakabatou Oct 2022 #31
Personally, I think we should own the word "woke" LiberalLovinLug Oct 2022 #34
Woke is codeword for "not white CONservative christian purity" & magats think only they know. nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2022 #35
MAGAts should skip voting since it's so woke IronLionZion Oct 2022 #37
Woke is the natural state of humanity. patphil Oct 2022 #39
plenty of "stone cold idiots" out there. Millions. And you can't fix stupid. Sadly. Good post. nt Evolve Dammit Oct 2022 #42
If you're not a tax evading billionaire, why in heavens name would they vote for republicans! Emile Oct 2022 #46

Irish_Dem

(47,446 posts)
1. So are the MAGAs saying now that voting is "woke"?
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 08:46 PM
Oct 2022

Voting is some sort of liberal plot?

I am trying to figure out what this guy is trying to say.

JPPaverage

(511 posts)
3. I guess so
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 08:49 PM
Oct 2022

Nobody really talked to him after that. I suppose the majority of the people simply wanted to watch football, drink beer and eat food. And they're not really that idiotic.

Irish_Dem

(47,446 posts)
5. It used to be patriotic to vote, and considered a part of good citizenship.
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 08:53 PM
Oct 2022

Right.

If I am watching an Ohio State football game and eating a hamburger, I sure as heck don't want to hear some nitwit mouthing off like Trump.

Irish_Dem

(47,446 posts)
7. I agree totally. They should stay away from woke, liberal plots and never vote again.
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 08:55 PM
Oct 2022

That'll really own the libs.

Grokenstein

(5,727 posts)
40. "We'll hold our OWN election!"
Mon Oct 31, 2022, 06:15 PM
Oct 2022

"In-person only! No hidden ballots! On-site genital exam required! No unaccompanied women! No libs, no Dems, no ___s, no ______s, none of 'those people'!! And we'll call it the Freedom Election!!"

Irish_Dem

(47,446 posts)
12. Oh I see, of course, they don't want everyone to vote.
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 09:35 PM
Oct 2022

Only white christian males should be voting.

Got it thanks.

Sometimes I need someone to translate MAGA language.

DemocraticPatriot

(4,414 posts)
17. That is what they meant by "voting fraud"---
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 10:03 PM
Oct 2022

when 'too many people' vote....

When 'too many people' vote, too many Democrats vote, and the Democrats tend to win.

That is why mail-in voting leads to "voter fraud"-- because too many people vote, which means too many Democrats vote.

So getting more people to vote is obviously a liberal plot, and anything liberal is also "woke".
(I should know, I'm in on it...)


It is rather simple, actually...

Meadowoak

(5,560 posts)
32. They liked us better, when we were more apathetic about voting.
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 11:20 PM
Oct 2022

Now that we all take it much more seriously, not so much. They learned that lesson 40 years ago. Vote EVERY time, top to bottom. Now that the Democrats WOKE up, it scares the shit out of them because they know we can beat them every time if we all just vote

The Grand Illuminist

(1,336 posts)
47. They are at plan B now: Terrorism
Tue Nov 1, 2022, 02:19 AM
Nov 2022

The polling places might not look pretty this election with possible fist fights inside and/or outside the places.

sop

(10,265 posts)
43. It's more specific than that.
Mon Oct 31, 2022, 07:05 PM
Oct 2022

What they really mean is blacks, browns and immigrants have the right to vote.

louis-t

(23,297 posts)
19. He only knows what he is told to say.
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 10:06 PM
Oct 2022

There is no original thought in these people. They simply parrot what the person they worship says. They don't really understand it, they just want to be one of the 'cool' kids.

Midnight Writer

(21,803 posts)
25. Exactly. He is parroting trigger words that have been fed to him.
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 10:50 PM
Oct 2022

Trigger words are like bombs. They immediately end any rational discussion, often on either side. That is why their leaders encourage the use of them.

They short-circuit logical reasoning and allow emotions to take over.

To understand the MAGA movement, just think of an angry, spoiled teen-age boy. With lots of hormones.

Response to Irish_Dem (Reply #1)

LudwigPastorius

(9,178 posts)
27. Deep down they long for an authoritarian "daddy" to take care of them.
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 11:05 PM
Oct 2022

...to confirm which people they should hate, and to praise their taste for political violence.


They'd prefer a Trump-led, Putin-style dictatorship in which voting is unnecessary window dressing to cover a foregone conclusion.

They are anti-American trash.

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
45. any org or company helping people vote is 'woke', especially if there are a lot of black people invo
Mon Oct 31, 2022, 07:29 PM
Oct 2022

involved

Meadowoak

(5,560 posts)
33. MAGATs will crawl through broken glass to get to the polls Every time if they have to
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 11:24 PM
Oct 2022

And they vote top to bottom. They live for that shit.

Phoenix61

(17,019 posts)
9. Cool between the ones who, sadly, died from Covid
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 09:18 PM
Oct 2022

because they thought the vaccine was a liberal plot and the ones who think voting is “woke” it’s looking better and better.

ProfessorGAC

(65,203 posts)
41. I Recall The Same
Mon Oct 31, 2022, 06:46 PM
Oct 2022

They did it for sure in Chicago but the stadium is municipally owned. So, it wasn't technically the Bears. But, the team did promote it as a voting & ballot drop site.

BOSSHOG

(37,109 posts)
14. IRONY
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 09:58 PM
Oct 2022

The commercials which were very made were “also” encouraging the conservative genius to vote. I saw zip zero nada partisanship in those commercials. No doubt a liberal plot.

Piss off the “patriots with woke commercials to the point that they’ll tear up their voter registration cards.

OMGWTF

(3,976 posts)
16. My RWNJ brother-in-law described "Woke people" as 'queers, transvestites, and things like that'."
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 10:02 PM
Oct 2022

I lost so much respect for him at that very moment. Not only did he reveal himself (a 68-year-old broke, never had a girlfriend/friend, living in poverty) to be a homophobe, but he also has no idea what "woke" actually means. SMH. I don't want people like that in my life. Fuck 'em!

DemocraticPatriot

(4,414 posts)
22. VOTE if you're WOKE!
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 10:08 PM
Oct 2022

would be better. It would encourage those who consider themselves 'woke' to vote,
while planting a negative connotation to voting with the anti-woke people...


unweird

(2,551 posts)
30. If you're woke, you'll vote. It's what the woke do.
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 11:16 PM
Oct 2022

Yeah, I like the way that rolls around in the old head. Encourages those who are aware to step up while playing against the political paradigm of team Republican to oppose all things woke.

Warpy

(111,356 posts)
21. One hopes he'll take Fearless Leader's advice in perpetuity
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 10:07 PM
Oct 2022

so we can count on one less idiot at the polls.

Yeah, I know this isn't how democracy works, we need the idiots from time to time to balance out our overthinking things, but I can still dream.

relayerbob

(6,558 posts)
29. Hopefully, the election is too woke for them to bother with voting
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 11:12 PM
Oct 2022

Or maybe they'll write trump's name in for every race

LiberalLovinLug

(14,176 posts)
34. Personally, I think we should own the word "woke"
Mon Oct 31, 2022, 12:23 AM
Oct 2022

even though I'm positive no lefty group purposely came up with it as a mantra.

Like some brilliant Youtubers found a way to own "Brandon" with "Dark Brandon"


It took long enough for our side to even own the word "liberal". Even though we know that most Americans issue by issue, also share liberal values.

So we are "woke" awake, aware of who is lying and who is not. So we are woke to the concept of a more peaceful society that comes with respecting minority rights in all arenas. So what?

patphil

(6,216 posts)
39. Woke is the natural state of humanity.
Mon Oct 31, 2022, 05:36 PM
Oct 2022

As in, "I was asleep, and then I woke up".
We spend about 16 hours awake, that is woke, and about 8 hours asleep.

But, the MAGAT'S are brain dead zombies, and spend 24 hours a day totally asleep.

Emile

(22,944 posts)
46. If you're not a tax evading billionaire, why in heavens name would they vote for republicans!
Mon Oct 31, 2022, 07:33 PM
Oct 2022

You have to be very stupid!

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