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A message for folks that are leaving MAGA. (Original Post) Swede 4 hrs ago OP
I cannot hide my contempt for them Skittles 3 hrs ago #1
Unwashed Magats aren't leaving gab13by13 3 hrs ago #2
They have to stop shooting at the firefighters first. Mblaze 3 hrs ago #3
Calling higher gas and grocery prices the last straw doesn't change their demonstrated moral bankruptcy. hay rick 3 hrs ago #4
Their creed- relogic 2 hrs ago #7
AMEN SISTER! ihaveaquestion 2 hrs ago #5
I think a lot of them supported him 'cause thery're just plain stupid and ignorant. Unlike us on DU, most people don't Fil1957 2 hrs ago #6
Of course it's not their fault that they're confused - TBF 2 hrs ago #9
That about says it. Joinfortmill 2 hrs ago #8
lets get to it oldinmtdem92 2 hrs ago #10
Republicans Wifes husband 2 hrs ago #11
I doubt their disaffection with Trump overrides their hatred of liberals and Democrats. Martin68 2 hrs ago #12
Let them pledge never again to vote Republican, too Orrex 2 hrs ago #13
In addition... Hugin 2 hrs ago #14

hay rick

(9,639 posts)
4. Calling higher gas and grocery prices the last straw doesn't change their demonstrated moral bankruptcy.
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 12:35 PM
3 hrs ago

I do have one request of deserting Magat rats though. Please stop doing things that make me feel like I can make the world a better place by exterminating you and your kind. My patience has been running thin lately.

relogic

(194 posts)
7. Their creed-
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 12:53 PM
2 hrs ago

“moral bankruptcy”

and throw in lots of disdain for empathy. Toxic masculinity demands that voting for moral, intelligent, centered-on-people-serving is not manly.

Thus-a culture of “demonstrated moral bankruptcy” fueled by men’s fear of being perceived as weak.

The innate, brute force of cavedom is ever with the 21stC creed of winner take all.

Fil1957

(725 posts)
6. I think a lot of them supported him 'cause thery're just plain stupid and ignorant. Unlike us on DU, most people don't
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 12:50 PM
2 hrs ago

follow politics that closely. They remembered prices being lower in Trump's first term, then getting higher during Biden's tenure, and they thought that if Trump came back, prices would go back to where they were during his first term.

No matter how stupid and simplistic that seems, a lot of Trump '24 voters actually believed that. Is it their fault they're stupid?

TBF

(36,829 posts)
9. Of course it's not their fault that they're confused -
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 01:03 PM
2 hrs ago

but they need to stop screaming and listen for once. I invite them to join us. Join us in not spending on May 1st. Join us in the next No Kings protest - peacefully gather in our communities. You don't even need a sign. Just show up for half an hour and mingle. The show of strength, that we've got the numbers, is more important than clever signs.

We can get this country back to democracy. The Hungarian people just showed us how it's done. Join us and let's get it done.

Wifes husband

(734 posts)
11. Republicans
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 01:10 PM
2 hrs ago

My mom always said that if you tell me that you are a republican, then I know all I need to know about you. Trump is just an extreme example of what they all are. I may have to be civil to them, because I want to try to be a better person than they are, but in the center of their being, to one degree or another, they are all mini trumps.
Never seen this to be wrong

Martin68

(27,844 posts)
12. I doubt their disaffection with Trump overrides their hatred of liberals and Democrats.
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 01:26 PM
2 hrs ago

Orrex

(67,193 posts)
13. Let them pledge never again to vote Republican, too
Mon Apr 13, 2026, 01:34 PM
2 hrs ago

Otherwise, every last one of them can still go fuck themselves.

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