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It's not fun, it's scary and tacky. Those red hats represent a movement that really wants to hurt people like me and my friends.

AviationAtom 4y ago
I'm not surprised to hear someone say such, only disappointed.
coldtea 4y ago
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- xibo9 4y ago
  Its really not helpful to degrade conversation in this fashion. Maybe rephrase in a more helpful and less combative way?
  - coldtea 4y ago
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    - kagakuninja 4y ago
      Whether MAGA want to hurt millions of people, that is the result of conservative policies. 1 million+ unnecessary deaths during the pandemic. Targeting of LGBTQ people, blacks, teachers, librarians, politicians, election officials and even doctors (wtf?). Forced "detransitioning" of trans people. Banning all forms of abortion, even in the case of rape, minors and incest. Banning life-saving abortions, forcing women to carry unviable fetuses to term. And that is just today, they have more plans in store...
aksss 4y ago
They probably (seriously) feel the same way about you. The solution is to stop demonizing and dehumanizing your political opposition and be okay with difference of opinion while communicating. Also recognize it's a tired game of both ends of the political spectrum to convince people the other side is full of monsters who want to destroy them. Look at wartime propaganda. There's plenty of room to disagree with each other and be passionate about our convictions without involving that element. If your response is, "no but really..", start reading from the top again.
- kstrauser 4y ago
  This is all off-topic, but that's a ridiculous take. I'm a straight white guy. Literally no one is seriously proposing laws that would make my life more difficult in the slightest. No one is trying to make it illegal for me to be married to my wife, or to use the right bathroom, or to tell my kids it's OK for them to be straight. There's no legitimate "but both sides...!" here.
  - coldtea 4y ago
    >This is all off-topic, but that's a ridiculous take. I'm a straight white guy. Literally no one is seriously proposing laws that would make my life more difficult in the slightest. Except if you're working class, then all bets are off. People can laugh at you, dismiss you as white trash, kill your livelihood and tell you to "learn to code" when businesses still getting huge tax cuts "outsource", and your local jobs die, and so on.
    - kstrauser 4y ago
      One party is trying to give the working class free education and healthcare. The other has abandoned them. My point still holds.
      - bitwize 4y ago
        "Me? I'm giving away free money! And where is the Batman? He's at home, washing his tights!"
      - aksss 4y ago
        Everyone has a toilet paper tube they can view the world through to save themselves from understanding alternate points of view. I'm sure that's all that "one party" is trying to do, right? Nothing else remotely objectionable. The fact that anyone would disagree must mean they're insane, stupid, or.. a monster!
  - aksss 4y ago
    > there's no legitimate "but both sides...!" here. Again, start from the top.
roydivision 4y ago
I agree, there is nothing fun about MAGA. The reference is tone deaf, off point, and totally unnecessary. I suggest the author reflect on what it really means to a large portion of the population.

AviationAtom 4y ago

I'm not surprised to hear someone say such, only disappointed.

coldtea 4y ago

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xibo9 4y ago
Its really not helpful to degrade conversation in this fashion. Maybe rephrase in a more helpful and less combative way?
- coldtea 4y ago
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  - kagakuninja 4y ago
    Whether MAGA want to hurt millions of people, that is the result of conservative policies. 1 million+ unnecessary deaths during the pandemic. Targeting of LGBTQ people, blacks, teachers, librarians, politicians, election officials and even doctors (wtf?). Forced "detransitioning" of trans people. Banning all forms of abortion, even in the case of rape, minors and incest. Banning life-saving abortions, forcing women to carry unviable fetuses to term. And that is just today, they have more plans in store...

aksss 4y ago

They probably (seriously) feel the same way about you. The solution is to stop demonizing and dehumanizing your political opposition and be okay with difference of opinion while communicating. Also recognize it's a tired game of both ends of the political spectrum to convince people the other side is full of monsters who want to destroy them. Look at wartime propaganda. There's plenty of room to disagree with each other and be passionate about our convictions without involving that element. If your response is, "no but really..", start reading from the top again.

kstrauser 4y ago
This is all off-topic, but that's a ridiculous take. I'm a straight white guy. Literally no one is seriously proposing laws that would make my life more difficult in the slightest. No one is trying to make it illegal for me to be married to my wife, or to use the right bathroom, or to tell my kids it's OK for them to be straight. There's no legitimate "but both sides...!" here.
- coldtea 4y ago
  >This is all off-topic, but that's a ridiculous take. I'm a straight white guy. Literally no one is seriously proposing laws that would make my life more difficult in the slightest. Except if you're working class, then all bets are off. People can laugh at you, dismiss you as white trash, kill your livelihood and tell you to "learn to code" when businesses still getting huge tax cuts "outsource", and your local jobs die, and so on.
  - kstrauser 4y ago
    One party is trying to give the working class free education and healthcare. The other has abandoned them. My point still holds.
    - bitwize 4y ago
      "Me? I'm giving away free money! And where is the Batman? He's at home, washing his tights!"
    - aksss 4y ago
      Everyone has a toilet paper tube they can view the world through to save themselves from understanding alternate points of view. I'm sure that's all that "one party" is trying to do, right? Nothing else remotely objectionable. The fact that anyone would disagree must mean they're insane, stupid, or.. a monster!
- aksss 4y ago
  > there's no legitimate "but both sides...!" here. Again, start from the top.

roydivision 4y ago

I agree, there is nothing fun about MAGA. The reference is tone deaf, off point, and totally unnecessary. I suggest the author reflect on what it really means to a large portion of the population.