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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMAGAt at the cafe yesterday
Went out for brunch yesterday wearing a new bright red T-shirt for the first time. Soon as I sat down a
lady a dozen feet away asked "What's your T-shirt say?"
So I stood up, pulled all the wrinkles out of Smokey the Bear's face "Only you can prevent Fascism".
She responded with a healthy laugh "I thought that's what it said, I love it" We talked about voting was the
way to deal with Fascists.
Then the elderly gentleman next table over looking straight at me joins in talking how we all need to vote
the Fascist Democrats out before they ruin this country.
So I asked "If you caught our Mayor molesting one of your grand-kids what would you do?"
"I'D KILL THE SON OF A BITCH WITH MY BARE HANDS!"
"If he happened to live should he lose his job as Mayor"?
He agreed, then I asked "Then why do you want a child molester as President"?
We went around and around a few more times when I mentioned the more you hear lies on Fox news
the lies become the truth.
Then the guy sitting with him with his back to me said "This is what I've been trying to tell you dad"
End of conversation with him. 
31st Street Bridge
(41 posts)Truly, it should be completely shut down!
Scubamatt
(242 posts)the Fairness Doctrine; plus, if its legal for Trump to threaten to pull broadcast licenses of media if they don't pay huge sums of $ to him, could a future president threaten to pull Fox's license if it doesn't start reporting things fairly and accurately? We've lost a couple generations because of the bilge that gets spat out by that so called network - they are a clear and present danger to democracy.
Gum Logger
(299 posts)sop
(17,027 posts)Diamond_Dog
(39,305 posts)Yep, they will never blame the orange chum bucket and all his tariffs and funding cuts to things that are good for everyone.
babylonsister
(172,512 posts)barbtries
(31,008 posts)his son is still with him.
did anything sink in? who knows, only time will tell. I do think epstein is haunting krasnov from the grave and that his cult is shrinking. whether enough, i don't know.
TommieMommy
(2,545 posts)PatSeg
(51,587 posts)I wonder what his definition of "fascist" is. These people throw around words like fascist, Marxist, and communists and they have no idea what the words mean; they are just parroting what they heard.
travelingthrulife
(3,977 posts)PatSeg
(51,587 posts)Like their dear leader, they love name-calling.
ColoringFool
(133 posts)I'd wager a lot if any MAGAt could describe/discuss Soros beyond his name.
PatSeg
(51,587 posts)and get them to repeat stupid stuff. They don't put any thought into it, just like parrots (though I think some parrots might be smarter than them).
hkp11
(287 posts)when they were going to Kraskov rallies and he asks them straight forward questions and they don't know anything...
so funny to see Jordan really get over them with these questions
- these magats are so so dumb...unintelligent and keep parroting FauxN
PatSeg
(51,587 posts)He is a master at these interviews and people keep falling into his trap.
WinstonSmith4740
(3,405 posts)The guy that used to do my hair made a comment about "fascist leftists", and I replied that was impossible. He challenged me and I just told him to look it up. He did, and never brought up the subject again.
PatSeg
(51,587 posts)You did the man a great service; you made him think, at least for a few minutes. Hopefully after that, he started to question other things he's heard or read. Of course, if he doesn't turn off Fox News, any progress is bound to be short-lived.
Gum Logger
(299 posts)FakeNoose
(39,688 posts)Repukes are always giving a silly song and dance

PatSeg
(51,587 posts)We are very diverse!
Of course just like "fascists", MAGATs have no idea what "antifa" means.
KS Toronado
(22,309 posts)and replace it with "Anti-Fascist" ?
PatSeg
(51,587 posts)The right has hijacked it and perverted its meaning just like they did "woke".
KS Toronado
(22,309 posts)"You Democrats are all Fascist Communists" When I asked what Antifa stood for he had no idea and the lady
spoke up with "My dad is a WWII veteran and he fought Fascism in Europe" to which he replied
"I'm a WWII Veteran" then she tore into him giving me a break.
Heard a lot of people in this red town refer to us as Fascists and Communists for years,
it's one of FQX's talking points. 
PatSeg
(51,587 posts)A huge indication that they don't have a clue what either word means, just that it is considered bad.
Joseph McCarthy would love these people.
FakeNoose
(39,688 posts)Stop me if you've heard this one already.....

PoindexterOglethorpe
(28,369 posts)a Jewish Muslim.
Ars Longa
(370 posts)PatSeg
(51,587 posts)I think that's only on Tuesdays and Thursday!
The most absurd ones are when they call Democrats "Fascist Communists" - they don't have a clue.
Joinfortmill
(19,668 posts)Kid Berwyn
(22,446 posts)Same for all DUers, speak the truth!
It shuts pukes up fast.
Bluetus
(2,010 posts)He must really love his father to try to save him from such hate and stupidity. I gave up trying to save my father from this years ago. Now his dementia is so advanced, it doesn't matter much.
There is much we don't know about the human brain. I wonder if all those years of cult brainwasking correlate with the strongest cases of dementia as they age. I guess my father had a steady died of 20+ years of Fox before we got him into an environment where they actively try to steer people away from the worst of mind-numbing teevee.
hkp11
(287 posts)those who work on dementia, Alzheimer's, brain injuries, and other scientific & medical issues no longer are there (fired) and projects closed down, etc. Kraskov & his administration took us back years from scientific & medical discoveries!!!
FakeNoose
(39,688 posts)chia
(2,731 posts)Gimpyknee
(958 posts)There are a hell of a lot more deplorables than Hillary imagined.
KS Toronado
(22,309 posts)Someone has to talk truth to these idiots. Plus they are people we know. friends, relatives, neighbors,
co-workers just to name a few. Ask them to explain how giving the super wealthy huge tax breaks
trickles down into their bank account to make them rich.
That's how Reaganomics was sold to the voting public.
Gimpyknee
(958 posts)Ive never had any success.
KS Toronado
(22,309 posts)Go buy Egberto Willies (a fellow DU member by the way) book ..........
"It's Worth It, How to Talk To Your Right-Wing Relatives, Friends, and Neighbors"
Loaded with good information, remember statements can make others defensive, questions work the best.
Good luck we need everybody questioning Rs how they feel about Pedophiles, Reaganomics, etc.




malaise
(291,515 posts)Been here for years 😀
KS Toronado
(22,309 posts)
Stacey Grove
(156 posts)I dig where you're coming from, but it ain't happening.
KS Toronado
(22,309 posts)If you're brave enough to talk to a few you would find out first hand they are tired of Dovict's bullshit.
1WorldHope
(1,797 posts)hkp11
(287 posts)Awesome!
yardwork
(68,635 posts)Cha
(316,065 posts)"Fascist
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(12,309 posts)patphil
(8,541 posts)But then, listening to FOX news is it's own punishment. You can't always expect the people around you to just let your consciousness die from FOX poisoning.
malaise
(291,515 posts)Rec. Rec. Rec
WiVoter
(1,528 posts)👍
Initech
(107,007 posts)And he's selling our media outlets to some of the worst people on earth? WTF!
Aussie105
(7,463 posts)Sadly lacking in critical thinking skills, and unable to self evaluate and revise their belief system on any topic in the light of new information.
Their belief system is locked solid, and focussed on a simple fact - Trump promised to make their lives better, the whole MAGA slogan says so.
They are locked in, thinking that all the need to do is believe, stay faithful, and Good Things will come their way, one day.
If you never bought into Trump's promise of a better time, then you aren't in the cult.
It takes a certain personality type to become a mindless cult member and hand over your natural self-interest and self-preservation drives to a cult leader.
You and I aren't that sort.
Never were, never will be.
But they are out there, the potential Jonestown flavor aid drinkers, the Waco compound siege defenders, the ones who stare at the clouds waiting for the Mothership to come fetch them to a better place.
MAGAts are easier to understand if you realize they are closet anarchists, who feel the whole system is doing them wrong, and want someone to burn it all down, then stand back and watch a spontaneous rebirth, a rising from the ashes, and create a world more to their liking.
History tells us, such a rebirth never happens. It takes decades of collective toil to get back to where you were as a country before things went up in flames.
But MAGAts aren't students of history.
KS Toronado
(22,309 posts)
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