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.
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...
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.
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.
>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.
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!
Are you serious? LGBTQ+ are real people being dehumanized by MAGA's.
MAGA's are not good people, regardless of how scared they maybe of others.
Their fear makes them dangerous as they lack the emotional intelligence required to allow others to exist without their approval. Also, they are often well armed and have bene involved in many mass shootings.
