Great post! I think your discussion with your mom is one of the hardest things to do because it's sort of the intersection of relationship and values. I've had a number of run in with MAGA males lately and if you want to talk about "hate" these guys go from zero to homicidal as soon as they feel challenged which doesn't take much. (snowflakes in red hats) And the "whataboutism" is sadly the only conversational or rhetorical tool possess and it's all with the intention of deflection. They don't *want* to answer your questions about grift, or rape charges, Epstein and cancelling SNP food for 42 million families ... OR anything about anything and so just push it back on us. As if that answers your questions. It does NOT answer the question. I was in a diner and a guy was wearing a Trump shirt and I said you know he's called Nazis "fine people" ... the first thing out of his mouth is" What about Nancy Pelosi?" <facepalm> How many times have I heard that LOL. All this name calling like snowflake, libtard, hater, grooming, and brainwashing are all terms that I am starting to turn around as a badge of honor: for example: Yes, I have been brainwashed! in favor of decency! liberal media or my parents or my schooling? who knows where it came from but, yes, I admit I am biased in that direction. I'm currently grooming my daughters, for example, to expect fair treatment in this world. I'm a snowflake when I am melting in front of a firestorm of Nazi level cruelty. And when I'm in a conversation with a Maga nutjob I always preface it with "...as a libtard, myself..." is to let them know that I have neutralized their name calling and it is not a point of shame but a point of honor. Much in the same way that when Hillary referred to the Dixie Deplorables you started to see T shirts that said Proud Dixie Deplorable and Proud Redneck etc. I've been trying my darndest to have simple conversations with these people that does not invoking their "confirmation bias" but simply to plant a small seed. No luck yet I'm not stopping because for goodness sakes look at all the people facing real bombs and countries around the world from people that want to exterminate them and they're showing amazing courage --so I can stand up to the Hateful Christian hypocrite who wears a Charlie Kirk shirt. Finally, is No Kings about hating? Yes, mom, you're right! We all hate a regime that seeks to mainstream bigotry, racism, sexism, and that gleefully enjoys the specter of children being separated from their parents. So yes, I do hate all of this, no apology, and George Soros is not paying me to hate Trump.... I hate him all by myself for free!
In the end I feel pity for these MAGA men, if they weren’t so utterly awful. They are clearly so lost and so angry. On dating apps, they face rejection if they are honest about their affiliation, so I find them hiding as moderates and that leads to a whole different nasty can of worms (for another post). But yes, let’s just own it and take back these words as a point of pride. These dumb asses can never win a war of words!
At the store by this Kirk fan I was called every name in the sailors' book and I was so calm and when he was done. I just said "So you still working on your vocabulary?"
It is sad. I find the dating angle really interesting as a kind of barometer of cultural health and looking forward to your experience -- please write it! Funny and/or tragic. Evidently the numbers are in with latest on MAGA men navigating the dating scene. Turns out women are giving them a big snub. So all these macho guys are finding out that if you're an A-hole women will not sleep with you. Go figure? There's a recent @chrisandrews post about this (the article is chilling but at the end she recaps the news about Maga dating..... https://www.menonpause.info/p/when-youre-strange-stephen-miller
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Great post! I think your discussion with your mom is one of the hardest things to do because it's sort of the intersection of relationship and values. I've had a number of run in with MAGA males lately and if you want to talk about "hate" these guys go from zero to homicidal as soon as they feel challenged which doesn't take much. (snowflakes in red hats) And the "whataboutism" is sadly the only conversational or rhetorical tool possess and it's all with the intention of deflection. They don't *want* to answer your questions about grift, or rape charges, Epstein and cancelling SNP food for 42 million families ... OR anything about anything and so just push it back on us. As if that answers your questions. It does NOT answer the question. I was in a diner and a guy was wearing a Trump shirt and I said you know he's called Nazis "fine people" ... the first thing out of his mouth is" What about Nancy Pelosi?" <facepalm> How many times have I heard that LOL. All this name calling like snowflake, libtard, hater, grooming, and brainwashing are all terms that I am starting to turn around as a badge of honor: for example: Yes, I have been brainwashed! in favor of decency! liberal media or my parents or my schooling? who knows where it came from but, yes, I admit I am biased in that direction. I'm currently grooming my daughters, for example, to expect fair treatment in this world. I'm a snowflake when I am melting in front of a firestorm of Nazi level cruelty. And when I'm in a conversation with a Maga nutjob I always preface it with "...as a libtard, myself..." is to let them know that I have neutralized their name calling and it is not a point of shame but a point of honor. Much in the same way that when Hillary referred to the Dixie Deplorables you started to see T shirts that said Proud Dixie Deplorable and Proud Redneck etc. I've been trying my darndest to have simple conversations with these people that does not invoking their "confirmation bias" but simply to plant a small seed. No luck yet I'm not stopping because for goodness sakes look at all the people facing real bombs and countries around the world from people that want to exterminate them and they're showing amazing courage --so I can stand up to the Hateful Christian hypocrite who wears a Charlie Kirk shirt. Finally, is No Kings about hating? Yes, mom, you're right! We all hate a regime that seeks to mainstream bigotry, racism, sexism, and that gleefully enjoys the specter of children being separated from their parents. So yes, I do hate all of this, no apology, and George Soros is not paying me to hate Trump.... I hate him all by myself for free!
In the end I feel pity for these MAGA men, if they weren’t so utterly awful. They are clearly so lost and so angry. On dating apps, they face rejection if they are honest about their affiliation, so I find them hiding as moderates and that leads to a whole different nasty can of worms (for another post). But yes, let’s just own it and take back these words as a point of pride. These dumb asses can never win a war of words!
At the store by this Kirk fan I was called every name in the sailors' book and I was so calm and when he was done. I just said "So you still working on your vocabulary?"
It is sad. I find the dating angle really interesting as a kind of barometer of cultural health and looking forward to your experience -- please write it! Funny and/or tragic. Evidently the numbers are in with latest on MAGA men navigating the dating scene. Turns out women are giving them a big snub. So all these macho guys are finding out that if you're an A-hole women will not sleep with you. Go figure? There's a recent @chrisandrews post about this (the article is chilling but at the end she recaps the news about Maga dating..... https://www.menonpause.info/p/when-youre-strange-stephen-miller
Thank you for your Nope your continued protest and voice here and in your community 💪🏼 and I love the snowballing metaphor!