Of Course MAGAs are “Weird”
It’s what happens when you live in a fake world
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5 min readAug 7, 2024
There’s been some play in the media lately about how Democrats are criticizing right-wingers in the MAGA Mob for being “weird,” and how the MAGA rank and file is melting down over it.
3 things:
- MAGAs are weird because they live in the Right Wing Alternative Reality
- The way they behave is reasonable for that world
- Their reaction indicates that this may have actually pierced their bubble a bit
They Are Weird
Those on the MAGA train actually:
- Believe that Trump won the election in 2020 (there’s still no evidence that he did)
- Listen to overtly political music
- Have created their own social media platforms so they don’t have to deal with liberals
- Only get their news from specific sources, based on what those sources tell them
- Show their support for Trump by dressing like him
- Create a secret “code” word and then tell everyone what it means
- Believe that liberals are satanic pedophiles who kill or abuse children to get high on their adrenaline
- Think that the economy is down and that crime is terrible
- Believe that DEI, migrant crime, immigration in general, liberals, critical race theory, and “wokeness” are…