How to tell if you're dealing with a MAGA folk?

[Mike_Hunt]

17 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

In this context we are talking about POLITICAL cults.

Not cults like the Moonies, etc.

It is well documented that the Maga is a POLITICAL cult of personality movement which follows a charismatic leader.

It is the only POLITICAL cult in the USA at this time and I am at pains finding anything like it in all of American history.

People who voted for Harris were not in a cult.

People who attend Bernie Sanders speeches are not in a cult.

You can play act both sideism and project the maga cult accusation on to others,

but you're not really fooling anybody. You're only playing a low level childish game with that.

 

 

The leftie head of the cult said what?

[EVENKEEL]

3 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Can ignorance be cured?

 

www.webmd.com/sex-relationships/what-is-transgender

What Is Transgender?

My dog has started hopping as well, it's just a phase. 

[Jingthing]

Just now, Mike_Hunt said:

The leftie head of the cult said what?

There is no such person.

What's the point of your constant lying?

If you're in maga, you're in a cult.

Why can't you just OWN that?

No, I'm not saying that everyone that voted for Trump is in the maga cult.

[Mike_Hunt]

Just now, Jingthing said:

There is no such person.

What's the point of your constant lying?

If you're in maga, you're in a cult.

Why can't you just OWN that?

No, I'm not saying that everyone that voted for Trump is in the maga cult.

What time is your leftie cult meeting?

[Jingthing]

Just now, EVENKEEL said:

My dog has started hopping as well, it's just a phase. 

So you love to disrespect people who are different than you and you're not interested in making any effort to learn about them. Sad.

[HappyExpat57]

[MarkBR]

20 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Can ignorance be cured?

 

www.webmd.com/sex-relationships/what-is-transgender

What Is Transgender?

Gender is also far more complicated biologically.  Usually on the Y chromosome there is a gene called the SRY gene, this determines a pathway of development to a human with male characteristics.  However, the gene can move.  If the gene moves to an X chromosome, the being that result, a human will be XX but have male characteristics because that is where the SRY gene is.

It gets more complicated if an XY embryo has a chemical recoptor that does not work, then even if they synthesise testosterone & are XY, they will become female (in phenotype - morphology & anatomy) because the chemical receptor molecule does NOT work.

The jist of this is that it is a very complex topic , it is a LOT MORE COMPLICATED than most realise. (this is the simplified version!)

20 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Can ignorance be cured?

 

www.webmd.com/sex-relationships/what-is-transgender

What Is Transgender?

 

[flexomike]

9 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

I really do find quite fascinating how offended Trump supporters get when you criticize him. Objectively speaking the man is likely the most offensive, most ignorant, and most ill informed politician of my lifetime. Every time he opens his mouth his incredible level of ignorance is on full display, he rarely ever talks about substance, and he spends the vast majority of his time name calling and criticizing everyone that he doesn't like.

 

 MAGA has descended to a level where some of the less intelligent supporters are simply reduced to slogans, name calling as a juvenile tribute to their political Master, and memes rather than intelligent discussions.

 

All Democrats are communist

All Democrats are baby killers

All Democrats support trans rights. 

All democrats are woke

 

Do you know where we get our power from? We drink the blood of infants in basements of pizza parlors. 

I think you and Tug have been spending too much time out in the whine fields. 

[Jingthing]

Just now, MarkBR said:

Gender is also far more complicated biologically.  Usually on the Y chromosome ther eis a gene called the SRY gene, this determines a pathway of development to a human with male characteristics.  However, the gene can move.  If the gene moves to an X chrmosome, the being that result, a human will be XX but have male characteristics because that is where the SRY gene is., if the

It gets more complicated if an XY embryo has a chemcial recoptor that does not work, then even if they sythesise testosterone & are XY, they will become female (in phenotype - morphology & anatomy) because the chemical receptor molecule does NOT work.

The jist of this very complex topic is it is a LOT MORE COMPLICATED than most realise. (this is the simplified version!)

 

With very ignorant and intolerant people, I reckon it's best to start with simple information knowing they won't even read that and would reject it even if they did.

[ThreeCardMonte]

8 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Before agriculture, we were all hunter-gatherers. You are just as much a murderer of animals as I am. Saying the slaughterhouse does it for you is a deflection.

 

The argument firearms don't kill, people do is flawed and misleading. Guns are tools specifically designed to kill people. The prevalence of guns is directly proportional to the number of atrocities committed by mentally unstable people. If you don't understand the correlation, you're as dumb as a can of soup.

 

I can accept there are people on ASEAN smarter than me. You are not one of them.

So that means no.  You have never seen a firearm shoot anyone on its own.

 

And you speak of deflection.

[Jingthing]

4 minutes ago, Mike_Hunt said:

What time is your leftie cult meeting?

All in your head.

[flexomike]

29 minutes ago, Tug said:

Naa it’s more of an offer to take someone diving without benefit of an underwater breathing apparatus…….I don’t think you would like it

Do you want to make a bet on who wouldn't be coming up.

 

[EVENKEEL]

1 minute ago, Jingthing said:

All in your head.

Please admit you're jealous because the GOP came up with a catchy slogan. And, because it has become a worldwide slogan the opponents are demonizing it as being a cult.

[JimHuaHin]

Answer - these days, just ignore.  Previously engaged in "discussions", but all my evidence, research evidence, scientific data, etc. were ignored as "woke" false propaganda.  Cannot argue/reason with zealots.

[ThreeCardMonte]

20 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

With very ignorant and intolerant people, I reckon it's best to start with simple information knowing they won't even read that and would reject it even if they did.

Correct.  Anything your leftist brain puts out will be rejected.

[metisdead]

Some inflammatory name calling posts and replies have been removed:

• Be polite and respectful to other users.
• Avoid flaming, trolling, or stalking other members.

[ignore it]

Hmm.

 

I didn't know AN had a political soapbox forum.

 

I'll make sure to avoid it.

 

Too many negative vibes. 

 

[ronster]

Usually ask them the question what is 1+1 ? That will give them away when they reply with the wrong answer.

[WDSmart]

My main criterion for classifying someone as a "MAGA folk" is that they support Trump. All those other criteria listed in the forum topic are suggestions that they might be MAGA, but not necessarily a certainty that they support Trump. 

[d2b2]

On 5/15/2025 at 3:26 PM, ThreeCardMonte said:

Another nutty response.

 

Trump isn’t a victim.  The opposite 

 

Trump is successful, confident, aggressive, intelligent, compassionate and a great negotiator 

 

A New York street fighter!

 

Alpha Male.

 

A threat started and for Beta Males.

 

 

Bankrupt morally, financially, physically and ethically. 

[ThreeCardMonte]

13 minutes ago, d2b2 said:

Bankrupt morally, financially, physically and ethically. 

You have all the evidence?  
 

Every part of your statement is false.

 

[ThreeCardMonte]

2 hours ago, Jingthing said:

With very ignorant and intolerant people, I reckon it's best to start with simple information knowing they won't even read that and would reject it even if they did.

“With very ignorant and intolerant people,”

 

Pot, Kettle, Black.

[illisdean]

MAGA and their leaders don't check their watch at a dignified transfer of fallen US servicemen, unlike Biden, MAGA salute our fallen troops, as Trump is doing .

 

 

https://archive.ph/lqoEC

 

https://nypost.com/2021/08/31/biden-blasted-by-gold-star-dads-darin-hoover-mark-schmitz-for-checking-watch-during-ceremony/

 

 

[HappyExpat57]

21 minutes ago, illisdean said:

MAGA and their leaders don't check their watch at a dignified transfer of fallen US servicemen, unlike Biden, MAGA salute our fallen troops, as Trump is doing .

 

https://archive.ph/lqoEC

https://nypost.com/2021/08/31/biden-blasted-by-gold-star-dads-darin-hoover-mark-schmitz-for-checking-watch-during-ceremony/

 

 

 

Next thing you know, you'll be claiming 47 never wipes his arse, that he performs immaculate excretion.

[StandardIssue]

28 minutes ago, HappyExpat57 said:

 

Next thing you know, you'll be claiming 47 never wipes his arse, that he performs immaculate excretion.

 

With his diet of McDonald's Happy Meals, how would this be possible? Will the pope bless the McDonald's restaurant near the White House?

[illisdean]

MAGA is some mean tweets and .....WORLD PEACE.

 

 

 

[StandardIssue]

3 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

 

I don't usually like meme's but this is one is great. It is more of a political cartoon meme and is a great example of the kind of thing Noam Chomsky talks about. The elite rich pitting the general population against one another. If you divide a nation and keep them fighting with one another they won't be focused on the maneuvers of the elite. The elite are safe from being the focus of attention and can go about their business of attaining more wealth and power. (deregulation, tax legislation etc). In this time of history the divivion of the uber wealth and the lower classes is widening. In simpler terms. The top 1% have more wealth than the entire 99% of the US population. 3.5 million people have the same wealth as 350 million of the rest of us. The wealth and control of the ultra rich is immense. Disunity of the population is the friend of the elite ultra-rich.

 

We all should stop quibbling and take a hard look at what the ultra rich and elite are doing instead of fighting over the childish issues they want us to. Many of the ultra rich and elite are the enemy!

Some are not ( philanthropists like Bill Gates) but many are quite evil in their quest for power.

[thaipo7]

On 5/15/2025 at 2:45 AM, StandardIssue said:

 

 

• The Immediate Pivot: You ask about the weather, and within three sentences, they've seamlessly transitioned to how the deep state is controlling the rain.
• The "Research": They refer to "my own research" but it consists entirely of YouTube videos watched at 3 AM and forwarded Facebook memes.
• The Loudspeaker Voice: They speak exclusively in a booming, declarative tone, even when ordering a coffee. Everything is a rally speech. They don't listen but constantly interrupt quite loudly.
• The "Fake News" Reflex: Any information that doesn't align with their worldview is immediately dismissed as "fake news," even if it's the nutritional information on a cereal box.
• The "Back in My Day...": Every story starts with a lament about how things used to be better before [insert perceived societal decline].
• The "Woke" Obsession: They use the word "woke" as a derogatory adjective for anything they don't like, from coffee flavors to the color blue.
• The "Storm is Coming" Prophecy: They frequently allude to an impending, vague, but ultimately glorious "storm" that will set everything right.
• The Unsolicited Political Advice: You're just trying to buy groceries, and suddenly you're getting a detailed explanation of their plan to fix the economy, starting with bringing back manufacturing jobs to their grandmother's backyard.
• The conversation gets personal quickly:  You're having a seemingly polite conversation but it takes a quick turn to the extreme with personal insults ending with "You libtards are all alike".

• At a Doctor's Office: They try to convince the doctor that vaccines are a government mind-control plot.

Well, they can't say that you have no swallowed all the Marxist Left propaganda.   Looks like hook, line, and sinker.

[ThreeCardMonte]

13 hours ago, candide said:

Cheers!

Can you enlighten us as to who these leftists nutters were praying to.

 

Some pagan spirit in the sky?

 

Divine intervention didn’t work in their case.

 

 

[Jingthing]

4 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

Please admit you're jealous because the GOP came up with a catchy slogan. And, because it has become a worldwide slogan the opponents are demonizing it as being a cult.

They didn't come up with it.

It was copied from a previous though less successful American white nationalist pro fascist movement.