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Cyrano

(15,388 posts)
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 02:48 PM Jan 2021

Has anyone seen people still wearing MAGA hats in public?

As far as I'm concerned, anyone still wearing a MAGA hat might as well be wearing a swastika. Having said that, I'd advise everyone to stay away from such people. They are either crazy, or hopelessly/helplessly stupid.

And if you feel you have to do something about it, remember that you are the one who will be charged with assault.

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Has anyone seen people still wearing MAGA hats in public? (Original Post) Cyrano Jan 2021 OP
The only magats I know are Orthodox Jews. I don't know what they are thinking now. I beleive mucifer Jan 2021 #1
No, but there are plenty of flag on homes. idziak4ever1234 Jan 2021 #2
Same here! blueinredohio Jan 2021 #6
Same here Ferrets are Cool Jan 2021 #25
Who goes out in public? iemitsu Jan 2021 #3
I go out to shop, but I haven't seen any where I live Cyrano Jan 2021 #10
Treasonous Made in China hats, colour of Officer Sicknick's blood Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2021 #4
Not since the election and then almost all the Trump signs and falgs came down. Kaleva Jan 2021 #5
Yeah, Thursday in the store. Hugin Jan 2021 #7
Yesterday, I saw a pop-up aquamarina Jan 2021 #8
In Tennessee they likely worn them to church Under The Radar Jan 2021 #9
Haven't been out much but now that you mention it no captain queeg Jan 2021 #11
Yep. I've seen cars flying two flags, one on each side Cyrano Jan 2021 #13
Those are Ambassador's cars. iemitsu Jan 2021 #35
I'm going to say something that will shock people in other parts of the country maybe greenjar_01 Jan 2021 #12
North side here... mikeysnot Jan 2021 #14
Also North Side greenjar_01 Jan 2021 #24
Yeah we don't have to see em, but they are here all right mikeysnot Jan 2021 #27
That's true greenjar_01 Jan 2021 #29
I live in the PNW and have never seen one of those hats in person either. iemitsu Jan 2021 #16
Me too but I've seen them fairly often for years captain queeg Jan 2021 #23
I live in Palm Beach County and anytime I've Cyrano Jan 2021 #17
saw one here thursday night bedazzled Jan 2021 #21
Big time kwolf68 Jan 2021 #15
THEY HAD A DAMN PARADE DOWN HERE HAB911 Jan 2021 #18
I have never actually seen one. LisaM Jan 2021 #19
Large trump flags still on some cars/ trucks here. FloridaBlues Jan 2021 #20
Yes. My wife saw a number of people wearing them, both men and women, ... Brother Mythos Jan 2021 #22
Saw two this morning at Walgreens. redstatebluegirl Jan 2021 #26
I have to say Mossfern Jan 2021 #28
I got rid of ALL the red hats in my collection, more than a year ago. Paladin Jan 2021 #30
I shaved my white beard for the same reason. iemitsu Jan 2021 #31
No way am I going to grow a beard, any time soon. Paladin Jan 2021 #33
I feel the same way. iemitsu Jan 2021 #34
Since you asked about what else republicans have ruined... Paladin Jan 2021 #39
I get that and agree. iemitsu Jan 2021 #41
No problem. My lips (and taste buds) are sealed. (nt) Paladin Jan 2021 #45
I live in rural North Georgia and I still see quite a few people proudly & boldly wearing them Mr. Ected Jan 2021 #32
At least your state, as a whole, is moving in the right direction. Dagstead Bumwood Jan 2021 #37
Yes.😠 n/t Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2021 #36
I encountered one playing online poker BainsBane Jan 2021 #38
I still see Trump/Pence signs in my neighborhood. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2021 #40
No hats, no flags, no nothing gldstwmn Jan 2021 #42
*** THEY ARE UNREPENTANT !!*** 70% of Republicans don't think Putin's Whore did nothing wrong uponit7771 Jan 2021 #43
Traitor Tot's supporters would wear them at protests at our state capital buildings MustLoveBeagles Jan 2021 #44

mucifer

(25,667 posts)
1. The only magats I know are Orthodox Jews. I don't know what they are thinking now. I beleive
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 02:50 PM
Jan 2021

they are beyond help.

I am Jewish by the way and NO ONE in my family is a magat.

iemitsu

(3,891 posts)
3. Who goes out in public?
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 02:51 PM
Jan 2021

I only see the grocer when she/he delivers my food. They don't wear MAGA hats.

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
4. Treasonous Made in China hats, colour of Officer Sicknick's blood
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 02:53 PM
Jan 2021

(If safe to do so) tell MAGAts "Your Made in China hat is the same colour as Officer Sicknick's blood".

(Only if situation is very public and safe)

 

aquamarina

(1,865 posts)
8. Yesterday, I saw a pop-up
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 02:57 PM
Jan 2021

Stall on the side of the road selling trump crap. I’m in south Orange County, CA. They vanished after the election which was a relief. Made me sick to see it again.

Under The Radar

(3,431 posts)
9. In Tennessee they likely worn them to church
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 02:58 PM
Jan 2021

But I haven’t been to church since George W. claimed that God told him to invade Afghanistan and Iraq.
So I wouldn’t know.

captain queeg

(11,780 posts)
11. Haven't been out much but now that you mention it no
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 03:05 PM
Jan 2021

I did see a pickup with flags the other day though I didn’t notice what kind. I see a pickup with flags I just assume they are Trumpers. Makes me sick to see them flying a US flag when they are obviously traitors.

Cyrano

(15,388 posts)
13. Yep. I've seen cars flying two flags, one on each side
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 03:09 PM
Jan 2021

and I've always assumed they're Trumpers. True patriots don't have a need to wrap themselves in flags like a pig in a blanket.

 

greenjar_01

(6,477 posts)
12. I'm going to say something that will shock people in other parts of the country maybe
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 03:07 PM
Jan 2021

I'm in Chicago. I have NEVER seen anybody wearing a MAGA hat in person at all, except one time when we went to Door County (Wisconsin) for a weekend and we saw some guy walking through a park to the beach with one. Literally never. Not once in the five years they've been around. NEVER.

mikeysnot

(4,926 posts)
14. North side here...
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 03:11 PM
Jan 2021

magat neighbor still has flag up under American flag...

STILL! Just checked.

And I have seen plenty of trump swag around here. Not as bad as Central Il where they drive around with flags off their pickup trucks.

And line their properties with flags and other trump cult symbols.

 

greenjar_01

(6,477 posts)
24. Also North Side
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 03:35 PM
Jan 2021

I only ever saw one Trump lawn sign, and that was in 2016, and way out west in like Norwood Park or whatever that neighborhood is way out by the airport. Not a flag or lawn sign at all this cycle. Literally not one.

mikeysnot

(4,926 posts)
27. Yeah we don't have to see em, but they are here all right
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 03:45 PM
Jan 2021

they swarm all over nextdoor spouting their nonsense.

The new nonsense is the end of the police as we know it prop being spread by the FOP leader... HB 0163.

It seems the more nonsensical it is the more they believe it. And they don't need no facts, their opinions are their facts.

captain queeg

(11,780 posts)
23. Me too but I've seen them fairly often for years
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 03:31 PM
Jan 2021

I hadn’t really thought to notice if it’s different now. They were never really prevalent.

Cyrano

(15,388 posts)
17. I live in Palm Beach County and anytime I've
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 03:16 PM
Jan 2021

gone to West Palm Beach, I've seen them. (Mar-a-Lago is in Palm Beach which is across the Intracoastal Waterway from West Palm Beach)

kwolf68

(8,452 posts)
15. Big time
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 03:13 PM
Jan 2021

My son's hockey team all kinds of maggots. Very outspoken. I assume those that don't join are Dems (I never speak about politics at youth sports). The coach's son always wears maga shit (though he has stopped since Dump lost). There is a parent/grandparent who shows up at games sometimes, don't know which kid, ALWAYS wearing Trump shit. First time I saw him his hat inspired fellow Trumpist nimrods to celebrate with him. That game, one of our first games turned into FoxNews in the stands people loud and political, brash outwardly bashing Democrats. Me and a good number of other parents just sit there, probably in disbelief. But these people are "on fire" their BP is up and They will RESIST. There are new signs up in my area (a Blue area outside of Pittsburgh), the hats and flags will fly high. Even if Pelosi had been murdered they'd explain it away and Trump will still be considered the "greatest President Ever".

Joe Biden has to work with these fools.

HAB911

(10,440 posts)
18. THEY HAD A DAMN PARADE DOWN HERE
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 03:17 PM
Jan 2021
https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/01/09/trump-train-makes-journey-around-tampa-bay-area/


ST. PETERSBURG — Around 11 a.m. Saturday, there were about eight cars gathered on 4th Street North, just before the Howard Frankland Bridge. By noon, that number had grown to around 20 cars, many of them decked out with flags to support President Donald Trump and America.

The Tampa Bay Trump Train supporters gathered to wave flags and drive across the region, in support of Trump’s presidency. It was less than two weeks before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and three days after Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol Building while Congress certified the election. Another Trump Train event had been scheduled in Bradenton, but was canceled after a threat, according to one attendee who declined to give his name.

LisaM

(29,634 posts)
19. I have never actually seen one.
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 03:18 PM
Jan 2021

I thought I saw one once, but the wearer didn't seem like a Magat, and when I looked closer it said MAKE AMERICA GAY AGAIN, which made me laugh.

Brother Mythos

(1,442 posts)
22. Yes. My wife saw a number of people wearing them, both men and women, ...
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 03:31 PM
Jan 2021

when she did our grocery shopping on Friday afternoon in the Lehigh Valley, PA. Those same MAGAts were also not wearing covid masks.

redstatebluegirl

(12,827 posts)
26. Saw two this morning at Walgreens.
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 03:44 PM
Jan 2021

Smirking and making comments to people wearing masks. The manager was trying g to get them to wear masks but the started hollering about their freedom and he shrugged and gave up. It was clear that it could escalate quickly.

Mossfern

(4,716 posts)
28. I have to say
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 03:45 PM
Jan 2021

that I have not seen, in person, anyone wearing a MAGA hat - ever.
I have seen a couple of lawn signs and flags, which came down immediately after the election.

I live in Essex County NJ - pretty much liberal.

 

Paladin

(32,354 posts)
30. I got rid of ALL the red hats in my collection, more than a year ago.
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 03:52 PM
Jan 2021

None of them, God knows, were in any way trump-supporting in nature---I just didn't want anybody at long distance seeing me in a red cap and even thinking I was demented enough to be a trump whore. Anybody stupid enough to wear a trump item of clothing from now on deserves anything bad that happens to them.

iemitsu

(3,891 posts)
31. I shaved my white beard for the same reason.
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 04:25 PM
Jan 2021

I look like one of those dumb, Trump supporting, jackassed, old white guys.
Shaved the beard and contemplated dying my hair pink. I don't want to be mistaken for one of those fools.

 

Paladin

(32,354 posts)
33. No way am I going to grow a beard, any time soon.
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 04:48 PM
Jan 2021

Same deal as the red baseball caps: I would never ever want anybody to assume I have anything but hatred for trump and his white trash followers. Shaving's a hassle, but it's worthwhile.

iemitsu

(3,891 posts)
34. I feel the same way.
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 06:45 PM
Jan 2021

I had facial hair for most of my adult life (and I'm old) but no more.
I also have lots of Hawaiian shirts. The Proud Boys ruined that for me. And my utilikilt.
What else have republicans ruined?

 

Paladin

(32,354 posts)
39. Since you asked about what else republicans have ruined...
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 07:03 PM
Jan 2021

republicans have ruined my love and respect for this country. I'll obey the laws and pay my taxes and continue to vote for Democrats, but the whole love-and-respect thing is dead as a doornail, from my perspective.

iemitsu

(3,891 posts)
41. I get that and agree.
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 07:17 PM
Jan 2021

I was afraid you were going to come up with food that has been ruined. I want to avoid any associations with specific foods and republicans.
I know there are some but please don't mention.

Mr. Ected

(9,714 posts)
32. I live in rural North Georgia and I still see quite a few people proudly & boldly wearing them
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 04:28 PM
Jan 2021

You have no idea how intimidating it is to be surrounded by MAGATs 24/7. Those of us who are bold enough to admit to each other that we are Democrats seem to be a secret society. Moving is, alas, not an option.

Dagstead Bumwood

(6,640 posts)
37. At least your state, as a whole, is moving in the right direction.
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 06:54 PM
Jan 2021

Meanwhile, here in Ohio, we're going backward at full speed it seems.

BainsBane

(57,757 posts)
38. I encountered one playing online poker
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 06:55 PM
Jan 2021

Yelling about killing Democrats. I gave him a few choice words of my own.

I live in a blue city and rarely go out, so I'm not likely to see MAGAt hats.

gldstwmn

(4,575 posts)
42. No hats, no flags, no nothing
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 07:20 PM
Jan 2021

The cockroaches have scurried back under the fridge for now.

uponit7771

(93,532 posts)
43. *** THEY ARE UNREPENTANT !!*** 70% of Republicans don't think Putin's Whore did nothing wrong
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 07:21 PM
Jan 2021

MustLoveBeagles

(16,408 posts)
44. Traitor Tot's supporters would wear them at protests at our state capital buildings
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 07:30 PM
Jan 2021

I avoided downtown when they were going on so I've never actually seen someone wearing one in person. I've seen some Pro Trump and Blue Lives Matters banners and flags. I saw far more Biden/Harris signs than I expected to. I live in a red county in a Blue state.

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