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LW1977

(1,611 posts) Mon Jul 10, 2023, 02:25 PM Jul 2023

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Apparently using the word "MAGAT" on Daily Kos is a no-no!

Give me a freakin’ break!! MAGATs are Fascist, but the “term “MAGAT” is now taboo on a left-leaning site. Please DU, don’t be like this!

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Apparently using the word "MAGAT" on Daily Kos is a no-no! (Original Post) LW1977 Jul 2023 OP

Thankfully, the censorship around here is pretty targeted against the sociopaths...nt Wounded Bear Jul 2023 #1

I don't think terms like that should be banned. But I personally don't use schoolyard type insults tritsofme Jul 2023 #2

It's what they call themselves so, they wear it on their head, Trump referred to them as Maga Walleye Jul 2023 #3

"Make America Great Again Trumpists" abbreviated, MAGATs. Plain and simple... hlthe2b Jul 2023 #4

Wounded Bear

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1. Thankfully, the censorship around here is pretty targeted against the sociopaths...nt

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Mon Jul 10, 2023, 02:29 PM

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tritsofme

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2. I don't think terms like that should be banned. But I personally don't use schoolyard type insults

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Mon Jul 10, 2023, 02:43 PM

Jul 2023

as a matter of course. I think it looks childish and trashy, but to each their own.

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Walleye

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3. It's what they call themselves so, they wear it on their head, Trump referred to them as Maga

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Mon Jul 10, 2023, 02:45 PM

Jul 2023

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hlthe2b

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4. "Make America Great Again Trumpists" abbreviated, MAGATs. Plain and simple...

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Mon Jul 10, 2023, 03:09 PM

Jul 2023

They make their own derogatory monikers--not unlike the tea-bag-wearing Tea Partyists of years past...

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