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LW1977

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

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

(63,748 posts)

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

Mon Jul 10, 2023, 02:29 PM

Jul 2023

(19,765 posts)

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

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.

(43,657 posts)

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

Mon Jul 10, 2023, 02:45 PM

Jul 2023

(112,605 posts)

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

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...