Got mistaken for a maga today.

[Woodwizard]

Was in Tractor Supply getting some hardware for my log trailer. Guy behind me as I am checking out says to me "Trumps sending them all back" with a big grin on his face . I let my better judgement take over instead of saying anything I just stared at him until the smile faded and he looked away.

I am a 60 year old white guy with a crew cut and close beard. I hate to be seen as a Orange menace draft dodging supporter.

Of course on my way back to the shop I came up with a great comeback. Could have answered, Really? He is sending the 1500 traitors back to jail? That's great!

But I don't think that fast especially when not expecting a interaction like that.

[Attilatheblond]

1. We should all file your too-late response for future use

Chances are opportunities to pull that one out of our quivers will arise.

[TheBlackAdder]

31. I wonder if this is this how the exchange went?

Did someone call you the piss boy?

[Baitball Blogger]

2. Thank you.

We all need to hear that. Silent resistance works too.

[niyad]

3. Thank you! I will keep that one on file. I rarely (at least, up to now) encounter

the magats in my slightly saner neighborhood, but I expect that they are newly emboldened to make themselves known. My claws do need sharpening, and they are human scratching posts.

Your post reminds me not to need anything from big red, or whatever the local store is.

[LuvLoogie]

4. When at a loss for words in situations like these...

"Fuck you."

always, "Fuck you."

[barbtries]

19. yes, fuck you would do it.

adding, "I am a loving, empathetic, liberal Democrat, so fuck you, fuck you very very much"
(worth clicking through)

?si=RgRsPM8uEQvvJt-v

[mobeau69]

34. Mad Magazine sometimes ran "Snappy Comebacks".

“Fuck you” was my all time favorite.

[LisaM]

5. Actually, I think staring at someone is a perfect response.

They want an argument or a high five to reinforce their prejudice. You gave the person neither.

If I get in that situation, I am going to do the exact same thing.

[Woodwizard]

8. If had started a reply it would have been ugly off the top of my head.

Kind of in a dark place right now with this crap.

[proud patriot]

24. yes , that silence was defening IMO

and the stare .

[k55f5r]

40. Look at them like

They're dogshite on the sole of your shoe.

[LisaM]

42. My Scottish relatives have a turn of phrase.

It's called "Heavy daggers" (or since they spell everything phonetically, hevvy daggers). I guess it's a play on staring daggers at people.

[Demobrat]

6. I'm not likely to have anyone say that to me

but if they do I’m all set with. “I know, right? Will you be going for one of the open tomato picking positions?”

Or if I’m in the mood, “Maybe you’ll be able to get a job now.”

Since the people taking our jobs are afraid to come to work, there is no excuse not to have one - or two.

[MiKenMi33]

7. I always think of a great response after the encounter.

I like the response you didn’t make. File it away for another time. I’m sure you’ll need it again.

[tavernier]

9. I thought about what I would say weeks ago

if approached by a magat questioning my position. I think I opted for:

I’m with you! And I really like the idea of taking over Canada and Greenland. And definitely the Panama Canal. We could make a killing there and who cares what happens to those people. They don’t have any money or an army. We probably wouldn’t even have to nuke them to get that property. I mean unless Trump wanted to just for fun.

[subterranean]

33. They would probably agree with you on all of those points. Seriously.

[rubbersole]

10. He probably wouldn't have gotten it.

1,500 is too big a number to count on his digits.

[IbogaProject]

11. "I'm confused how that is going to help food prices?"

And when they stamner, "but he & his real backers the wealthy just want more money for themselves and dont care about either you or me". Have to keep the focus that he is just a stooge to distract fron the wealthy grabbing way too much.

[PatSeg]

12. It is bizarre to me

that people will make assumptions about total strangers when there is no real apparent evidence. I've had people make racist remarks to me assuming that because I am white I will agree with them. Needless to say, they get an earful.

[Demobrat]

13. I used to assume that anyone I liked

or respected was a liberal. That was when I was young and dumb.

[Woodwizard]

27. Well he was dumb but close to my age.

[yardwork]

14. I think your response was perfect.

Just stare at them. Perfect.

[Mosby]

15. I get mistaken for a republican all this time

But now I don't correct them because I don't tell anyone I'm Jewish and Liberal anymore. It's not safe, especially at work.

I'm a stealth Jew, lol.

[proud patriot]

26. this makes me so sad

I'm so sorry .

This is Not OK .

I understand but but mad/sad at the same time .

[Meowmee]

16. time to get that you know who is an idiot t shirt 😹

I plan to maybe get one that says Canada is not for sale. My brother wears a Canadian maple leaf sort of flag hat that was my father's and I have a Canada weather gear coat. I'm getting a hat too soon.

[JoseBalow]

17. "The jerk store called, and they're sending YOU back."

[barbtries]

18. that's how i am

later I come up with the best response.

i'm an old white lady and circumvent anyone trying to take me for a magat by wearing t-shirts. yesterday I flew across country in my "Flaming Liberal" shirt and there was a woman on the plane who was looking daggers at me. made me feel really glad I had it on.

[Auggie]

20. I would have engaged him with a negative, such as ...

"Yeah, I guess food prices will go through the roof now."

[maxsolomon]

21. Just ask for clarification.

Send all who back where?

The more they talk, the more they show their ass.

[usonian]

22. Could I see your birth certificate, please?

And I always carry pepper spray.

In case someone IS PASSING FOR WHITE.

[proud patriot]

23. My husband has the same dilemma

older white guy .

and he can't wear his Radical feminist shirt 7 days a week (shrug)

[TNNurse]

25. The best responses often come just a little too late.

[LeftInTX]

28. You did fine. I don't know if smartass answers are very effective. He could read your face.

For some reason I've never been mistaken for a Trumper. But if I was I would probably do the same. In campaign work, we're told not to engage with adversaries. So, I carry that with me.

[Cha]

29. TY That would have been

a brilliant response.

But it’s out here now in case it needs to be used!

🕯️🕊️💙🇺🇸

[Emile]

30. I will use your "could have answered reply" the next chance I get.

[FakeNoose]

32. That was the perfect response IMHO

If you had engaged in any kind of back-and-forth rant with this guy, it could have escalated very quickly. You never know if these guys are packing, or they might have a rifle in the back of their pickup truck and it's out in the parking lot.

There was no need to incite the guy.

[Maraya1969]

35. I've got one! "I find it so sad to see people being happy at the site

of other people's misery"

[Ms. Toad]

36. It's not an unreasonable assumption, given where you were.

From June:

Tractor Supply said it would be eliminating all of its diversity, equity and inclusion roles while retiring current DEI goals. It did not elaborate on what was entailed in eliminating DEI roles.

The company added that it would “stop sponsoring nonbusiness activities” such as Pride festivals or voting campaigns — and no longer submit data to the Human Rights Campaign, the largest advocacy group for LGBTQ+ rights in the U.S.

The Brentwood, Tennessee-based retailer, which sells products ranging from farming equipment to pet supplies, also said in a statement Thursday that it would withdraw from its carbon emission goals to instead “focus on our land and water conservation efforts.”

https://apnews.com/article/tractor-supply-ends-dei-climate-goals-ab9e570d39095de6bead7fbfe76a6edc

[UTUSN]

37. Excellent on all counts. My ever present Navy ballcap exposes me to the same experience.

[KT2000]

38. I hear you!

I was getting a free sample at Costco and the woman handing them out was talking to anyone who would listen, she said "My old neighborhood has really changed. It used to be all white but now blacks are everywhere." Shaking her head but not looking at anyone. I couldn't believe it and my brain went blind or something. I have been thinking of things I should have said and hope I do say something if it happens again and I am sure it will. They are perfect examples of why we need DEI.

Is this because they are emboldened?

[OldBaldy1701E]

39. I can relate.

So, back in the early nineties, I was living in Raleigh, North Carolina. I was driving along Hillsborough St., beside the bell tower on N.C.State campus. As I stopped for the light on Oberlin Rd., I realized that there was a collection of skinheads waving signs and flyers and yelling at people. I had already gone with the bald head because of my receding hairline, (I was never carded until I shaved my head. I was 28 when I did this. I was buying alcohol when I was 14. Hysterical) so I was a big, bald, white guy sitting in a 1974, souped up Chevrolet Nova. One of them saw me and ran over to me. I rolled my eyes, but turned to face him.

He comes up and says, "Hey man! You look like a cool person to me! You may want to read this. (Hands me some racist bullshit flyer) I bet you will like it!" I took the flyer and looked at it for a second.

I then replied, "Damn, thanks man! I cannot wait to go show this to my girlfriend!"

He says, "Awesome! What is she like?" with a lascivious look on his face.

I turned and gave him the full glare.

"She is black!" He stood for a second, and then ran back to the others. (Probably because I was 6 ft and 260 lbs, and he was maybe 5.8 ft and 120 lbs with a wet sweater on.) I have no idea what may have happened then because the light changed and I drove off. They were gone when I came back by there later on.

Worthless assholes.

[BobTheSubgenius]

41. Ouch! Moments like the first ones of that encounter are jarring!

The French call the "thought of the rejoinder too late" l'esprit d'escalier - "the spirit of the staircase." It happens to all but a very lucky few.