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Coventina

(29,449 posts)
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 11:12 PM 9 hrs ago

Just had an encounter with a MAGAt in grocery store parking lot.

Husband and I stopped at grocery store after our weekly yoga class.

We took my car, which is festooned with stickers of a feminist and gay rights sort.

My personal favorite is: I'm too clumsy to be around fragile masculinity.

Anyway, we come out o the store to see a guy closely examining my stickers.

My husband says, as we get close, "See any you like?"

The guy backs away and says, "No."
He has a really sour look on his face.

He pauses and then says, "They are illogical," as he walks away.

I said, "Sure buddy," and laughed.

He passed us on the way out of the parking lot.

My husband gave him a cheery wave as he sneered at us.

They hate that we exist.

Oh well......

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Just had an encounter with a MAGAt in grocery store parking lot. (Original Post) Coventina 9 hrs ago OP
They always seem to be angry about something. Turbineguy 8 hrs ago #1
Surprised he knew the word "illogical". lastlib 8 hrs ago #2
I had an encounter with one in Costco a few weeks ago. Initech 8 hrs ago #3
Soooo, the guy cannot spell? niyad 8 hrs ago #4
I think it's meant to be "freedom fan" AZJonnie 8 hrs ago #5
The guy apparently said it meant "freedom". Did not say anything more, niyad 1 hr ago #14
It was intentional. Initech 8 hrs ago #6
Did you actually look at the letters? "freedom" does not contain 2 "f's", niyad 1 hr ago #13
I wonder what the second f was for? Nt Figarosmom 7 hrs ago #10
It looks like an acronym Mblaze 7 hrs ago #12
I won't tell nobody, but ya spelt maggot wrong. 3Hotdogs 8 hrs ago #7
Sorry about your 'logical' discomfort there, Spock EYESORE 9001 8 hrs ago #8
Well, I love that you exist, Coventina! HeartsCanHope 8 hrs ago #9
He didn't understand "fragile masculinity" Bluetus 7 hrs ago #11
Message auto-removed Name removed 1 hr ago #15
I saw one at local Walmart parking lot last Friday. I had just parked, Emile 1 hr ago #16

lastlib

(27,814 posts)
2. Surprised he knew the word "illogical".
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 11:27 PM
8 hrs ago

Of course, he doesn't understand Logic well enough to apply it to his own thinking, or he wouldn't be a MAGAt. To him, the word probably just means "confusing"---and that's his permanent state.

Initech

(108,018 posts)
3. I had an encounter with one in Costco a few weeks ago.
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 11:30 PM
8 hrs ago

Guy had a license plate that read "FRDMFN" and my mom thought it was "Fordham", which would have made sense, but the guy's like "No, it means freedom". And we were like "Oh...... oh."

This man and his fans have legitimately ruined patriotic imagery.

AZJonnie

(3,243 posts)
5. I think it's meant to be "freedom fan"
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 11:50 PM
8 hrs ago

Apparently he thinks this particular trait makes him a unique character

niyad

(130,575 posts)
14. The guy apparently said it meant "freedom". Did not say anything more,
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 06:58 AM
1 hr ago

But if you are correct, he cannot articulate properly.

niyad

(130,575 posts)
13. Did you actually look at the letters? "freedom" does not contain 2 "f's",
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 06:45 AM
1 hr ago

nor an "n". And the CA license plate character limit is 7. freedom.

EYESORE 9001

(29,544 posts)
8. Sorry about your 'logical' discomfort there, Spock
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 12:13 AM
8 hrs ago

Such free-floating anger seems kinda illogical to me. You really must govern your passions. They will be your undoing.

HeartsCanHope

(1,561 posts)
9. Well, I love that you exist, Coventina!
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 12:15 AM
8 hrs ago

You weren't disrespectful, and you and your husband stood up for your beliefs with a smile and a wave.

Thank you for sharing your story!

Bluetus

(2,500 posts)
11. He didn't understand "fragile masculinity"
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 12:32 AM
7 hrs ago

but was too lazy to look it up. These people are dolts, a lifetime of intellectual laziness, which leads to a lack of accomplishment, leading to hatred of those who live their lives with more self-respect.

Response to Coventina (Original post)

Emile

(41,448 posts)
16. I saw one at local Walmart parking lot last Friday. I had just parked,
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 07:05 AM
1 hr ago

and this old man by himself pulls up his truck right in front of the entrance, and angles his vehicle where anybody driving or walking by will notice his huge Trump magnet on the side of his vehicle. A huge picture of Trump's mug shot with the words Making America Great Again. This stupid old man was taking up two handicap parking spots. My wife says, don't say anything to him as we walked by. We were inside the store for almost an hour. When we walked back outside that old man was still sitting in his vehicle, and smoking a cigarette.

Seriously, this dude is suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome. WTF would make someone go to the expense to have a huge magnet sticker made up, just to park in a Walmart parking lot? These fucking people are nuts.

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