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65. If they can't have it they want to burn it down.

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Feb 9, 2026, 07:19 PM

Feb 9

The hate leads to if I can't have it nobody can behavior. Not unlike murder/suicide perpetrators.

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Why is MAGA so hateful? (best concise explanation I've seen) [View all] Nevilledog Feb 8 OP

One important thing to understand about this analysis: RockRaven Feb 8 #1

Or.....they will turn en masse whilst claiming they never supported Trump. Nevilledog Feb 8 #2

Either way--we blow past them. pandr32 Feb 9 #40

Not the Maga racist types. But the "undecided" voter types JI7 Feb 9 #64

Exactly. progressoid Feb 8 #3

But they're still a minority. The true believers. paleotn Feb 8 #12

The worst thing about the internet/social media is that it gives the assholes ways to find each other. Intractable Feb 8 #25

Good point. pandr32 Feb 9 #42

In 2016 as I saw all of the reptiles coming out from under their rocks, yellow dahlia Feb 9 #50

maga hate anti-repub Feb 9 #35

maga hate anti-repub Feb 9 #36

And they'll get louder and more extreme as they shrink as a demographic going foward. Lanius Feb 9 #47

There isn't another Trump. Chemical Bill Feb 9 #56

This part is important: progressoid Feb 8 #4

There's some people here that need to wake up and smell the coffee as well. durablend Feb 8 #7

Collective Trauma response... purr-rat beauty Feb 8 #5

The entire Trump/Miller doctrine is... lame54 Feb 8 #6

Most were raised by bigoted people Johonny Feb 8 #8

Doc Holliday had the answer AverageOldGuy Feb 8 #9

I have a maga brother in law and he fits the descriptions to a tee kimbutgar Feb 8 #10

It's just so terribly sad. Our culture, our civilization leaves so many damaged like h hedda_foil Feb 8 #30

This Helps Me To Understand WiVoter Feb 8 #11

There is a Michael Wolff thread floating around here about Uncle Joe Feb 8 #13

Trump is extraordinarily unusual markodochartaigh Feb 8 #20

Curiosity of the rest of the world AverageOldGuy Feb 8 #24

George W Bush was another who was exceedingly un-curious Seinan Sensei Feb 9 #48

The grifter's family had money that was made form nefarious and seedy means. yellow dahlia Feb 9 #51

Sure, he was shunned by old money, the intellegentsia, and probably markodochartaigh Feb 9 #54

I wonder about the definition of "class". Chemical Bill Feb 9 #55

The Grifter is a Frankenstein's monster. He doesn't actually belong to any class, yellow dahlia Feb 9 #58

raised ... justsomeguy01 Feb 9 #59

I was just talking about this, They wake up to hate MagickMuffin Feb 8 #14

The MAGA movement, Q Anon,Tea Party, racists and masoginists and the religious right Buddyzbuddy Feb 8 #15

If Faux Noise had flopped back in the 1990's, there would be no others FakeNoose Feb 8 #16

Limbaugh was the nexus of it all kwolf68 Feb 9 #32

Limbaugh, Gingrich, McConnell, Nixon, Reagan, W - no movement consists of one person, no matter how dysfunctional Martin68 Feb 9 #38

Agreed. yellow dahlia Feb 9 #53

Excellent. Thanks for posting. LoisB Feb 8 #17

A pretty good synopsis of what B.See Feb 8 #18

Spot on. Permanut Feb 8 #19

ChatGPT writes well. ThreeNoSeep Feb 8 #21

I wonder how a prompt from opposite-world would turn out. hunter Feb 9 #60

The Religiously Insane are a part of it. They are not resentful as much as they are in the thrall of a religion that CTyankee Feb 8 #22

MAGA is like the logo for Disaster Capitalism SleeplessinSoCal Feb 8 #23

Because hate is one of the most powerful emotions and hate sells. c-rational Feb 8 #26

excellent post proud patriot Feb 8 #27

In a word: compensation RainCaster Feb 8 #28

Yes. "...if someone else gains, they lose." Grins Feb 8 #29

The triangulation of hate, greed and fear. Marcuse Feb 9 #31

Excellent summary of MAGA. debm55 Feb 9 #33

This captures a lot of dynamics I've struggled to put into words myself. Torchlight Feb 9 #34

this the best and most complete analysis I've seen. I agree 100%. Martin68 Feb 9 #37

Brilliantly written! Thanks for pointing it. CaptainTruth Feb 9 #39

45 years of brainwashing propaganda brought us here. Initech Feb 9 #41

Thank u-saving 2 read-why mag so hateful Upthevibe Feb 9 #43

Exactly MW67 Feb 9 #44

MAGA Fuel gfarber Feb 9 #45

Too right! Easterncedar Feb 10 #66

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. Thomas Paine Ping Tung Feb 9 #46

Excellent summary Wild blueberry Feb 9 #49

Disagree. MAGA are the unwitting tools of Billionaires rigging everything bucolic_frolic Feb 9 #52

Short version: They hate because it is the only thing they can do with their terrible fear. n/t TygrBright Feb 9 #57

Their friends are MAGA. Their family is MAGA. Their church is MAGA. Glaisne Feb 9 #61

I can answer that more concisely: WestMichRad Feb 9 #62

Great breakdown. Thank you for posting mjvpi Feb 9 #63

If they can't have it they want to burn it down. North Coast Lawyer Feb 9 #65