Real-life encounters with MAGAts
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March 17, 2026
Would love to hear your real-life encounters with MAGAts. These people really cause a great deal of concern with how utterly stupid they are or how uninformed they are.
I've had two recent encounters;
I often wear T-shirts that are political in nature. The other day I was wearing one that has RESIST in block letters on the front. Coming out of a store, some guy says, "Resist what?" and I just said, "Putin's little bitch, Trump." I am sure he expected to devastate me with his response of "Oh, so you're woke."
My response was, "Yes, thank you, as I am not a racist, misogynist, bigoted pig," and I kept walking. Hope he has figured it out by now.
The second one was just how obviously uninformed they are. Talking to a guy in a brewery, and I said something about Trump saying he was going to continue Iran just for fun. He was very adamant that was just AI fake news. I suggested he do a little research and see how many news organizations have reported on Trump's "fun" comment. I doubt...
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