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kairos12

(13,329 posts)
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 08:13 AM 14 hrs ago

MAGA Christmas Party Encounter.

Meeting MAGA and having words with them is pretty rare for me. Not my traveling circle. So, I attended at holiday party where I knew almost no one except for my few family members. I stumbled upon a conversation whereupon I heard, "California is being ruined by all those shoplifters with no respect for the law."

I jumped right into the deep end. I said I worry more about price gouging, merged up grocery conglomerates, hospitals that upcharge $100 for a 3 cent bandaid, and gas companies that use a trashcan fire to say "the refinery is down" to raise your gas prices.

Now, keep in mind, I have all the appearance of MAGA. Old, short haired white guy. From my comments I could see the sand had been thrown into their gearbox. I moved on.

Merry Christmas MAGA. Oh, and fuck you very much.

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MAGA Christmas Party Encounter. (Original Post) kairos12 14 hrs ago OP
Well done. Think. Again. 14 hrs ago #1
K & R Emile 14 hrs ago #2
Well said and appreciated Evolve Dammit 13 hrs ago #3
It's no Die Hard SocialDemocrat61 13 hrs ago #4
I'm afraid this crowd kairos12 13 hrs ago #5
"Yippee Ki-yay, Motherf***r!" GB_RN 12 hrs ago #10
I have that calendar. I use it every year. kairos12 12 hrs ago #11
I've Thought About It... GB_RN 11 hrs ago #14
I can tell MAGAts nowadays by how much they mindlessly disparage California LymphocyteLover 13 hrs ago #6
They are so jealous. My MAGA brother's first response after this election travelingthrulife 12 hrs ago #13
Well done! Aristus 13 hrs ago #7
A few days ago I was on the bike at the gym tinymontgomery 12 hrs ago #8
Good on you for that. kairos12 12 hrs ago #9
I wish every sane military person would speak up to these MAGAS. travelingthrulife 11 hrs ago #15
I used to stay quiet but now I just tell I don't support tinymontgomery 10 hrs ago #24
I would have also asked, ... aggiesal 11 hrs ago #22
Those are awesome examples , and just the right formula. Bluetus 12 hrs ago #12
Hey, why not prepare some one liner truth bombs to throw Ohioboy 11 hrs ago #23
I look like that too, and so did my dad, who liked to wear a red hat. paulkienitz 11 hrs ago #16
You really told them. PennRalphie 11 hrs ago #17
I never run into them either Dem4life1234 11 hrs ago #20
I run into it here in western NY. I live in a small city, in wnylib 8 hrs ago #27
I couldn't do it Dem4life1234 8 hrs ago #33
It is a city, just not a large one. wnylib 7 hrs ago #34
"" AllaN01Bear 11 hrs ago #18
They bitch about law and order Dem4life1234 11 hrs ago #19
"Law and order" The Wizard 8 hrs ago #28
Facts! Dem4life1234 8 hrs ago #31
I liked the way you threw the sand and moved on Ohioboy 11 hrs ago #21
I know this is hard to promounce, but, a nice reply to anything they say usonian 10 hrs ago #25
Eventually once I learned the cyrillic alphabet I could read & pronounce it.... electric_blue68 3 hrs ago #39
And then there's "People are too lazy to work." PoindexterOglethorpe 10 hrs ago #26
Okay, okay... ThePartyThatListens 8 hrs ago #29
RW media is focused on CA stollen 8 hrs ago #30
There are lots of red people in CA wryter2000 5 hrs ago #36
I've been reliably informed here that MAGAt encounters don't happen Arazi 8 hrs ago #32
How could shoplifting ruin a huge state like CA? wryter2000 5 hrs ago #35
These fools will soon find out LilElf70 4 hrs ago #37
Just piss in their punch bowl (metaphorically) and move on. ZonkerHarris 4 hrs ago #38
K&R blueseas 1 hr ago #40

kairos12

(13,329 posts)
5. I'm afraid this crowd
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 08:53 AM
13 hrs ago

is running low on sophisticated "Hans" type characters.

Also, I'm no Bruce Willis.



GB_RN

(3,219 posts)
10. "Yippee Ki-yay, Motherf***r!"
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 10:00 AM
12 hrs ago

“Welcome to the party, pal!”

It’s not Christmas until Hans Gruber has been tossed from the top of the Nakatomi building. 😁

Did you know there’s a Die Hard advent calendar? There are a couple different versions. The “deluxe” one has the FBI helicopter and the top of the building exploding. 😂

https://www.amazon.com/Die-Hard-Advent-Calendar-Halloween/dp/B0CDJ3JN2N#immersive-view_1735225374154

GB_RN

(3,219 posts)
14. I've Thought About It...
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 10:28 AM
11 hrs ago

For the fun factor. Although, I’ve never pulled the trigger, so to speak.😁

travelingthrulife

(953 posts)
13. They are so jealous. My MAGA brother's first response after this election
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 10:21 AM
12 hrs ago

was to say with glee, "Well you still have California", meaning it was the only place liberalism survived.

I still hear the old "land of fruits and nuts" canard from these fools.

tinymontgomery

(2,684 posts)
8. A few days ago I was on the bike at the gym
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 09:33 AM
12 hrs ago

I'm in my 60's, retired navy and I'm at the gym on the bike and next to me is a vet from the Korean War. Some other old guy (about 10 yrs older then me) comes over to the two of us, he knows the other guy and said he had a little off color joke for us. He tells it, it wasn't funny and I said I'm not a trumper. He looked at me and said, "I thought you wouldn't mind since you had been in the service", I had a old navy pt shirt on, I looked at him and said that all service members are not trumpers or republicans. He stayed about another minute then walked away. I doubt if those two guys will approach me again and that will be a good thing.

kairos12

(13,329 posts)
9. Good on you for that.
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 09:42 AM
12 hrs ago

Sometimes I have a hat that identifies me as an Airborne Ranger. If I throw out a anti-trump comment in the world it rocks their world and I laugh my ass off.

Have a great holiday.

Rangers Lead the Way.

travelingthrulife

(953 posts)
15. I wish every sane military person would speak up to these MAGAS.
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 10:29 AM
11 hrs ago

Same thing for the sane Christians. Where is their pushback against his? They are making your military service and/or your belief system into a mockery.

aggiesal

(9,526 posts)
22. I would have also asked, ...
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 11:14 AM
11 hrs ago

"Why would you support a person that doesn't give 2 $h1t$ about the military or its soldiers?"

Wait when they find out that Project 2025 pretty much eliminates the VA system.

Bluetus

(296 posts)
12. Those are awesome examples , and just the right formula.
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 10:14 AM
12 hrs ago

Not an extended, in-depth debate, but a flurry of undeniable sins. The Gish Gallop.

Maybe we should compile s list of pithy one-liners like that that everyone can memorize for just the right moment.

Ohioboy

(3,500 posts)
23. Hey, why not prepare some one liner truth bombs to throw
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 11:19 AM
11 hrs ago

They have been fed a lot of BS one liners. We should counter them with the truth.

paulkienitz

(1,341 posts)
16. I look like that too, and so did my dad, who liked to wear a red hat.
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 10:30 AM
11 hrs ago

He thought it was funny that he looked MAGA from a distance. I wouldn't find that funny. My partner sure doesn't — she even made me stop wearing the red swim trunks I got in Hawaii.

PennRalphie

(325 posts)
17. You really told them.
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 10:45 AM
11 hrs ago

Around here, Western PA, swing state, I never run into people randomly talking politics. It must be different here.

Dem4life1234

(2,004 posts)
20. I never run into them either
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 11:06 AM
11 hrs ago

Random strangers who talk politics? People who were trained better know you don't air politics among strangers.

Maybe I walk around with a "don't fuck with me" facial expression and people know better than to start BS with me.

wnylib

(24,776 posts)
27. I run into it here in western NY. I live in a small city, in
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 01:32 PM
8 hrs ago

a deep red, rural area.

People in convenience stores, grocery stores, etc. feel free to bring up their MAGA support while standing in line at a check out counter, or to slip a RW comment into any conversation.

Dem4life1234

(2,004 posts)
33. I couldn't do it
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 02:17 PM
8 hrs ago

I couldn't live among the willfully ignorant rural hillbillies. Just nope. I will take city life over that shit, where people mind theirs.

wnylib

(24,776 posts)
34. It is a city, just not a large one.
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 03:19 PM
7 hrs ago

I am not in a financial position to move or I would.

Dem4life1234

(2,004 posts)
19. They bitch about law and order
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 11:04 AM
11 hrs ago

When their dumbasses elected a whole thieving grifting rapist felon.

That's why I don't have any respect for those hypocritical jackasses.

Dem4life1234

(2,004 posts)
31. Facts!
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 02:14 PM
8 hrs ago

In their view, is ok doing the crime when it's certain groups doing it...when it's rich white males.

They can't even see their hypocrisy.

Imagine Obama doing half the shit that clown did.

Ohioboy

(3,500 posts)
21. I liked the way you threw the sand and moved on
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 11:12 AM
11 hrs ago

That way they can stand there and think about it.

My way of throwing the sand and moving on is to mention the trillions Trump added to the national debt.

usonian

(14,621 posts)
25. I know this is hard to promounce, but, a nice reply to anything they say
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 11:43 AM
10 hrs ago

Last edited Thu Dec 26, 2024, 12:18 PM - Edit history (1)

MAKE RUSSIA GREAT AGAIN
сделаем Россию снова великой

phonetic??
sdelayem Rossiyu snova velikoy

Source:
https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=ru&text=make%20russia%20great%20again&op=translate

electric_blue68

(18,719 posts)
39. Eventually once I learned the cyrillic alphabet I could read & pronounce it....
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 06:45 PM
3 hrs ago

Took Russian in 9th grade - ?1966/7.

I thought I could speak to my dad. English was his first language, but he spoke to his dad in Ukrainian.Somehow I knew the languages were pretty similar.

Didn't know about (probably hidden?) bad blood between ?most Ukrainians, and Soviet (Russian) Rusaians back then.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,845 posts)
26. And then there's "People are too lazy to work."
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 12:07 PM
10 hrs ago

Try thinking about all-time record low unemployment rates, and then go and take of those jobs yourself.

stollen

(590 posts)
30. RW media is focused on CA
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 02:10 PM
8 hrs ago

If shock/awe hits that state, there aren't any red folks that will care despite CA raning #4 as a country for its economy.

wryter2000

(47,602 posts)
36. There are lots of red people in CA
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 04:37 PM
5 hrs ago

There are just more Dems.

Ronald Reagan came from CA. So, does Kevin McCarthy.

Arazi

(7,074 posts)
32. I've been reliably informed here that MAGAt encounters don't happen
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 02:15 PM
8 hrs ago


Especially at party gatherings…

LilElf70

(548 posts)
37. These fools will soon find out
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 06:14 PM
4 hrs ago

they made a huge mistake. He constantly runs his con man mouth, saying anything to boost is ill conceived ego. He has no idea where he's going, and wants to get there as soon as possible. He is purposely putting people in charge that have no idea on what to do. His entire administration will fail and potentially take this country to a place it has never seen. He's just now realizing he can't fix inflation, which counters his claim while running for the election. Yet one more lie. And his supporters say nothing. No accountability again. Let's buy Canada. Lets buy Greenland, Let's take control if the Panama canal. What idiotic bullshit is going to come out of his mouth next.

So yeah, I agree, MAGATS, fuck you very much.

That is all.

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