Jason J. ThomasNov 11, 2024
𝐿𝒢𝓃𝒢 "not yet begun to fight"

MAGA: You people call everyone a Nazi! I'm not a Nazi!

ME: Okay, maybe I'm wrong. Do you mind if I ask you a few questions about what you believe?

MAGA: Fine ok, but I'm NOT A NAZI stop saying that!!

ME: First question: Do you believe that American schools should be required to teach the Bible and the Constitution because that is the source of truth and we have strayed from its path?

MAGA: Well of course. We have to get God back in schools.

ME: Okay. Do you believe that America has lost its way and we should go back to traditional values?

MAGA: Duh. We're gonna make America great again.

ME: Fine, alright. Do you think American presidents should have summits with dictators like Vladimir Putin, Netanyahu, Kim Jong-Un, or the Taliban?

MAGA: Definitely. We need to take action right now, and Trump is going to make sure it happens. What has Biden done in 4 years? Nothing.

ME: Right. Got it. Tell me, what do you think of Republicans like Liz Cheney or Mitt Romney?

MAGA: Get fucked, RINOs. They're all fucking traitors. No better than you libtards.

ME: Alright then. Next question. This is an easy one. Open borders - good or bad?

MAGA: Don't get me started on those Mexican immigrants. They're rapists and drug dealers. Trump is gonna build the wall.

ME: Yeah, I thought so. Ok, next I need to ask you about your thoughts on the middle class, you know, the price of groceries and gas and stuff.

MAGA: Way too high. I can't even afford to drive my Hummer from my summer home to the Piggly Wiggly to buy a dozen eggs. That's all Biden's fault too. Trump is going to fix it.

ME: Sure, sure. The next question is about police. Do you support defunding police and using that money to hire more pacifist solutions and invest in de-escalation techniques?

MAGA: FUCK no. Thin blue line, baby.

ME: Yeah, thought not. During Donald Trump's first campaign, he mocked a disabled reporter. It became something of a meme among the right, being used to–

MAGA: Oh shit I remember that! That was fuckin funny as hell, dude. Trump is the fuckin God-emperor!

ME: No need to finish that question then. Ok, quick rapid fire round. Fill in the blanks. CNN is ___

MAGA: Fake news.

ME: Great. Obama is part of the ___

MAGA: Deep state.

ME: Ok. Californians are ___

MAGA: Coastal elites.

ME: LGBT people are ___

MAGA: Groomers.

ME: Your body ___

MAGA: My choice, bitches!

ME: And finally, people convicted of storming the capital on Jan 6 are ___

MAGA: Heroes.

ME: Got it. That's it. You did it. You scored a perfect 14.

MAGA: Woohoo! USA! USA! USA! Wait, was this a test?

ME: Yep. Umberto Eco's 14 points of fascism. You scored a perfect 14. Some of them I didn't even have to ask about. You just volunteered the "correct" answer. So, congrats, I guess? You *are* a Nazi.

Nov 11, 2024 at 5:30pmWeb
Show threadFox in the Shell πŸ’œπŸΎπŸ¦ŠNov 11, 2024
@Lana I wanna laugh, but then I think about some of the conversations with relatives I've had in the past two months and...ugh this is too on point.
Show threadΩ 🌍 Gus PoseyNov 11, 2024
@LavenderPawprints It's weird to think that someone you thought was simply flawed was in fact deeply evil. If nothing else, this should give us a final litmus test for the people around us.
Show threadFox in the Shell πŸ’œπŸΎπŸ¦ŠNov 11, 2024

@Gustodon I think about my family, how literally 90 percent of them voted for him, then openly bragged about it then got mad at me because I voted blue as though it was a horible thing when I'm the only one of our bunch thinking strait and isn't caught up in the mind virus that is the ultra right.

The sickening thing is I'm openly trans, blind, and I've got a whole host of other disabilities and one of the millions that will be effected when they start cracking down on our existances.

My family voted for my extermenation and the eradication of all decent folk who simply just want to live and be left alone in peace.

That fuckin hurts, and despite that I want to hope that they'll see the light.

But then I read this post...and it's like...weren't you just having this very same conversation a few weeks ago with your mother and grandmother?

How can they say they love me and care about my wellbeing, yet vote for the very same monster that would have me removed from society if he could? And it's very likely he'll be able to do just that once he's in office.
So yeah, struggling to process that and figure out how I'm going to react. The obvious choice is to cut ties and get the fuck away from them while I can and while they're thousands of miles from me, but familial attachment is a bitch in situations like these.

Show threadPTJ NorthNov 13, 2024
@LavenderPawprints @Lana I want to laugh too, but I can’t. In one fell swoop I lost all my friends and family. This really is how they talk and act. I’m done with them. No more bridges trying to communicate with the brainwashed.
Show threadFox in the Shell πŸ’œπŸΎπŸ¦ŠNov 13, 2024

@ptjnorth @Lana I'm sorry, friend. For whatit's worth, I completely get it.

Solidarity in our betrayal. Stay strong the best you can. You're not alone.

Show threadQuincy PeckNov 11, 2024
@Lana the best line from the TV show The Boys was when Stormfront, the Nazi superhero said, β€œPeople like what we believe in, they just hate the word Nazi.”
Show threadMarsh RayNov 11, 2024

@Lana I know someone who believes that several tens of millions of people ought to be rounded up and deported. Even native-born citizens. (This is a platform position of the incoming administration.)

It would be one of the largest forced human migrations in history, exceeding those of the Soviet Union I think.

He objects to it being pointed out that his views are similar to early-mid 1930’s Germany.
Just utterly insane stuff.

Show threadBe_OutsideNov 11, 2024
@Lana
That's a BIG conversation to have with someone who should just simply be pushed down a flight of stairs and left at the bottom.....