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brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,644
edited November 2024 in A Moving Train
Since some people don't seem to want to discuss this under the #47 (AKA the Felon) thread, let's talk about it here:
I think that if Harris had won the election, her voters would have responded with joy, happiness, celebration, etc.  I don't get the feeling that way about the MAGA fans.  They seem either subdued, snarky/troll like, and often angry- not anger like the disappointment type anger we Harris voters feel, but just the usual mean bully style anger.  Part of that, I suppose, is that's just how some people are normally. But my guess is that part of it is because I think deep down, MAGA fans know they have fucked up themselves (as well as everybody else)by electing the Felon into office.  There's a lot being said about how the felon and his pals have made promises they cannot and don't intend to keep, and I think a lot of MAGAs know that.  OOOPS, too late!  
For those of us who love democracy and freedom from tyranny, it's important to keep this point in the foreground and made recognizable because it's almost blatantly evident and those voters need to own it.
Now, a few of you have suggested elsewhere that true MAGA fans will support the Felon no matter what.  My guess is that, deep down, some of the die-hard MAGA will eventually figure out how badly they blew it electing 47.   But what about the other republicans (and others even!) who voted for D. T.  Will they regret doing so?  Have they already?
"It's a sad and beautiful world"
-Roberto Benigni











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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,129
    Dude...they are elated
    Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)
    The Golden Age is 2 months away. And guess what….. you’re gonna love it! (teskeinc 11.19.24)

    1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
    2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
    2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
    2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
    2020: Oakland, Oakland:  2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
    2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
    2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana; 2025: Pitt1, Pitt2
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,644
    Gern Blansten said:
    Dude...they are elated

    Have you experienced that first hand?  MAGA fans here sure don't seem elated, more like defensive than anything.  Am I missing something?
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,523
    They are praying the price of eggs & bacon does not rise on his watch there’s no one or any other party they can point the finger at it’s all on them! Forgitabout it if gas prices rise they might just march on the capitol again 🤣
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,851
    The ones i know irl are super happy
  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,129
    brianlux said:
    Gern Blansten said:
    Dude...they are elated

    Have you experienced that first hand?  MAGA fans here sure don't seem elated, more like defensive than anything.  Am I missing something?
    oh yeah...god delivered this victory to the USA...he can do no wrong
    Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)
    The Golden Age is 2 months away. And guess what….. you’re gonna love it! (teskeinc 11.19.24)

    1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
    2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
    2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
    2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
    2020: Oakland, Oakland:  2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
    2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
    2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana; 2025: Pitt1, Pitt2
  • JeBurkhardt
    JeBurkhardt Posts: 5,317
    The ones I know seem pretty dang happy to me. Whether it bites them in the ass at some point is entirely possible. When the promised cuts to the federal budget happen and money is removed from a program that they approve of, it will be fun to watch. 
  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,129
    JeBurkhardt said:
    The ones I know seem pretty dang happy to me. Whether it bites them in the ass at some point is entirely possible. When the promised cuts to the federal budget happen and money is removed from a program that they approve of, it will be fun to watch. 
    but again...it won't bite them in the ass because trump will blame someone/something else and they will fall right in line
    Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)
    The Golden Age is 2 months away. And guess what….. you’re gonna love it! (teskeinc 11.19.24)

    1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
    2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
    2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
    2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
    2020: Oakland, Oakland:  2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
    2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
    2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana; 2025: Pitt1, Pitt2
  • JeBurkhardt
    JeBurkhardt Posts: 5,317
    Gern Blansten said:
    JeBurkhardt said:
    The ones I know seem pretty dang happy to me. Whether it bites them in the ass at some point is entirely possible. When the promised cuts to the federal budget happen and money is removed from a program that they approve of, it will be fun to watch. 
    but again...it won't bite them in the ass because trump will blame someone/something else and they will fall right in line
    Seems on brand for sure.
  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,486
    edited November 2024
    Anecdotally, conservative people I know are reacting the same way liberals would if it went the other way. Going about their business because its just The Next Day.


    Post edited by Kat on
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,644

    JeBurkhardt said:
    The ones I know seem pretty dang happy to me. Whether it bites them in the ass at some point is entirely possible. When the promised cuts to the federal budget happen and money is removed from a program that they approve of, it will be fun to watch. 

    I think it's inevitable that it will bite them in the ass.  I don't know how they can't already see that (well, I have a hunch, but I'll bite my tongue for now.)
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,750
    edited November 2024
    Yup. 
  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,129
    brianlux said:

    JeBurkhardt said:
    The ones I know seem pretty dang happy to me. Whether it bites them in the ass at some point is entirely possible. When the promised cuts to the federal budget happen and money is removed from a program that they approve of, it will be fun to watch. 

    I think it's inevitable that it will bite them in the ass.  I don't know how they can't already see that (well, I have a hunch, but I'll bite my tongue for now.)
    They absolutely don't see it. There is never any regret. Seeing libs upset is fuel.

    You are giving these guys a lot of fuel :)
    Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)
    The Golden Age is 2 months away. And guess what….. you’re gonna love it! (teskeinc 11.19.24)

    1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
    2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
    2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
    2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
    2020: Oakland, Oakland:  2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
    2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
    2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana; 2025: Pitt1, Pitt2
  • OnWis97
    OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,608
    edited November 2024
    brianlux said:
    Gern Blansten said:
    Dude...they are elated

    Have you experienced that first hand?  MAGA fans here sure don't seem elated, more like defensive than anything.  Am I missing something?
    They're glad he won but they've been driven for years and years by outrage about how evil/terrible/etc. everyone else is. My anecdotal experience is that they went from being happy when W (who they used to love and now do not) was winning to being angry starting sometime in the Obama years. Trump's win is outstanding news for them (at least right now) but there are still wokesters, betas, virtue-signalers, secularists, child traffickers,* they/thems, and hollywood elites working tirelessly to make their lives worse. That's never going away. The hard-core ones can be happy with election results but it's difficult to overcome the constant barrage of misery they no longer realize they are choosing to have jammed into their heads.

    *the fake ones. They're not actual concerned with the real stories.
    Post edited by OnWis97 on
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,644
    Gern Blansten said:
    brianlux said:

    JeBurkhardt said:
    The ones I know seem pretty dang happy to me. Whether it bites them in the ass at some point is entirely possible. When the promised cuts to the federal budget happen and money is removed from a program that they approve of, it will be fun to watch. 

    I think it's inevitable that it will bite them in the ass.  I don't know how they can't already see that (well, I have a hunch, but I'll bite my tongue for now.)
    They absolutely don't see it. There is never any regret. Seeing libs upset is fuel.

    You are giving these guys a lot of fuel :)

    If that's how it appears, I need to make something clear here.  I am not upset.  True, when the election results came through I was disturbed and angry, but that's natural.  Who wouldn't be angry with seeing the end of democracy in America?  The way I see it, you would have to be crazy not to be angry and disturbed by that.
    But now it is what it is and I'm moving forward.  Forward to me means fighting for democracy.  Being upset leads to apathy.  Being righteously angry leads to action.  If anyone was is giving fuel, it's the blind-sighted MAGAs who are giving me fuel (thanks, guys!) 
    And if MAGAs don't see how fucked up their lives will be as a result of electing a dictator with serious cognitive decline who, along with the help of a few super rich, are going to drain their resources, that's too bad, they're the ones who voted him in.  Besides, at this point, I can't do anything about that.  I'm going to stand up for democracy with renewed energy.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,449
    edited November 2024
    Tim Simmons said:
    Anecdotally, conservative people I know are reacting the same way liberals would if it went the other way. Going about their business because its just The Next Day.


    I think this is the correct take. 
    Post edited by Kat on
    Hugh Freaking Dillon is currently out of the office, returning sometime in the fall




  • Phool
    Phool Milwaukee, WI Posts: 84
    edited November 2024
    brianlux said:
    Since some people don't seem to want to discuss this under the #47 (AKA the Felon) thread, let's talk about it here:
    I think that if Harris had won the election, her voters would have responded with joy, happiness, celebration, etc.  I don't get the feeling that way about the MAGA fans.  They seem either subdued, snarky/troll like, and often angry- not anger like the disappointment type anger we Harris voters feel, but just the usual mean bully style anger.  Part of that, I suppose, is that's just how some people are normally. But my guess is that part of it is because I think deep down, MAGA fans know they have fucked up themselves (as well as everybody else)by electing the Felon into office.  There's a lot being said about how the felon and his pals have made promises they cannot and don't intend to keep, and I think a lot of MAGAs know that.  OOOPS, too late!  
    For those of us who love democracy and freedom from tyranny, it's important to keep this point in the foreground and made recognizable because it's almost blatantly evident and those voters need to own it.
    Now, a few of you have suggested elsewhere that true MAGA fans will support the Felon no matter what.  My guess is that, deep down, some of the die-hard MAGA will eventually figure out how badly they blew it electing 47.   But what about the other republicans (and others even!) who voted for D. T.  Will they regret doing so?  Have they already?


    Yes we are

    I am happy that I no longer feel like I am the problem with this world for what I believe in by the outspoken extreme minority.   I am American.  I understand people have different views then me and I am OK with that.  I stand for democracy and I do not feel the government should tell me what I can and cannot do.

    Also,  thank you for you for labeling me as a "troll", "a mean bully" and then tell me "I fucked up."  It’s unfortunate there is so much hate in this world and you label me these things but please, look in the mirror, it has been sung,  “if you hate something, don’t you do it to?”

    You may seem less combative towards people if you let politics not consume your life.

    Have an awesome day!


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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,644
    edited November 2024
    Phool said:
    brianlux said:
    Since some people don't seem to want to discuss this under the #47 (AKA the Felon) thread, let's talk about it here:
    I think that if Harris had won the election, her voters would have responded with joy, happiness, celebration, etc.  I don't get the feeling that way about the MAGA fans.  They seem either subdued, snarky/troll like, and often angry- not anger like the disappointment type anger we Harris voters feel, but just the usual mean bully style anger.  Part of that, I suppose, is that's just how some people are normally. But my guess is that part of it is because I think deep down, MAGA fans know they have fucked up themselves (as well as everybody else)by electing the Felon into office.  There's a lot being said about how the felon and his pals have made promises they cannot and don't intend to keep, and I think a lot of MAGAs know that.  OOOPS, too late!  
    For those of us who love democracy and freedom from tyranny, it's important to keep this point in the foreground and made recognizable because it's almost blatantly evident and those voters need to own it.
    Now, a few of you have suggested elsewhere that true MAGA fans will support the Felon no matter what.  My guess is that, deep down, some of the die-hard MAGA will eventually figure out how badly they blew it electing 47.   But what about the other republicans (and others even!) who voted for D. T.  Will they regret doing so?  Have they already?


    Yes we are

    I am happy that I no longer feel like I am the problem with this world for what I believe in by the outspoken extreme minority. 

    Also,  thank you for you for graciously proving this point in your original post by labeling me as a troll, a mean bully and fucked up in the head.  It’s unfortunate there is so much hate in this world.  But it has been sung,  “if you hate something, don’t you do it to?”

    Have an awesome day!



    That's not what I said.
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,644
    ei·ther
    /ˈēT͟Hər,ˈīT͟Hər/
    conjunction · adverb
    conjunction: either; adverb: either
    1.
    used before the first of two (or occasionally more) alternatives that are being specified (the other being introduced by “or”).
    "either I'll accompany you to your room, or I'll wait here"

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,644
    My original post was an observation and my comments about MAGAs were a generalization.  I have not said anything about any individual here.  Also note, there are exceptions to generalizations.  If anyone has taken what I said here personally, that's an unfortunate misunderstanding on their part.  Also, as far as I can tell, I have not broken any forum rules in what I've said here, but if anyone has an issue with what I posted, feel free to flag my post.  I'm always willing to admit and correct an error. 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,644
    edited November 2024
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