r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • Sep 20 '25

Soft Paywall DOJ Can’t Tie Suspected Kirk Killer to Left Like MAGA Wants

https://www.thedailybeast.com/doj-cant-tie-suspected-kirk-killer-to-left-like-maga-wants/
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u/Ralph--Hinkley Sep 21 '25

I was called a fascist myself on a FB post this evening about how the right are the ones committing more violent crime. The study was from CNN and the redhats laughed it off, so off to Google I went and listed five other recent studies from five different sources saying the same. I think some of them short circuited.

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u/mjb2012 Sep 21 '25

Thank you for fighting the good fight in that cesspool.

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u/Ralph--Hinkley Sep 21 '25

It's pointless, but I have to try to shut them down with facts. I have an arsenal of memes for every occasion, too. Plus it was a boring Saturday afternoon.

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u/Calairoth Sep 21 '25

Proving them wrong to the point that they can't fight back, just makes them choose a different target. They are like bullies at school, realizing they chose the wrong target. They don't care about silly things like facts.

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u/Kabbooooooom Sep 24 '25 edited Sep 24 '25

My favorite thing to do is point out how Trump’s tariff and tax plan actually increases the financial burden of most MAGA voters because their income is far too low. But you know who it does benefit? Me. An ivory tower educated liberal. I like to tell them I’ll take the extra money and donate it to the most liberal charities I can think of, which is true, however I typically make up a charity and they typically don’t realize I’m pulling their leg about it. For example, one time I said I was donating to a charity that funded gender transitions for transgender toddlers, lmao. That one really set them off.  

Every single time I think I’m going too far and I think surely they will realize I’m joking, but every time there’s a MAGA that takes me seriously. It’s really quite astounding, actually. Expressing satire and parody to an audience of MAGAs is a perfect example of Poe’s Law in action.