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Opinion: It's not just hopium: People really are leaving MAGA (www.salon.com)

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But I stuck with MAGA. The fear of losing my community terrified me. For the better part of a year, I spent myriad sleepless nights wrestling with my conscience.

The final straw came for me on May 24, 2022, when a gunman massacred 19 kids and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. MAGA’s response was that we needed more guns. My research had shown me that was egregiously mistaken. Overwhelmed by guilt for having contributed to this madness, I quit MAGA.

Three months later, I published a mea culpa, in which I renounced my support for Trump and apologized for my hurtful deeds and rhetoric. I never imagined that anyone would care. But the opposite was true: I was deluged with requests for help from people hoping to save their relationships with their friends and loved ones in MAGA.

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[-] OwOarchist@pawb.social 11 points 2 months ago

there is nobody with a brain that you agree with 100%. Politics is about finding people who you agree with enough that you are willing to accept the differences.

We can disagree about tax policy and whether or not seatbelt laws are a good idea, and be willing to accept the differences.

We cannot disagree about concentration camps and pedophile islands, and be willing to accept the differences.

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