I don't understand maga people.

Stopped by the bar up north tonight. The usual gang of loud mouths was on one end of the bar yucking it up and making disparaging anti liberal comments. Not towards me but just in general.
They like their drinking, pull rabs, and buy their lottery tickets. Some are retired after years of hard labor. Not sure if any of them are still married. They have a lot of pride in being self sufficient but I'm not sure if they really are. Most if not all are dependent on one or more government programs but spend a lot of money on alcohol, or pot. They distrust minorities, all are white. I know a lot of them had difficult childhoods as their parents were alcoholics and were poor. I kinda doubt they will change as long as they are together. Individually, they probably could learn empathy and compassion for all people, but not as a group. They reinforce each others fears. I think that rhe only way this type of insanity can change is with deaths. When enough of the loud mouths disappear perhaps the remainders will listen to reason.

bijouxbroussard · F

Trump and his ilk are telling them they don’t have to have compassion for anyone else, that they shouldn’t feel guilty about their privilege when others are being excluded or disenfranchised. That being "woke" is weakness. 🙄

This has been a relief to them; they didn’t like feeling bad about their country and the obvious inequities. So being told that nothing is actually wrong and they deserve any benefits they get (and others don’t) is exactly the message they’ve been waiting for.

I’m not sure what’s going to turn things around, if people don’t want to consider others and don’t feel they need to.