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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLatest right wing conspiracy going around our MAGAT community this morning.
And yes, people are still going out for morning walks wearing their MAGA gear.
So, my husband started taking our new puppy for walks a couple of weeks ago, and when he comes home to tell me about the conversations with people he's bumped into during his walks, he identifies the Trumpers by adding MAGA as their last name. Sharon MAGA is a favorite of ours, but today, he ran into Stan and Linda MAGA (I anonymously busted them for being in violation of our HOA rules by having a Trump sign in their window). Stan and Linda asked if my husband had heard the latest - that Soros is paying Democrats $10,000 to move to Georgia so they can vote in the run-off elections, and Castro (I'm assuming they meant Julian or Joaquin) is advertising this on his website. Dear Lord.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)edited for grammar.
Native
(5,942 posts)I'll tell him to just go along with whatever they say and make a pithy comment about his involvement. LOL.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)where MAGAT contact is rare - we are on a dead end road with only a handful of houses, and we never really see anyone. The two people we know best are anti-MAGATs. Our walks are in national forests.
Going forward, I plan to continue to eliminate any chance of MAGAT contact for as long as I live. Fuck em all.
Native
(5,942 posts)We are in one of 800 homes on a golf course in Florida (I know, I know). We moved off the water and sold our sailboat. Big mistake.
Anyway, I'd say at least 30% of the residents have dogs, perhaps more. The other afternoon, on our street, an older guy came out of his house and started screaming at my husband, yelling that he had to leave because dogs are not allowed in our community. He said it was illegal and became very agitated and very loud (animals are allowed, this guy is obviously senile). Another neighbor, in his 50's and on our trivia team and super, super smart came over to my husband and told him he should hire an attorney to go after the guy who was screaming at him. My husband responded with, "Ha ha, you mean like Rudy or Pam Bondi?" And then it began.... did my husband know about all the voter fraud that is going on - all the dead people voting and all the people in the States Attorney's office in Philadelphia that had quit because CNN was going to dox them. At least 3 times my husband asked him where he had heard all of this and never got an answer, so he finally said, "I guess you heard this on Faux News." Well, that set the guy off on another rant, "Hell no! You may not know this, but Fox News isn't conservative anymore."
AllaN01Bear
(18,209 posts)and i hate people who make their own rules , dont read memos , dont read the tenants hand book. glad you knew animals are allowed in your (ugh hoa) was triying to think of a snarky response to this but couldnt i had more contact with these types when i lived in the los angles area (glendora ca) than up here ,tuolumne county ca .
OldBaldy1701E
(5,128 posts)and I am curious how you avoid MAGAts up around Six Forks, and Old Wake Forest Rd... unless the area has changed a lot. Which is possible. I do miss it, BTW. Lived in about every part of that town. (I was there on campus in '83... what a night...)
NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)we were among very few blue dots in a sea of red in our neighborhood. We avoided the MAGATs mainly because I retired early and my wife and I tend to keep to ourselves. Gardeners and quilters can really dig into their solitude!
I know there are loads of MAGATs around us here 4 hours west of Raleigh, in the mountains - but again, we avoid them and just do our thing at our home, our yard.
OldBaldy1701E
(5,128 posts)My friend lived up there, and I was not too far away at one point. Howdee!
RichardRay
(2,611 posts)...I can signup for such a program. Im old, disabled, retired, and i have a sleeping bag. I could be there in a few days.
niyad
(113,303 posts)niyad
(113,303 posts)Native
(5,942 posts)niyad
(113,303 posts)Native
(5,942 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,194 posts)dawg day
(7,947 posts)Hey, Soros, where's my $10K moving check?
mountain grammy
(26,620 posts)have motorhome will travel!
ananda
(28,860 posts)Trump/Pence signs and other signs. Ick
dreamland
(964 posts)Neighbors of ours decided to show their true colors by upping a RumPence sign. Husband still says hello but I just can't even bring myself to smile at them anymore. But there's were we get the news from the MAGATs on our street.
Goodheart
(5,324 posts)Let's see.... if Soros gave 10,000 families $10,000 each.... that would hardly put a dent in Georgia's five million votes but would cost Soros 100 MILLION DOLLARS.
Yeah, suuuure, he's going to do that. LMAO.
TheBlackAdder
(28,194 posts).
A good realistic summary of the process.
The First Steps
Once you find a place to live in Georgia and start getting settled youll need to begin establishing official residency. This means transferring all of your information to Georgia and becoming a resident. Open a bank account and transfer your money from your current state to Georgia. Establish utilities in your name and complete an official address change with the United States Post Office. Gather all supportive documents and keep them in the same place. All of these documents help prove permanent residency.
Drivers License and ID
Within 30 days of moving to Georgia, transfer your drivers license and state identification card. Visit the Georgia Department of Drivers Services and schedule an appointment. Bring your birth certificate, passport or immigration card to prove your identity and your lease agreement or a utility bill to prove that you now live in Georgia. Youll surrender your current drivers license and state ID and receive a temporary Georgia license and ID. Your permanent license and ID will arrive in the mail within a few weeks.
Register to Vote
Once you receive your ID, register to vote in Georgia. Download an application online or visit your local election office, public library or other government office for a mail-in form. It can take about three to four weeks to process your application. To register to vote you will need to be at least 18 years of age and prove what Georgia county youre a resident of.
https://realestateinsavannah.net/real-estate-blog/how-to-become-an-official-resident-of-georgia/
But, rubes are stupid, else they wouldn't be rubes.
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Native
(5,942 posts)Last edited Mon Nov 16, 2020, 11:45 AM - Edit history (1)
ONE BILLION DOLLARS will buy us 100,000 votes. Even the math is ridiculous. Putting rules and regs aside, the basic logistics of doing this are insane too. Who is going to quit their job and establish another residence with all that entails for only $10,000? You'd have to rent, and that would barely cover first, last, a security deposit (got to get that utility bill or lease agreement to document residency), much less the added cost of moving expenses and anything you'd owe for breaking your current lease. And if you are homeless, if you're smart you'd just take the $10,000 and run! And that's assuming he's handing out the money ahead of the move. So basically, you'd have to be in dire enough straits for this to be an incentive, and then where are you going to get the money to effect the move if you have to prove new residency to get the Soros hand-out?
Suspending rational thought, common sense, and logic are all requirements for believing this crap. I won't even get into critical thinking skills because they obviously never cultivated that enough to be able to set it aside.
RVN VET71
(2,690 posts)If Soros was the big conspirator he's supposed to be, he would have done the math and figured a cheaper and more effective way to do it.
Native
(5,942 posts)$20,000 makes it a more enticing prospect.
underpants
(182,803 posts)Money well spent.
stopbush
(24,396 posts)the crazed CTs reeking from the RW fever swamps within hours of the latest nutty CT making the rounds.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Soros, Dm for Venmo
bucolic_frolic
(43,161 posts)If a voter abides by the law in being eligible to vote, the problem is what - that Rethugs don't like it?
58Sunliner
(4,386 posts)I read about all of the BS some of you cope with and I'm grateful. Someone did steal my Biden/Harris sign though.
Native
(5,942 posts)but it's only a matter of time.
58Sunliner
(4,386 posts)Native
(5,942 posts)mcar
(42,331 posts)BTW, we took down our Biden yard sign last week. Our MAGA neighbors are still flying their freak flags.
Native
(5,942 posts)Those that didn't directly participate showed their support by sitting on their driveways dressed in their MAGAT wardrobes with the full picnic set ups - cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, and waving hand-held flags. An elderly neighbor who is wheel chair bound and lives 2 doors down from us drove her wheel chair out to the end of her driveway and was holding a video camera up to record the parade. This is a woman I've actually never seen out of the house in the 7 years we've lived here. She has aides who come and stay with her (day and night shifts), and yet there she was - all alone recording the pestilence as it rolled by.
P.S. - the 2nd parade was the biggest & best - cars & kids on bikes decked out with signs and flags even participated.
P.S.S. - not to mention an entire hour of horns blasting (they drove real slow).
mcar
(42,331 posts)I had to go to the Villages last week. Since they can't display yard signs, it was relatively peaceful. But, one pickup truck turned a corner near me. You know how they have their Trump and confederate flags flying from poles attached to the bed of the pickup? This truck had, no lie, at least a dozen Trump flags. The bed was completely full. I thought the truck was going to tip over when it made the turn.
I honestly wouldn't be surprised if some of these cultists commit suicide when their dear leader is no longer in charge.
Native
(5,942 posts)With both parades I managed to be either driving into or out of my community. First parade I was stuck behind them, and when I went to pass one of the stragglers, a golf cart that was trying to catch up to the rest of them, he flipped me off, and that was before he saw my Biden/Harris car magnet. Second parade, hands down the best one, I ran into them when I turned onto my street, so I got to see all my crazy neighbors celebrating to my right while the parade passed me on the left. I was smack dab in the middle of it all. How's that for timing?
not fooled
(5,801 posts)from down the street. Definitely an improvement.
Initech
(100,075 posts)Because they believe some seriously crazy shit!
Native
(5,942 posts)Initech
(100,075 posts)That would get a few million hits on YouTube!
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)irisblue
(32,974 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Native
(5,942 posts)I doubt these people even know the twin's first names.
TryLogic
(1,723 posts)in their world of anti-(key word) marketing. They use anti-(key word) screams to rally around, like mindless morons or dazed zombies.
ashredux
(2,605 posts)wnylib
(21,458 posts)does after he passes on. Death does not stop trumpists or Trump himself. Look how long he's been jousting with McCain's ghost.
MadLinguist
(790 posts)on their way to the Peachtree state. Stan and Linda, I would say, should be the first ones to go, if they are so concerned about the direction of the Senate.
Boomer
(4,168 posts)Which means we can live in any state we want to, right?
RVN VET71
(2,690 posts)If so, it's nice of them to identify themselves, via Trump signs, as abominably stupid fools willfully following the Q-Anon Jesus (by which I mean the morbidly obese liar stinking up our White House).
Of course, if they are indicative of your neighbors . . .nah, can't be or you would not have posted this encounter as a sadly humorous event. You'd be packing a moving van and heading off to a more civilized locale.
Native
(5,942 posts)we have our own company, and we're in land development. This is where we have contacts and have established ourselves. We could move and get a license in another state, but we'd be living like paupers. No way we could start from scratch again at this point. When we retire, which isn't that far off, it won't matter where we live because we'll be traveling and sailing most of the time. Fortunately the 3% are in touch with one another, and there are always the blissfully ignorant, apolitical people that you can share interests with. Hard to believe they still exist, but there certainly seem to be quite a few in our neighborhood.
AllaN01Bear
(18,209 posts)facts facts dont overburden me with facts .
Native
(5,942 posts)That's more than enough to validate it in their minds.
NoRoadUntravelled
(2,626 posts)Native
(5,942 posts)NoRoadUntravelled
(2,626 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)they force their way into my space I will deal with them appropriately. They are dangerous cult members & needed to be treated as such.
Native
(5,942 posts)dixiechiken1
(2,113 posts)DeJoy strikes again!
hadEnuf
(2,190 posts)AKA, the Free State Project.
https://www.fsp.org/
Native
(5,942 posts)hadEnuf
(2,190 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)but it's as stupid and easily debunked as that one.
Hey. Great counter-strategy. Start encouraging MAGAts move to GA as a part of this plan, but secretly vote Republican. It would be hysterical to see some of them go as far as driving to GA, but it might keep them busy for a while.
Turbineguy
(37,329 posts)Ask them if they have an application form. For all your DU Friends.
Dreampuff
(778 posts)Your magas appear to be as stupid as the ones we have here. Have you ever tried to sell them Oceanfront property in North Dakota? Many of them might fall for it.
Native
(5,942 posts)the more they seem to fall for this crap. At least in my neighborhood.
https://medium.com/datadriveninvestor/how-smart-people-fall-for-conspiracy-theories-213ac707c84a
IronLionZion
(45,442 posts)brush
(53,778 posts)vote in the run-off election?
Native
(5,942 posts)maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)Oh, OK. I see that YOU ARE CONSUMING BULLSHIT.