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Coventina

(29,477 posts)
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 11:12 PM Monday

Just had an encounter with a MAGAt in grocery store parking lot.

Husband and I stopped at grocery store after our weekly yoga class.

We took my car, which is festooned with stickers of a feminist and gay rights sort.

My personal favorite is: I'm too clumsy to be around fragile masculinity.

Anyway, we come out o the store to see a guy closely examining my stickers.

My husband says, as we get close, "See any you like?"

The guy backs away and says, "No."
He has a really sour look on his face.

He pauses and then says, "They are illogical," as he walks away.

I said, "Sure buddy," and laughed.

He passed us on the way out of the parking lot.

My husband gave him a cheery wave as he sneered at us.

They hate that we exist.

Oh well......

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Just had an encounter with a MAGAt in grocery store parking lot. (Original Post) Coventina Monday OP
They always seem to be angry about something. Turbineguy Monday #1
Whiny Fragile Snowflakes Emile 16 hrs ago #17
Surprised he knew the word "illogical". lastlib Monday #2
Unfortunately, plenty of them are Star Trek fans. OldBaldy1701E 11 hrs ago #28
(That might've gone out the window..... lastlib 5 hrs ago #30
I had an encounter with one in Costco a few weeks ago. Initech Monday #3
Soooo, the guy cannot spell? niyad Monday #4
I think it's meant to be "freedom fan" AZJonnie Monday #5
The guy apparently said it meant "freedom". Did not say anything more, niyad 20 hrs ago #14
It was intentional. Initech Yesterday #6
Did you actually look at the letters? "freedom" does not contain 2 "f's", niyad 20 hrs ago #13
It was two words - "freedom fan". Initech 15 hrs ago #18
Quote, " it means freedom". I do not see where you indicated he said "freedom fan". niyad 14 hrs ago #19
The other F was a typo then. Initech 14 hrs ago #20
So was the "n" then. niyad 14 hrs ago #21
This is how it was spelled out: Initech 14 hrs ago #22
Nowhere in your first post did you indicate that he said "freedom fan", niyad 13 hrs ago #23
OK, I fixed it. I see where that can get confusing. Initech 13 hrs ago #24
Thank you. niyad 13 hrs ago #26
I wonder what the second f was for? Nt Figarosmom Yesterday #10
It looks like an acronym Mblaze Yesterday #12
I won't tell nobody, but ya spelt maggot wrong. 3Hotdogs Yesterday #7
Sorry about your 'logical' discomfort there, Spock EYESORE 9001 Yesterday #8
Well, I love that you exist, Coventina! HeartsCanHope Yesterday #9
He didn't understand "fragile masculinity" Bluetus Yesterday #11
Message auto-removed Name removed 19 hrs ago #15
I saw one at local Walmart parking lot last Friday. I had just parked, Emile 19 hrs ago #16
I would have called the police about him taking up handicap spaces. niyad 13 hrs ago #25
I mentioned it to the Walmart greeter. I should Emile 11 hrs ago #27
Are walmart greeters even allowed to take any sort of action? niyad 11 hrs ago #29
He was probably already unhappy after paying prices which savior Trump promised would Jack Valentino 3 hrs ago #31

lastlib

(27,824 posts)
2. Surprised he knew the word "illogical".
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 11:27 PM
Monday

Of course, he doesn't understand Logic well enough to apply it to his own thinking, or he wouldn't be a MAGAt. To him, the word probably just means "confusing"---and that's his permanent state.

OldBaldy1701E

(10,683 posts)
28. Unfortunately, plenty of them are Star Trek fans.
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 03:06 PM
11 hrs ago

He probably got it from there.

I am taking bets as to whether or not he knows what it means, other than by watching Nimoy use it.

Initech

(108,043 posts)
3. I had an encounter with one in Costco a few weeks ago.
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 11:30 PM
Monday

Last edited Tue Feb 10, 2026, 01:11 PM - Edit history (2)

Guy had a license plate that read "F R D M F N" and my mom thought it was "Fordham fan", which would have made sense, but the guy's like "No, it means freedom fan". And we were like "Oh...... oh."

This man and his fans have legitimately ruined patriotic imagery.

niyad

(130,633 posts)
14. The guy apparently said it meant "freedom". Did not say anything more,
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 06:58 AM
20 hrs ago

But if you are correct, he cannot articulate properly.

niyad

(130,633 posts)
13. Did you actually look at the letters? "freedom" does not contain 2 "f's",
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 06:45 AM
20 hrs ago

nor an "n". And the CA license plate character limit is 7. freedom.

niyad

(130,633 posts)
23. Nowhere in your first post did you indicate that he said "freedom fan",
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 01:05 PM
13 hrs ago

only that "he said it meant "freedom" ". I am simply going by what you first typed.

EYESORE 9001

(29,546 posts)
8. Sorry about your 'logical' discomfort there, Spock
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 12:13 AM
Yesterday

Such free-floating anger seems kinda illogical to me. You really must govern your passions. They will be your undoing.

HeartsCanHope

(1,564 posts)
9. Well, I love that you exist, Coventina!
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 12:15 AM
Yesterday

You weren't disrespectful, and you and your husband stood up for your beliefs with a smile and a wave.

Thank you for sharing your story!

Bluetus

(2,504 posts)
11. He didn't understand "fragile masculinity"
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 12:32 AM
Yesterday

but was too lazy to look it up. These people are dolts, a lifetime of intellectual laziness, which leads to a lack of accomplishment, leading to hatred of those who live their lives with more self-respect.

Response to Coventina (Original post)

Emile

(41,480 posts)
16. I saw one at local Walmart parking lot last Friday. I had just parked,
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 07:05 AM
19 hrs ago

and this old man by himself pulls up his truck right in front of the entrance, and angles his vehicle where anybody driving or walking by will notice his huge Trump magnet on the side of his vehicle. A huge picture of Trump's mug shot with the words Making America Great Again. This stupid old man was taking up two handicap parking spots. My wife says, don't say anything to him as we walked by. We were inside the store for almost an hour. When we walked back outside that old man was still sitting in his vehicle, and smoking a cigarette.

Seriously, this dude is suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome. WTF would make someone go to the expense to have a huge magnet sticker made up, just to park in a Walmart parking lot? These fucking people are nuts.

Jack Valentino

(4,652 posts)
31. He was probably already unhappy after paying prices which savior Trump promised would
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 11:18 PM
3 hrs ago

'come down on day one!' but have instead gone UP...


It may make one's face appear even MORE sour,
when they realize they've been duped,
but it is impossible for them to admit it.

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