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69. I have no problem with calling them magats,

Sat Feb 3, 2024, 05:51 PM

Feb 2024

and I don't get why the word should be banned. It's not like they were born that way or can't help themselves. Letting them claim that they are for making America great again is delusional. What they advocate and work for seems to me to be the opposite of making America great.

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The term MAGAT has been banned [View all] orangecrush Feb 2024 OP

Delusional thinking that MAGAts can be "reached". bluesbassman Feb 2024 #1

+1. They might not join, but perhaps they will be less murderous dalton99a Feb 2024 #6

It's not about reaching them. It's about ** us ** not using Hitler terminology Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2024 #121

Good point Roy Rolling Feb 2024 #125

The "T" azureblue Feb 2024 #156

No, it really iS NOT. Appeasing a bully or Fascists through history... Give me ONE example where that hlthe2b Feb 2024 #161

I'm with you, 100%. Paladin Feb 2024 #168

Wow - it's as if you didn't bother reading the post you replied to muriel_volestrangler Feb 2024 #190

Stop the attacks on me and others! We have EVERY right to express our opinions. hlthe2b Feb 2024 #194

The point is, your opinion was an attack on a DUer muriel_volestrangler Feb 2024 #195

No. It was not. Will you accuse Paladin of the same who agreed WITH ME 100%? hlthe2b Feb 2024 #196

Do you really need that much support that you need to blame someone else too? muriel_volestrangler Feb 2024 #197

Ahh, your second attack. Keep it up. hlthe2b Feb 2024 #198

I think Roosevelt and Churchill were probably the ones saying nasty things about fascists, not Hitler. D23MIURG23 Feb 2024 #153

That's a fair point Bernardo. bluesbassman Feb 2024 #155

They want to kill me with their policies & women like me--take away my freedom to even travel hlthe2b Feb 2024 #160

All of what you say is true, and I abhor and reject every aspect of their actions and goals. bluesbassman Feb 2024 #163

To fail to address them as they attack us in even the least derogatory way, as with a homophone term hlthe2b Feb 2024 #167

This message was self-deleted by its author ArkansasDemocrat1 Feb 2024 #186

This. Absolutely. brush Feb 2024 #229

I don't like repug, or repuke, etc. - I wouldn't mind a site banning any of them. thesquanderer Feb 2024 #174

OFFS.... Happy Hoosier Feb 2024 #217

You need to read my post again. I said NOTHING about hurting their feelings Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2024 #220

Magat is forbidden by who? brush Feb 2024 #228

If the shoe fits Walleye Feb 2024 #2

I try to refrain from name calling. SarahD Feb 2024 #3

I think the opposite is probably true. TwilightZone Feb 2024 #23

To me all the childish names come off as "Free Republic" and too much like the damn MAGAts LiberalArkie Feb 2024 #70

I avoid it too, but sometimes it just feels right Bucky Feb 2024 #169

Treat the assholes with the utmost kindness so they won't be such assholes anymore dalton99a Feb 2024 #4

End up being mistreated I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2024 #101

"As kindness among magats is seen as weakness" Prof. Toru Tanaka Feb 2024 #127

Sarcasm, right? liberalla Feb 2024 #173

Can't say I disagree, I usually shake my head at grown adults using school yard insults and wanting to be taken serious. tritsofme Feb 2024 #5

Oh, please... hlthe2b Feb 2024 #8

They want to kill us orangecrush Feb 2024 #10

That description sounds a lot more damning than a silly insult. tritsofme Feb 2024 #22

You aren't required to. triron Feb 2024 #43

Hey, just letting you know how it looks to most adults. tritsofme Feb 2024 #49

YOUR personal opinion John Shaft Feb 2024 #61

I think it's quite a fair assessment. tritsofme Feb 2024 #68

How many MAGAts were included in your survey? How many non-evangelicals? Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2024 #88

and i think it is NOT "quite a fair assessment" orleans Feb 2024 #189

I second that! Prof. Toru Tanaka Feb 2024 #128

It reeks of puritanical, holier-than-thou, sanctimonious John Shaft Feb 2024 #181

This adult begs to differ. wryter2000 Feb 2024 #84

LOLZ GuppyGal Feb 2024 #103

You speak for most adults? Mr. Mustard 2023 Feb 2024 #165

You should understand since you do it so frequently yourself Doc Sportello Feb 2024 #159

While I'm tickled you are such a prolific reader of my posts, I don't really see your point. tritsofme Feb 2024 #182

Exactly. mountain grammy Feb 2024 #42

seriously mobeau69 Feb 2024 #34

these types of insults are like psyops. It makes the term MAGA toxic to the uninitiated. wyldwolf Feb 2024 #75

Exactly wryter2000 Feb 2024 #87

MAGA is an acronym... druidity33 Feb 2024 #123

MAGA Slammer Feb 2024 #213

I know that wryter2000 Feb 2024 #225

If it pisses them off, I'm all for it. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2024 #106

Do you call Biden's use of "maga Republicans" a schoolyard insult? nt LAS14 Feb 2024 #192

No, not remotely the same. tritsofme Feb 2024 #204

Make America Great Again Trumpists. How can that be anything but MAGATs? hlthe2b Feb 2024 #7

Next they'll ban you if you call Trump old or fat dalton99a Feb 2024 #11

Yup. Apparently Dems are not supposed to fight back at all. Bullshit. hlthe2b Feb 2024 #12

I'm not sure how a bunch of silly names constitutes "fighting back". TwilightZone Feb 2024 #25

You know that it is emblematic. If a silly acronym is TOO MUCH for some then I don't think hlthe2b Feb 2024 #27

Sure, and advertisements don't work, either. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2024 #85

"When they go low, we go high" DemocraticPatriot Feb 2024 #112

the high road azureblue Feb 2024 #157

Some people here lose their shit if you call him fat. edisdead Feb 2024 #48

Being fat druidity33 Feb 2024 #124

Trump claims to be 6'3" and 215 pounds. Prof. Toru Tanaka Feb 2024 #131

I didn't call him fat. edisdead Feb 2024 #164

No, you just said... druidity33 Feb 2024 #216

can we still call him orange? orleans Feb 2024 #199

Orange you glad I didn't call him fat? JoseBalow Feb 2024 #235

..its about spelling.. thomski64 Feb 2024 #18

Yeah it's "derogatory" like the Fucking Treasonous Cha Feb 2024 #9

+1 dalton99a Feb 2024 #13

Thank you! PortTack Feb 2024 #114

So who says they don't deserve "derogatory". lpbk2713 Feb 2024 #14

ReThug Tetrachloride Feb 2024 #15

I always spell it MAGAt so I wonder if that would be more acceptable. OMGWTF Feb 2024 #16

This is what got me banned from DK markodochartaigh Feb 2024 #94

I would stop going there if they're going to be Emile Feb 2024 #17

+1 What the hell is going on with Markos Moulitsas? hlthe2b Feb 2024 #19

Dear Daily POS: lastlib Feb 2024 #20

My apology to maggots lame54 Feb 2024 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author ArkansasDemocrat1 Feb 2024 #184

Funkadelic Kid Berwyn Feb 2024 #24

A-MAAAYYYY-ZING Guitar PTL_Mancuso Feb 2024 #149

Such a glorious and legendary Album....Such beauty can't exist in their universe. cayugafalls Feb 2024 #227

As if I'll allow the trump thugs to govern the vocabulary. Paladin Feb 2024 #26

I usually self-censor silly name calling out of my own posts Silent3 Feb 2024 #28

Much different site - different standards getagrip_already Feb 2024 #29

I think that's probably as good an explanation as any. TwilightZone Feb 2024 #38

They pay some of their staff Fiendish Thingy Feb 2024 #56

All news sites are struggling - even du with much lower costs getagrip_already Feb 2024 #64

I thank you for that information. Prof. Toru Tanaka Feb 2024 #133

I really didn't like them replacing writers with AP ArkansasDemocrat1 Feb 2024 #188

I don't really notice THAT much AP stuff on the front page... DemocraticPatriot Feb 2024 #241

Oh, it's daily now, and they hang around forever while more deserving diaries get pushed off. ArkansasDemocrat1 Feb 2024 #242

I would accept that reasoning... Think. Again. Feb 2024 #60

Their editorial content is "world class?" Really? hlthe2b Feb 2024 #119

Actually, I find their editorial staff to be rather weak minded. If they aspire to "but her emails" MSMism... NNadir Feb 2024 #158

I don't read their site, so just curious: marybourg Feb 2024 #206

I still call those folks Tea Baggers. multigraincracker Feb 2024 #30

I also refuse to let them live that down JoseBalow Feb 2024 #47

And the Koch bros let these Frankensteins out. GreenWave Feb 2024 #59

call them maggots. Wonder Why Feb 2024 #31

I will stop when Magats stop using Democrat as an adjective. gab13by13 Feb 2024 #32

I use the term MuseRider Feb 2024 #33

But calling us Libtards and DemocRats is ok? Funtatlaguy Feb 2024 #35

yes, yes that is perfectly okay because they are simply deplorable and are expected to do such things orleans Feb 2024 #201

Remember, there's a big difference between stooping low and bending over JoseBalow Feb 2024 #236

As far as insults go, that's a pretty mild one. TwilightZone Feb 2024 #36

I will stop calling them maggots, when they stop Butterflylady Feb 2024 #37

I thought I already compromised by calling them trumpturds JoseBalow Feb 2024 #39

omg! i don't think i've ever heard that one! orleans Feb 2024 #202

The compromise is that I won't spell it JoseBalow Feb 2024 #205

P01135809's diaper squeezins ArkansasDemocrat1 Feb 2024 #223

They coined the term MAGA. yardwork Feb 2024 #40

Fuck 'em. I'll call them whatever I damn well feel like calling 'em. calimary Feb 2024 #41

Funny how they LOVED the term "snowflakes" spewed it 24/7. Bengus81 Feb 2024 #143

Kinda makes you want to ask - "who's the snowflake now?" calimary Feb 2024 #145

Can they use "libtard" on Kos? Just asking for clarity. LakeArenal Feb 2024 #44

Start using Trumpanzee. Hugin Feb 2024 #45

This message was self-deleted by its author ArkansasDemocrat1 Feb 2024 #200

Spelling? sumus Feb 2024 #46

Lol that's so lame Oneironaut Feb 2024 #50

It's one of DK's rules not to use dehumanizing language Fiendish Thingy Feb 2024 #51

How silly. BannonsLiver Feb 2024 #55

Go back and examine the language the Nazi's used against Jews, long before the camps Fiendish Thingy Feb 2024 #58

Oh no I'm well aware of all of that BannonsLiver Feb 2024 #65

It's about the banality of evil Fiendish Thingy Feb 2024 #82

I've been to the Nazi Documentation Center in Nuremberg and Dachau BannonsLiver Feb 2024 #221

0h I think we've got some Reinhard Heydrichs all right, speak easy Feb 2024 #99

You might have a point there BannonsLiver Feb 2024 #222

I fully agree with... Think. Again. Feb 2024 #71

Agreed! The MAGAT mindset is completely incompatible with a democratic nation PTL_Mancuso Feb 2024 #150

American G.I.s orangecrush Feb 2024 #78

What did they refer to the Japanese as? Or the Iraqi's and Afghani's in those wars? Fiendish Thingy Feb 2024 #89

In USMC basic training orangecrush Feb 2024 #92

This is possibly one of the worst analogies I have ever seen, at best trivializing, at worst obscene. n/t. NNadir Feb 2024 #171

Trump has labeled us "vermin" who must be eliminated Fiendish Thingy Feb 2024 #175

Bullshit. Julius Streicher was hung at Nuremberg for "crimes against humanity." NNadir Feb 2024 #179

THEY created MAGA, self-named and they are TRUMPISTS. This whole thing is ridiculous. hlthe2b Feb 2024 #116

Ponder this The Wizard Feb 2024 #137

See Response #141. Duplicate threads do not make your point valid. hlthe2b Feb 2024 #142

ponder this The Wizard Feb 2024 #138

So you attack all of DU as no better than "NAZIS?" hlthe2b Feb 2024 #141

I wonder how they feel about MuseRider Feb 2024 #52

How about these derivations of the word MAGAT ... aggiesal Feb 2024 #53

It Is The Other Way Around... The Conductor Feb 2024 #54

There is an element here that would like to police our language as well. BannonsLiver Feb 2024 #57

OMG..LOL! LeftInTX Feb 2024 #66

No... Think. Again. Feb 2024 #62

Will they ban Nazi next? UpInArms Feb 2024 #63

Can I still use Teabagger? Sneederbunk Feb 2024 #67

Sure, I still do. Seems quaint, by todays standards, doesn't it? RussellCattle Feb 2024 #115

I have no problem with calling them magats, Progressive dog Feb 2024 #69

Being a MAGAT is not a protected class swong19104 Feb 2024 #72

'MAGAT' MOCKS CHOICES THE INDIVIDUAL IN QUESTION HAS REPEATEDLY MADE! ArkansasDemocrat1 Feb 2024 #207

I've always been partial to... AnrothElf Feb 2024 #73

The do look all alike like Oompa-Loompas, don't they? ArkansasDemocrat1 Feb 2024 #208

Yes! And he does too. Down to the orange skin. AnrothElf Feb 2024 #224

Eh, every website has the right to make its own rules. ShazzieB Feb 2024 #74

Daily what Rebl2 Feb 2024 #76

Rebl2, I'm going to assume it's Daily Kos. Niagara Feb 2024 #139

Seems a little silly Warpy Feb 2024 #77

Wait until they hear canetoad Feb 2024 #79

It's insulting to bugs ... lol however relayerbob Feb 2024 #80

Screw them! Grumpy Old Guy Feb 2024 #81

It's meant to be derogatory wryter2000 Feb 2024 #83

Traitors, insurrectionists, fascists? CloudWatcher Feb 2024 #86

Because name calling is the sort of juvenile thing Trump does? brooklynite Feb 2024 #90

Magat, magat, magat, magat, magat, magat, magat. brush Feb 2024 #91

Magat. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #136

Ugghhhh. SMH. ecstatic Feb 2024 #93

Apparently orangecrush Feb 2024 #96

Well republicans become a little sensitive about names they call themselves. republianmushroom Feb 2024 #95

Oh FFS Blue Owl Feb 2024 #97

How about we instead use... "FOTSF" ? Pluvious Feb 2024 #98

I LIKE that one! It's smarter than MAGAt ArkansasDemocrat1 Feb 2024 #203

just call them FASCISTS RANDYWILDMAN Feb 2024 #100

The maggots try to sound all upper crust tavernier Feb 2024 #102

Do you WAAANT to come back to my place? JoseBalow Feb 2024 #237

I have no problem going back to DEPLORABLES LOL This adult wants to insult !!!!! GuppyGal Feb 2024 #104

The term MAGA itself has been gaining derogatory connotations andym Feb 2024 #105

Have they banned the phrase "Democrat Party" because that sure as hell is derogatory also. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2024 #107

Just call them ChumpHumpers, I'm sure that will go over well FakeNoose Feb 2024 #108

To hell with their delicate sensibilities limbicnuminousity Feb 2024 #109

Probably because they don't want to sink low to the same level of the name calling Republicans do to Democrats. ZonkerHarris Feb 2024 #110

That has been their policy for at least the last six months, or longer..... DemocraticPatriot Feb 2024 #111

So sorry that Trumpanzees are MAGATs. Thoughts and prayers. Kennah Feb 2024 #113

I'm fine with dehumanizing them. llmart Feb 2024 #117

I'm guessing it's Kos. He may be a Democrat working to elect Democrats, but he's not the brightest bulb on the planet. NNadir Feb 2024 #118

I stopped using magat when tRump used the Hitler "vermin" phraseology Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2024 #120

Not true, Bernardo. They and RW media have referred to themselves as MAGA Trumpists for years now. hlthe2b Feb 2024 #144

I've never seen "MAGA Trumpists" on reich-wing sites. Tons of "MAGA". . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2024 #146

Even Fox has referred to them that way (MAGA Trumpists as opposed to non-Trump conservatives/R's) hlthe2b Feb 2024 #147

That's been a rule there... druidity33 Feb 2024 #122

I used to get on the Kos site years back. Prof. Toru Tanaka Feb 2024 #126

There was a time when some Dems didn't want to fight wyldwolf Feb 2024 #129

Well we certainly wouldn't want to hurt anyone's feelings. PCIntern Feb 2024 #130

Cult members are essentially snowflakes Zambero Feb 2024 #132

Well, have you ever opened a box of cereal and found a maggot in it? 3Hotdogs Feb 2024 #134

Oh, dear. And we mustn't disparage the MAGATs. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #135

Those Make America Great Again Terrorist don't deserve any courtesy. Niagara Feb 2024 #140

They don't deserve courtesy claudette Feb 2024 #148

Because some Dems think it's courteous to take cookies to a street fight. NoMoreRepugs Feb 2024 #151

What would Joe Biden do? Shermann Feb 2024 #152

That doesn't sound Democratic to me. Deb Feb 2024 #154

I deleted it from my bookmarks 2 years ago or so wolfie001 Feb 2024 #162

I am very disapointed Glaisne Feb 2024 #166

So is " repug " the next one on the chopping block? KS Toronado Feb 2024 #170

Is this a bad time to.... jerkyEd Feb 2024 #172

This made me LoL BannonsLiver Feb 2024 #178

Nice play on words there. Prof. Toru Tanaka Feb 2024 #211

I see ... AncientOfDays Feb 2024 #176

I'm always for calling them MAGATS LW1977 Feb 2024 #177

Howdy fellow jailbird! ArkansasDemocrat1 Feb 2024 #185

They now prefer to be called "MAGAdonians" Generic Brad Feb 2024 #180

These people are clear that they want to outright murder us yet some worry that calling them MAGAt is too offensive. hadEnuf Feb 2024 #183

My thoughts orangecrush Feb 2024 #191

Yeah, history has shown us that trying to reason with viscous brainwashed Nazis hadEnuf Feb 2024 #214

Truth orangecrush Feb 2024 #234

I'd prefer that the decision be discussed, openly and thoroughly. BobTheSubgenius Feb 2024 #187

The story of The Bopper Feb 2024 #193

Is this a good thing or a bad thing? LAS14 Feb 2024 #209

Have you been away a while? orangecrush Feb 2024 #210

I was away in Sept/Oct and not very active since then. LAS14 Feb 2024 #219

Thanks orangecrush Feb 2024 #233

On fascism Slammer Feb 2024 #212

Is "Let's Go Brandon" banned too? Emile Feb 2024 #215

Nope orangecrush Feb 2024 #232

How about the term.."MAGA person(s)"? ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2024 #218

Yes, apparently orangecrush Feb 2024 #231

Can you at least still call them vile pieces of shit? CrispyQ Feb 2024 #226

Absolutely! orangecrush Feb 2024 #230

I'm really a home body Conjuay Feb 2024 #238

Well, so much for my plans to join "Daily"... The Unmitigated Gall Feb 2024 #239

It still hasn't sunk in orangecrush Feb 2024 #240

Can I call them "neo-confederates" then? nt Justice matters. Feb 2024 #243

By all means orangecrush Feb 2024 #244

Do they also ban reference to "Democrat Party"? I doubt it. SunSeeker Feb 2024 #245