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.

  • blarghly@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    In 2024, 15% of black voters, 48% of hispanic voters, and 40% of asian voters voted for Trump. So in order for your argument to stand that all Trump voters are white supremasists, you’ll have to make the rather unlikely argument that all these people of darker skinned races are also white supremacists.

    And if they aren’t, then there must be some other reason to vote for Trump. In which case, your argument kind of falls flat.

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      21 days ago

      That’s fine, if they just dont pay attention to politics and just voted for trump casually without knowing his white supremacy then surely those voters have abandoned maga already. That said, a lot of these former trump voters changed their mind before his second election.

      And yes blacks and asians can also be white supremacists, just like women can be misogynists.