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The rest of us are such bullies...
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The people in my life who are wearing the red hats are essentially always the ones attacking, despite making up a tiny fraction of the people in my social sphere. The rest of us just spend every family gathering or social event hoping they won't start spouting off this time, and offering zero of our own opinions because we know they absolutely will start spouting off if we do. They have a chilling effect on topics that anyone can discuss, compared to what we can discuss when they are not there.
So yeah, IME they are the oppressors from Trump all the way down.
My maga neighbor across the street has no idea if I'd welcome him or not, because his yard is full of hand lettered signs letting me know in no uncertain terms that anyone who votes like I do is a moron/traitor, etc. So I just pretend he doesn't exist, and hope he and his (continuous stream of) visiting buddies don't blow up the neighborhood or get careless with their guns one day.
The one and only sign he does have in spanish is the one letting everyone know he's got a surveillance system though. That's probably not racist though...
Totally get that. I'm not at saying they're not going to socially attack you. I'm just saying that ridicule in return is ineffectual.
But so is being overly soft.
And yes magas, everyone you know who isn't one of you is doing this. All your friends, coworkers, and relatives who don't actively call you out are just silently praying that you don't open your bigoted, racist mouth whenever you are all together.