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ProudMNDemocrat

(20,351 posts)
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 08:47 AM Sunday

How to SHUT UP a MAGA on Social Media...

While scanning Facebook yesterday and seeing the bots come out slamming the Patriotic Americans who participated in the NO KING rallies, I said this in several responses...

"What parts of Democracy and the US Constitution do you NOT like?"

CRICKETS are all I get. NO comebacks at all.

This could be a useful tactic going forward. Do not be afraid to use this on MAGAs when responding on Social Media.

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How to SHUT UP a MAGA on Social Media... (Original Post) ProudMNDemocrat Sunday OP
Another one... NCDem47 Sunday #1
Another good one. ProudMNDemocrat Sunday #2
This is what happens when you allow generations of inbreeding in a high arsenic environment Gum Logger Sunday #3
understanding poozwah Sunday #9
Good one! Joinfortmill Sunday #4
Which is why I just call them Profa mdbl Sunday #29
I recently shut one down after explaining Veterans were included in DEI programming on college campuses Iris Sunday #5
Not just college campuses- also housing and any number of other veteran-preference programs. NBachers Sunday #18
And a lot of federal jobs from the postal service... Trueblue Texan Sunday #33
Anything that shuts them up (OR down) is a good thing. calimary Sunday #6
The idiots will retort with "we're not a Democracy" BS Freddie Sunday #7
Another comeback..."Nor are we a DICTATORSHIP like North Korea!" ProudMNDemocrat Sunday #8
Yup, they like to say America is a republic, not a democracy. SunSeeker Sunday #20
Good reply and explanation! liberalla Sunday #21
I add the FF chose a republic form of government and chose democracy blm Monday #35
MAGA will be forced to retreat to private messaging apps so they can openly voice their hatred. sop Sunday #10
Saw another comment. Old Crank Sunday #11
I tweaked yours a little KS Toronado Sunday #12
Engaging MAGA on Facebook of all places. flvegan Sunday #13
Very good. I saw a car with 2 bumper stickers the other day. paleotn Sunday #14
I post Matthew 5:1-10. The Beatitudes. yardwork Sunday #15
Thank You WiVoter Sunday #16
For most Magas, it's not about policy, so much as who they like and who they don't. They don't like liberals, democrats Fil1957 Sunday #17
It is racism Wifes husband Sunday #19
"What parts of Democracy and the US Constitution do you NOT like?" Ray Bruns Sunday #22
Not Maga angrychair Sunday #23
I, for one, prefer to block EnergizedLib Sunday #24
It'll shut 'em up in that subthread Oeditpus Rex Sunday #25
Simple question. Are they pro-Democracy? OAITW r.2.0 Sunday #26
I often see the statement: "We are not a democracy, we are a Republic". thought crime Sunday #27
I once shut one down with this: lastlib Sunday #28
THEY NEVER homegirl Sunday #30
That's just it ... they are bots and they only post trolling anti-liberal comments FakeNoose Sunday #31
He promised to release the Epstein files. What changed? usonian Sunday #32
What parts of Democracy and the US Constitution do you NOT like?" alimbalt Monday #34
You're brave ReRe Monday #36

NCDem47

(3,159 posts)
1. Another one...
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 08:57 AM
Sunday

If you're against ANTIFA, does that mean you're pro-fascist? ANTIFA means anti-fascist...it was the whole point of WW2 and why the Allies, including America, won.

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,351 posts)
2. Another good one.
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 09:04 AM
Sunday

MAGAts today lack the ability to comprehend so many words because of having limited intelligence.

I found keeping it simple causes MAGAts to actually think about what I said.

poozwah

(376 posts)
9. understanding
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 10:28 AM
Sunday

we must remember, however, that everyone of these scholars has done their research. i am so sick of hearing this from these people.

Iris

(16,743 posts)
5. I recently shut one down after explaining Veterans were included in DEI programming on college campuses
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 09:19 AM
Sunday

Up until then, he thought the term meant hiring quotas and was only for Black people.

NBachers

(18,959 posts)
18. Not just college campuses- also housing and any number of other veteran-preference programs.
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 11:20 AM
Sunday

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,351 posts)
8. Another comeback..."Nor are we a DICTATORSHIP like North Korea!"
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 09:42 AM
Sunday

Another word MAGAts have to look up for the definition of.

SunSeeker

(57,007 posts)
20. Yup, they like to say America is a republic, not a democracy.
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 11:57 AM
Sunday

But what they don't understand is a republic is just a form of democracy -- a representative democracy where we elect, by a majority vote, representatives to represent us in government.

There are other forms of democracy, like direct democracy, which only works for very small populations, where the people literally vote on decisions themselves rather than have a representative do it.

But we are a democratic republic, as explicitly envisioned by our founding fathers -- or as Benjamin Franklin put it, "a republic, if you can keep it." The 7 million who showed up yesterday were trying to keep that republic from being destroyed by wannabe-dictator Trump.

The alternative to democracy is dictatorship. Ask them if that is what they want.

blm

(114,359 posts)
35. I add the FF chose a republic form of government and chose democracy
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 01:16 AM
Monday

to make it functionable.

Republic is the car frame. Democracy is the engine.

sop

(16,544 posts)
10. MAGA will be forced to retreat to private messaging apps so they can openly voice their hatred.
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 10:47 AM
Sunday

KS Toronado

(21,627 posts)
12. I tweaked yours a little
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 10:54 AM
Sunday

""What parts of Democracy and the US Constitution do you NOT UNDERSTAND ?"

flvegan

(65,393 posts)
13. Engaging MAGA on Facebook of all places.
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 10:54 AM
Sunday

Life is too short to give those idiots breath on billionaire Zuck's data machine.

Just my opinion, y'all have fun though.

paleotn

(21,053 posts)
14. Very good. I saw a car with 2 bumper stickers the other day.
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 10:56 AM
Sunday

A Trump sticker on the left. On the right, an "I believe in the Constitution" sticker. The cognitive dissonance is deafening.

NH tags of course, though we do have a smattering of overt magats on the west side of the Connecticut River.

Fil1957

(276 posts)
17. For most Magas, it's not about policy, so much as who they like and who they don't. They don't like liberals, democrats
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 11:09 AM
Sunday

and others on the left side of the political spectrum. They do like Trump. End of story.

Ray Bruns

(5,706 posts)
22. "What parts of Democracy and the US Constitution do you NOT like?"
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 05:05 PM
Sunday

Last edited Mon Oct 20, 2025, 06:31 AM - Edit history (1)

My guess would be all of it.

Oeditpus Rex

(43,045 posts)
25. It'll shut 'em up in that subthread
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 08:06 PM
Sunday

But they'l still spout their bumper stickers elsewhere in the forum, and in many other forums. And it certainly won't change their narrow minds or even get them to think, because they don't have the capacity for that, nor any interest in it.

thought crime

(868 posts)
27. I often see the statement: "We are not a democracy, we are a Republic".
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 08:34 PM
Sunday

At that point, I remember that it is impossible to win an argument with a stupid person.

lastlib

(26,917 posts)
28. I once shut one down with this:
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 08:44 PM
Sunday

"That's the kind of 'thinking' we'd expect from people who get their brains from a bumper sticker. Try again with actual thought."

Apparently he was too lazy for that, because he blocked me.

homegirl

(1,880 posts)
30. THEY NEVER
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 09:10 PM
Sunday

respond. I had a wake up moment earlier today and came to the conclusion that at max only 10% of the Trump/MAGA FAITHFUL ARE REAL PEOPLE. The remainder are AI and Russians working for their THIRTY RUBLES and a liter of Vodka every Friday night

FakeNoose

(39,102 posts)
31. That's just it ... they are bots and they only post trolling anti-liberal comments
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 09:14 PM
Sunday

Any time somebody challenges them, they can't respond. They've already moved on.

These bots have an archive of nasty anti-Dem things they post anywhere they can get in. I've seen the same things posted word-for-word identically in multiple places, right down to the same misspellings and incorrect grammar.

It's a simple program and it only has one goal: to aggravate liberal-thinking people. I guess the secondary goal is to discourage us into thinking they are everywhere when in fact, they aren't anywhere.

usonian

(21,785 posts)
32. He promised to release the Epstein files. What changed?
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 09:21 PM
Sunday


That's a wedge issue. They like to do it.

alimbalt

(34 posts)
34. What parts of Democracy and the US Constitution do you NOT like?"
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 12:59 AM
Monday

I would have replied: the Second Amendment.

ReRe

(12,113 posts)
36. You're brave
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 01:55 AM
Monday

I don't frequent places where they do because I have an aversion to arguing.
But I have a son who lives to get a rise out of them on FB.

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