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[faible]

It's amazing how many things DEI can be blamed for by Trump.

 

[Saint]

Not blanket defunding. DEI programs, Green New Deal, trans programs. $50 million on condoms for Gaza, if you can believe it.

No, it was blanket, that's why the Dems are pointing out all the good things that were cut while the GOP point out all the "bad" things they cut.

I don't have a problem with the GOP cutting things. That's what conservatives do. I also don't know why anyone would get upset at a hat. I doubt that's all it was. I'm guessing the guy was being a complete flog too. If you're representing the nastiest parts of the MAGA movement, like being racist, then asking to have a hat which reinforces the point removed is reasonable. If he was sitting there doing nothing other than wearing a hat, that's fine.

Unfortunately a lot in the MAGA movement have taken Trump's victory as an excuse to be bigoted in their anti-immigration and racist platforms. If you're wearing a MAGA hat in Australia, there's a very good chance that's the kind of person you are.

 

[Strange Cat]

So the government federal funding pause is going to affect a whole wide range of the population :

Farming subsidies…gone (resulting in food shortages)

Police training …gone (affecting the law)

Medicaid …gone ( affecting the most vulnerable..espically in nursing homes who will be thrown to the streets without Medical support or food or shelter)

Food stamps …gone ( affecting the most vulnerable who relies on them to survive )

Homeless support especially for VA …gone

I’m pretty floored at the cruelty of it all really and can only see this resulting in major civil unrest which will result in martial law

 

[the_interloper]

To be honest, this sort of whataboutism is insane, these two scenarios are barely comparable, but it's a perfect example of the victim complex rife amongst right wingers.

Gay people (and by extent the wider LGBTQ+ community) have historically suffered prejudice and inequality. So when a bakery decides to not serve them on the basis of their sexuality, they are literally discriminating them and the community as a whole. Hence why there was such a furore when that went down.

By comparison, some w***er wearing a MAGA hat at the pub (in Australia of all places), is wearing a symbol that is synonymous with hateful rhetoric against many different communities. Even then, he wasn't refused service or asked to leave, just asked to take it off.

But right wingers will see this and say "look how we're being discriminated against!" Which ironically enough is an absolute snowflake reaction in this scenario.

Surely that's a reasonable action by the pub isn't it? And you mention "Australia of all places", sure that's relating to US politics, we can't vote etc etc, so why would it be offensive here then?

 

[faible]

Surely that's a reasonable action by the pub isn't it? And you mention "Australia of all places", sure that's relating to US politics, we can't vote etc etc, so why would it be offensive here then?

MAGA represents some pretty specific political views. By Australian standards some fairly extreme ones.

 

[the_interloper]

MAGA represents some pretty specific political views. By Australian standards some fairly extreme ones.

So do you think the bloke should have been kicked out even if he was happy to take the hat off?

 

[Saint]

Surely that's a reasonable action by the pub isn't it? And you mention "Australia of all places", sure that's relating to US politics, we can't vote etc etc, so why would it be offensive here then?

Many of the MAGA policies are racist. And I don't mean removing DEI, I mean Trump is a court-proven racist and his policies reflect that. They're Jim Crow on a national scale. Intended to hurt coloured and marginalised people without explicitly stating it all the time. But sometimes they explicitly state it accidentally.

 

[Kangas_11]

Surely that's a reasonable action by the pub isn't it? And you mention "Australia of all places", sure that's relating to US politics, we can't vote etc etc, so why would it be offensive here then?

I mean, yeah that's a completely reasonable action by the pub, and it's a completely nothing story. The only reason we're talking about it is because this man-baby called the papers to have a sook about it.

And just because it's based in US politics doesn't mean it's not a symbol of hateful rhetoric in Aus.

 

[TheSunGod]

It's pretty funny how the muscly tattoo guy is whining about his bad hair day.

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This masculinity business is getting out of hand. Trump is a bad influence.

And the weird thing is he’s not very masculine.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

He also said that he only wore it because he was having a bad hair day.

So one would assume he was having bad hair days the previous 5 times he claims he wore it there?

Dunno man. Sounds a bit fishy.

Maybe he just has really bad hair.

 

[Magnum27]

Maybe he just has really bad hair.

Maybe he should get a hair piece like his orange god, if he's worried about having bad hair days.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

When I read "TRUMP SLASHED" I thought there'd be another assassination attempt.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

But right wingers will see this and say "look how we're being discriminated against!" Which ironically enough is an absolute snowflake reaction in this scenario.

MAGA modus operandi is entirely about arseholes taking the various anti-being-an-arseh*le measures that society has adopted, and weaponising them back against non-arseholes.

Now if I can just condense that into a catchy slogan.

 

[TheSunGod]

"Red Hat Karen" becoming a thing?

Just be thankful he wasn’t wearing a MAGA thong

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Better than bidens press secretary ?

Yeah I reckon. I think most impartial observers felt Karine Jean-Pierre was pretty good.

 

[TheSunGod]

So the government federal funding pause is going to affect a whole wide range of the population :

Farming subsidies…gone (resulting in food shortages)

Police training …gone (affecting the law)

Medicaid …gone ( affecting the most vulnerable..espically in nursing homes who will be thrown to the streets without Medical support or food or shelter)

Food stamps …gone ( affecting the most vulnerable who relies on them to survive )

Homeless support especially for VA …gone

I’m pretty floored at the cruelty of it all really and can only see this resulting in major civil unrest which will result in martial law

Trump has never struck me as a kind person at all. It’s always been about benefiting him.

 

[troybe]

Just be thankful he wasn’t wearing a MAGA thong

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How do you know he wasn’t

 

[sherb]

Man humiliated after being told to remove MAGA hat at bar

‘What if I was wearing a Kamala hat? Would they do the same thing?’

7news.com.au

Good or bad?

Just a MAGA playing victim. Nothing to see here.

 

[sherb]

Welcome to the SRP where outrage goes one way and excuses go the other.

I've been in a pub in Sydney where I have been asked to remove my (non-political) cap. I presume because it was part of their dress regulations.

I just complied with the request and got on with things (I was playing the pokies at the time). It didn't actually affect my day or stay at the pub one little bit.

Maybe this dude should have done the same.

 

[troybe]

This would be amazing. It would be the 5th largest economy in the world. Contributes 14% of GDP currently

 

[sherb]

I’m pretty floored at the cruelty of it all really and can only see this resulting in major civil unrest which will result in martial law

I'm not, it's one of the main drivers of MAGA and Trumpism.

 

[sherb]

When I read "TRUMP SLASHED" I thought there'd be another assassination attempt.

I don't think it would surprise anyone if that happens.

 

[peetoo]

So the government federal funding pause is going to affect a whole wide range of the population :

Farming subsidies…gone (resulting in food shortages)

Police training …gone (affecting the law)

Medicaid …gone ( affecting the most vulnerable..espically in nursing homes who will be thrown to the streets without Medical support or food or shelter)

Food stamps …gone ( affecting the most vulnerable who relies on them to survive )

Homeless support especially for VA …gone

I’m pretty floored at the cruelty of it all really and can only see this resulting in major civil unrest which will result in martial law

MAGA or Maggie Thatcher? Smells like scorched earth or disruptive as they call it today

 

[Strange Cat]

This would be amazing. It would be the 5th largest economy in the world. Contributes 14% of GDP currently

Civil war , the red states would go broke overnight without California taxes

I doubt it will pass but with Trump holding the federal aid and funding hostage you never know

 

[peetoo]

Civil war , the red states would go broke overnight without California taxes

I doubt it will pass but with Trump holding the federal aid and funding hostage you never know

Probably an option if a trump third term comes off