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Guidelines for responding to a MAGAT. (Original Post) generalbetrayus Thursday OP
Cockney English - "What a load of bollocks!" TheRickles Thursday #1
I just say, "I'm not talking about that with you." 50 Shades Of Blue Thursday #2
That's beautiful! CanonRay Thursday #3
Last encounter I had...I wish I was anywhere close to that elegant... MiHale Thursday #4
That's a good response, too. One of my preferred ones wnylib Thursday #40
Baseball bat upside the head GenThePerservering Thursday #5
I completely understand FoxNewsSucks Thursday #44
I want one and a bumper sticker Randomthought Thursday #46
Or say, Glaisne Thursday #6
My paternal grandma loved that one malaise Yesterday #50
Laugh In Their Face and Ridicule Them! -nt Hieronymus Phact Thursday #7
Sorry, while those phrases and such are elegant and lovely, mwmisses4289 Thursday #8
"codswallop", or, better yet, just walk away shaking one's head and laughing. niyad Thursday #9
I just choose block and mute options EnergizedLib Thursday #10
In person? niyad Thursday #15
I've gotten pretty good at looking through the asshole and getting a bemused look on my face. erronis Thursday #30
"I'm Looking Through You" by the Beatles started running through my head niyad Thursday #42
Tell them moonshinegnomie Thursday #11
YES!!! niyad Thursday #16
Yea verily!!! Thou dost protest too much! Ford_Prefect Thursday #12
"Methinks thou art a shithead" DinahMoeHum Thursday #13
"Thou art a dumb cluck!" -- Moe Howard, "Malice in the Palace" n/t King_Klonopin Yesterday #56
I don't know. Ran these by my wife. She thinks "f*ing idiot" is the way to go ... KPN Thursday #14
... and on a visceral level, it's so much more gratifying to say! liberalla Thursday #36
Words matter. Humor is powerful. It's great to have choices. Be a uniter. Not a divider. littlemissmartypants Thursday #17
You're welcome, littlemisssmartypants. generalbetrayus Thursday #23
I prefer, Maj. Dude Thursday #18
Mine azureblue Thursday #19
Well, Bless Your Heart modrepub Thursday #20
Simply delicious NNadir Thursday #21
Or---Just Don't. ColoringFool Thursday #22
Verily, thy head resideth in thine arse. 11 Bravo Thursday #24
Love this.. but I choose not to talk to them. mountain grammy Thursday #25
Small change to an old retort. 'I'd agree with you on all of this, but then we'd both be treasonous, racist assholes.' Scalded Nun Thursday #26
They're not going to understand any of those guidelines. Maybe that's the point. Fil1957 Thursday #27
Baffle them with bullshit. generalbetrayus Thursday #39
My go-to: "You support that creep because you're an insecure child. And a creep." Grokenstein Thursday #28
I'll never be able to do it. mdbl Thursday #29
I like these responses BeneteauBum Thursday #31
When in doubt, always go with Victorian English. ms liberty Thursday #32
I've already had a use for that on a YouTube comment -- it was too perfect William Seger Thursday #33
Or, for a short answer, "I'll pray for you," said with a look of deep concern. wnylib Thursday #41
Nah, ees a fawking idiot, govna Buddyzbuddy Thursday #34
How about "please email us when your brain catches up with your mouth" or Wonder Why Thursday #35
I am fascinated how you moved to 2 new topics before the first one was less than half discussed. Festivito Thursday #37
Talarico English: TBF Thursday #38
They stop listening after the 3rd word and start shouting incoherent insults t the top of their lungs. Martin68 Thursday #43
Good stuff MW67 Thursday #45
Mathematics English RainCaster Thursday #47
Ooooohhh, I'll be using this line Seinan Sensei Yesterday #49
What I Say To MAGA Ariesgirl Yesterday #48
Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #57
To quote Barney Frank DeeDeeNY Yesterday #51
After reading these responses you folks missed 303squadron Yesterday #52
"better be thought the fool, then open your mouth and have it confirmed. you just confirmed it" nt Javaman Yesterday #53
To quote from a film: odins folly Yesterday #54
I like it! King_Klonopin Yesterday #55

MiHale

(13,011 posts)
4. Last encounter I had...I wish I was anywhere close to that elegant...
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 01:16 PM
Thursday

I burst out laughing, huge belly chuckles…and walked away.

wnylib

(25,946 posts)
40. That's a good response, too. One of my preferred ones
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 07:17 PM
Thursday

since what they say is so often too ridiculous for words.

Glaisne

(645 posts)
6. Or say,
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 01:34 PM
Thursday

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt."
But then again you might just get a blank stare from most MAGATs from that retort.

mwmisses4289

(4,125 posts)
8. Sorry, while those phrases and such are elegant and lovely,
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 01:41 PM
Thursday

there's too many words for most magats to even have a clue as to what you are saying. "F**cking idiot" and "That's a load of bollocks" is more their speed.

niyad

(132,290 posts)
9. "codswallop", or, better yet, just walk away shaking one's head and laughing.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 01:51 PM
Thursday

For the truly obnoxious ones, a hand on the shoulder, a look of deep concern, and, in a very sorrowful voice, the anxious question, "Does it hurt?" When the reply is, "does what hurt?", one replies, "does it hurt to be that fucking STUPID????"

erronis

(23,828 posts)
30. I've gotten pretty good at looking through the asshole and getting a bemused look on my face.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 03:17 PM
Thursday

Like there's a minor aberration in the air - it will pass.

niyad

(132,290 posts)
42. "I'm Looking Through You" by the Beatles started running through my head
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 09:13 PM
Thursday

when I read that.

DinahMoeHum

(23,600 posts)
13. "Methinks thou art a shithead"
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 02:05 PM
Thursday

Ladies, how could you forget Shakespearean English???

Otherwise, if they're young, I'll say "Draft Bait" or "Cannon Fodder Toddler"

littlemissmartypants

(33,431 posts)
17. Words matter. Humor is powerful. It's great to have choices. Be a uniter. Not a divider.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 02:14 PM
Thursday

Thank you for the discussion, generalbetrayus. ❤️

Maj. Dude

(47 posts)
18. I prefer,
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 02:22 PM
Thursday

To say, I'll keep my opinion's to myself. But really thinking, F**ckin' Idiots.


I'm not sophisticated enough to use big words.

Scalded Nun

(1,688 posts)
26. Small change to an old retort. 'I'd agree with you on all of this, but then we'd both be treasonous, racist assholes.'
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 03:02 PM
Thursday

Grokenstein

(6,355 posts)
28. My go-to: "You support that creep because you're an insecure child. And a creep."
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 03:04 PM
Thursday

"You saw the obnoxious cruel frat boy character in a comedy and decided that was what you wanted to be, just without the whole going-to-school part. One smirk from Daddy's Little Inheritor and you bent over and yelled 'thank you sir may I please have another'."

BeneteauBum

(475 posts)
31. I like these responses
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 03:20 PM
Thursday

It would probably befuddle most MAGATs. My inquiry is ‘why do you support hate?’. If they deny, point out that the orange creature has stated that it considers us the enemy and hates us all. Do they support that statement Y/N? It’s amazing how many just walk away from the mirror.

Peace ☮️

William Seger

(12,441 posts)
33. I've already had a use for that on a YouTube comment -- it was too perfect
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 03:43 PM
Thursday
Text version for copying:

"I speak now not in malice but in earnest despair, for the conclusion you have drawn is of such astonishing simplicity that it grieves me more than I can readily convey; and yet I'm moved less to anger than to sorrow, so profoundly indeed that I find myself unable to discern whether your words arose from haste, from a species of naivety, or from a mind altogether too content with its first and poorest notion."

Wonder Why

(6,989 posts)
35. How about "please email us when your brain catches up with your mouth" or
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 05:45 PM
Thursday

"I see your family tree did not survive evolution"

or

"Apparently, your ancestors couldn't come up with a pear[sic] so as to be qualified to avoid drowning when the Ark came by"

or

"The asteroid got all the intelligent relatives, I notice"

Festivito

(13,884 posts)
37. I am fascinated how you moved to 2 new topics before the first one was less than half discussed.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 05:52 PM
Thursday

If they think it's a compliment, it's probably not a good idea to explain it to them. Better to have a drink with the people who are quietly chuckling along side us.

TBF

(36,623 posts)
38. Talarico English:
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 07:08 PM
Thursday

“You may pray for my death, but I still love you ... I love you more than you could ever hate me.”

Or the shorter Texan version: "Well, bless your heart"

Martin68

(27,702 posts)
43. They stop listening after the 3rd word and start shouting incoherent insults t the top of their lungs.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 09:50 PM
Thursday

Waste of breath.

MW67

(165 posts)
45. Good stuff
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 09:58 PM
Thursday

But I fear the matter slipped those folks grasp and comprehension long ago, now we are all dealing with their foolishness

RainCaster

(13,692 posts)
47. Mathematics English
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 11:54 PM
Thursday

You have perfectly proven that half of America has below average intelligence.

Seinan Sensei

(1,539 posts)
49. Ooooohhh, I'll be using this line
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 05:45 AM
Yesterday

Because only in Lake Wobegone
are all the children above average

Ariesgirl

(1 post)
48. What I Say To MAGA
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 05:25 AM
Yesterday

Facts doon't care if you don't believe them.
If you believe that I have a bridge in Brooklyn for you that's for sale
A lie is a lie no matter who believes it and the truth is the truth even if no one believes it

DeeDeeNY

(3,953 posts)
51. To quote Barney Frank
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 06:59 AM
Yesterday

— "Ma'am, trying to have a conversation with you would be like trying to argue with a dining room table...".

303squadron

(816 posts)
52. After reading these responses you folks missed
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 07:29 AM
Yesterday

Wisdom has been chasing you but you have always run faster.

And Shakespeare:

“The common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance, be thine in great revenue.”

Javaman

(65,694 posts)
53. "better be thought the fool, then open your mouth and have it confirmed. you just confirmed it" nt
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 07:45 AM
Yesterday

odins folly

(593 posts)
54. To quote from a film:
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 10:20 AM
Yesterday
what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. May God have mercy on your soul.

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