The MAGA enemies list is growing, and so are the odds that you're on it

[discocrisco01]

As the Republican primaries slog toward the climax of a likely Trump nomination, I can’t help thinking that we as a country are still dramatically underreacting to the MAGA threat. The fact that Trump has even made it this far is proof of that.

When will we wake up?

I’ll say this: One thing that wakes you up is seeing your name on an enemies list.

When I was 12, the Columbine High School massacre happened. A troubled kid in my upstate New York school was apparently influenced by the shooting and decided to make his own list of kids he wanted to shoot, with a rifle he already owned.

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4488097-trumps-enemies-list-is-growing-and-so-are-the-odds-that-youre-on-it/

[niyad]

1. I would be surprised NOT to be!

[lastlib]

2. As a founding member of the League of Radical Leftist Vermin.......

I EXPECT to be on the MAGA/tR***p enemies list. I will be extremely disappointed if I don't make it!

[niyad]

3. EXACTLY!!!

[TwilightZone]

4. We've all been on the list since at least 2015.

To Trump, Democrats and liberals have been the enemy since day one, and it's only gotten worse.

Some are on the list several times, in several different ways.

[ret5hd]

5. i nominated myself.

i was accepted unanimously.

they looked confused, but clapped politely.

[walkingman]

6. The Republican Party is like a X-rated version of National Enquirer. Almost

half of the country supports this stuff. Is this the new normal?

[Think. Again.]

11. Less than 1/3 of American's are registered republicans...

...and no, this isn't new, and it certainly isn't normal.

Let's not give them the appearance of being stronger than they are.

[walkingman]

16. True, living in Texas it feels like everyone is a Republican.

However, the numbers in the general election do not show that to be the case. Although we do not register by party affiliation here, I wish we did.

[SouthernDem4ever]

21. Repugs have just become the loudest and most dangerous

They do that to drown out anyone else in hopes of intimidating normal people not to take action.

[TwilightZone]

17. Most independents lean toward a party. The current split is 43/46 R/D

Most independents lean one way or the other. Very few are truly independent or non-partisan. The percentage of true independents is rarely more than single digits.

The 43% are essentially Republicans who just choose to register or identify as independents. Also, many states don't have party registration.

So, the percentage of Republicans is higher than 1/3. It's more like 44% (math below). That partly explains why Trump's approval rating is consistently higher than the percentage of people who ID as Republicans.

Example, using Gallup's numbers.

Republicans: 25%
Democrats: 27%
Independents: 45%

Independent leaners:
Republicans: 43%
Democrats: 46%

Total Republicans, plus leaners: 25% + (0.45 x 0.43) = 44.3%
Total Democrats, plus leaners: 27% + (0.45 x 0.46) = 47.7%
Total true Independents: the remaining 8%.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx

[chowder66]

7. They are also on their own enemy list. They will go after their neighbors

Whose dog took a dump in their yard or the girl two blocks over who turned down a date with their cousin or the two brothers who aren’t maga enough because they are apolitical.

[DBoon]

22. That's when you have a police state

Your neighbor annoys you? They aren't patriotic or christian enough? They are kind of weird and keep to themselves?

Just report them to the Gestapo/Stasi and they will mysteriously disappear, never to be heard from again:

It’s been estimated that only 15 per cent of Gestapo cases started because of surveillance operations. A far greater number began following a tip-off from a member of the public. Every allegation, no matter how trivial, was investigated with meticulous and time-consuming thoroughness. It’s been estimated that about 40 per cent of these denunciations were personally motivated. A Berlin stoker reported a prostitute who gave him venereal disease. She was placed in a concentration camp. Gestapo officers were extremely wary of husbands and wives who informed on each other. A housewife in Mannheim told the Gestapo her husband was making derogatory comments about Hitler’s regime. After a lengthy investigation, it emerged that the wife wanted her husband out of the way to continue a love affair with an off-duty soldier. In another case, two married doctors were involved. The wife accused the husband of carrying out illegal abortions. This led to his arrest and imprisonment. The husband claimed his wife had a vengeful motive. The husband had passed on a sexually transmitted disease to his wife, while carrying on a love affair. Her motive was revenge, but he served eight months in prison before this was finally established.

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/careless-whispers-how-the-german-public-used-and-abused-the-gestapo-1.2369837

[chowder66]

23. Yep. It's the very definition of eating your own.

[LoisB]

8. I will reevaluate my life if I am not on the list.

[DFW]

9. After writing the following, I will lodge a protest if I'm not on it

After all, this is almost five years old now, and we have close to 700,000 views:

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

10. I'd be honored if I was on that list

I'd know I was getting under the orange blob's skin.

[ancianita]

12. Is there, in fact, an enemies list? If Myrick knows of its existence and has, in fact, seen his name on it,

why not show that.

To not show at least the part his name is on adds to public doubt and distrust. To do so would be in the national interest of voters.

I could be wrong but I'd wager there are many many rethugs who wouldn't want to be a member of a political party that maintains enemies lists & runs candidates who speak of mass deportation camps.

Knowing the facts of the existence of a verified enemies list in their party would help doubtful rethug voters make their decision to leave that party. We've seen a steady stream of low and high visibility defections for years, and this would increase that momentum.

[Buns_of_Fire]

13. Soon he'll be charging a fee to get on it.

(Add $39.95 for an authentic Certificate of Authenticity.)

[maxrandb]

14. Pretty sure I'm on it

I got a letter in the mail, and I'm just an old retired vet on a website.

Must be doing something right.

[Kaleva]

15. Oddly, it's local Magahats who will protect me

I live in a small town and am related to many, by marriage or blood, who are well armed.

Besides, if I was worried about ending up on an enemies list, I wouldn't be posting here as DU can be hacked and our identities made known. But as I have no concern about that, I post.

[llmart]

18. I'd be honored to be on that list!

I'll have to call my sister tonight and tell her that our conversations of the past several years (since about 2016) where we thought Agent Mike might be listening in, may have helped us attain this high honor. I believe every weekly conversation we had started with one or the other of us saying, "Is that f***** dead yet?"

[maxrandb]

19. You just made the list Buddy

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[ProudMNDemocrat]

20. I am on there for sure.

My dislike for TSF knows NO BOUNDS!