Look, you've made it pretty clear that you are not a MAGA follower, and my comments aren't directed at you, or at any specific person. But I tend to revert to that old "if it walks like a duck" idea. If someone supports a person who has been convicted due to a sex crime, who has laughed about sexual aggression, who encourages violence - then why, in heavens name, do those supporters think that others are going to see them as kind, concerned, tolerant Americans?? If you sleep with the dogs, you're going to smell like the dogs, yes? So how can you be surprised that other people don't want to ignore the dog smell??? (I like dogs, btw. This is not about dogs or their actual smell) We are all tarred with the brushes of the company we keep, and the MAGA crowd is tarred with misogyny, racism, and the encouragement of violence.

****Transphobe comes under the "other" I was referencing. Chauvinism (at best) is just that - the BEST attitudes towards women I see in the MAGAs I know is chauvinistic. From there, it descends to varying degrees of paternalism, ending in misogyny. I see it as a spectrum of not wanting women on a equal footing as men. Sorry I was not clear, clarity is not always my strong suit these days. Older brain, and all that.

And ok, it's fine for the right to "fuel divisiveness" but not the center or the left? Huh. Missed that memo...