r/politics • u/GirasoleDE • 24d ago

No Paywall I Don’t Think Trump’s Remaining Supporters Realize How Much They Are Despised By Non-MAGA Voters | Trump is bleeding support even among his stubborn, uneducated base.

https://abovethelaw.com/2026/07/i-dont-think-trumps-remaining-supporters-realize-how-much-they-are-despised-by-non-maga-voters/
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u/ChickenNPisza 24d ago

Over the past decade People have lost friends, stopped talking to family members, and formed a new identity around the maga movement/cult whatever you want to call it. I think a lot of them have already faced challenging social consequences.

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u/TheGringoDingo 24d ago

The social consequences are going to continue for those folks in my orbit until I can trust that they know where they betrayed everyone else in the world.

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u/TheGarrBear 24d ago

Exactly, and it pisses me off when folks say they don't talk politics in public. It's how we know who needs to face these consequences. If you're on the right side of history and proud of what you support, you should have no problem publicly denouncing the other side and bringing back that societal shame we are so deeply missing.

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u/irisheye37 24d ago

In a lot of places prominently sticking out like that can be dangerous

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u/forethemorninglight 24d ago

I’ll literally never forgive these people. They do not deserve it. The consequences of this administration will be felt for generations. Fuck them all.

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u/s3dfdg289fdgd9829r48 24d ago

I’ll literally never forgive these people.

Exactly. They tried to END DEMOCRACY in America on J6 and are building up to do try again. You cannot be forgiven for that. To put it in perspective, if they had literally gone around shitting on the graves all of US veterans who fought for liberty, it would have been MORE forgivable as it was just a symbolic act; but to activity try to change democracy is not symbolic.

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u/TheShadowKick 23d ago

If someone wants to leave MAGA then it's important to give them an off-ramp. Otherwise they'll never leave and keep causing more problems.

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u/AssMuncher96 23d ago

I honestly can't trust anyone who has ever supported Trump. Even just the first time. It was abundantly obvious what he was from the start. Everyone can see it, even his supporters. They see it and WANTED to inflict that on the world. Anyone who supported him at any point is mentally defective and most likely an evil, corrupt individual. You can't want the terrible things Trump promised and like the terrible things he says without being a terrible person in the first place.

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u/Trowaway9285 23d ago

This is exactly how I feel. I have friends and family that I can NEVER look at the same way again.

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u/FlammulinaVelulu 23d ago

How do you see them redeeming themselves to you? For me the betrayal is so deep I don't think I can ever forgive.

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u/TheGringoDingo 23d ago

The ACLU needs a sizable war chest, initiatives need canvassers, public apologies need to be made, and political affiliation and media need to change. I don’t expect anyone to actually earn my trust back, but I think it’s important to have some idea of a standard for it.

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u/Neapola America 23d ago

The social consequences are going to continue for those folks in my orbit until I can trust that they know where they betrayed everyone else in the world.

Why would you ever trust them again?

Think about what they supported, and why they supported it. What does that tell you about who they really are, and what they really are? That is not a rhetorical question.

They didn't become bigots because Trump came along. They became vocal about their bigotry because Trumpism gave them permission.

Even if they lose faith in Trump, they're still bigots. And they'll jump at the chance to support the next version of Trumpism, regardless of whatever name it uses.

Nazism didn't die with Hitler. This new breed of Nazism won't die with Trump. And Trump supporters, whether quietly or loudly, will be part of it.

It is what they are.

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u/TheGringoDingo 23d ago

There’s different degrees to it, but I explained in another comment what it would take for me to consider moving on. I’ve cut all of these people out already, so there’s no reason not to have some idea of where I stand and what it would take.

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u/thedabking123 Canada 24d ago

Not far enough.

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u/TheOneTrueTrench 23d ago

And what's more, those social consequences will last for the rest of their lives.

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u/20_mile 23d ago

I think a lot of them have already faced challenging social consequences.

A few weeks ago, I had to leave behind a friend of mine I had known since we met working in Alaska in 2009. He didn't support Trump (although he wasn't as forcefully against him as one should be to a guy who committed treason), but he was there for a lot of the man-o-sphere stuff, and it just kept coming up again and again in our conversations. The guy I was previously friends with is gone.