# I wish posters would stop using the term "MAGAt" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 12, 2026, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-posters-would-stop-using-the-term-magat/1026577 "2026-01-12T00:23:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-posters-would-stop-using-the-term-magat/1026577/81 "2026-01-12T22:43:31Z")
Merely pointing out the spots in your argument that I felt needed extra emphasis. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-posters-would-stop-using-the-term-magat/1026577/82 "2026-01-13T03:15:55Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I was appalled when the Mayor of Minneapolis said, on camera said “get the fuck outta here”(paraphrased). I know, I know he was speaking from extreme emotion and concern. I just think he should not have sunk to that level. He could have said almost anything else with the same emotion and conveyed his meaning. > > It’s almost like “our thoughts and prayers’ it’s become so common and irritating. > > A “Fuck you” or “get the fuck out” should be held back til there’s no other choice. I know right? Why couldn’t he have waited until ICE did something unconscionable like shoot someone in the face . . . oh, wait, that fucking happened. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-posters-would-stop-using-the-term-magat/1026577/83 "2026-01-13T03:36:22Z")
I was glad to hear the Mayor say it like it needs to be said. This disgusting situation deserves no kid gloves or decorum. Listening to him, there was no question as to his passion. I was left feeling like he has actual fight in him. I’m in the minority of people who still have positive feelings about Chuck Schumer(as a person, at least), but I sure wish he’s stop with the strongly worded admonitions and start telling it like it is. ICE 100% needs to _get the fuck out of EVERYWHERE_ ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-posters-would-stop-using-the-term-magat/1026577/84 "2026-01-13T03:44:10Z")
There’s a thing in video games, when you have a rare but powerful item which can only be used once but is never really required to proceed, most players will not use it at all. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-posters-would-stop-using-the-term-magat/1026577/85 "2026-01-13T06:04:50Z")
I know myself and I’d never use that thing in a game. It’s just how I’m wired. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-posters-would-stop-using-the-term-magat/1026577/86 "2026-01-13T16:55:41Z")
Not all Republicans are MAGAts. A MAGAt is someone who fully knows trump and his madness and enthusiastically supports him anyway. MAGAt is nicest thing you can call them. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-posters-would-stop-using-the-term-magat/1026577/87 "2026-01-13T17:04:46Z")
I think MAGAt diminishes the threat they pose and suggests that they are a fringe group, when they control all three branches of the federal government. I think fascist, or neo-Nazi is a more accurate term. ETA I’d love to meet one of these mythical republicans who aren’t fascists, I count maybe three of them. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-posters-would-stop-using-the-term-magat/1026577/88 "2026-01-13T17:20:26Z")
I think I’m capable of doing both. Seriously, magas act subhuman. It’s probably more an insult to maggots, as they have a useful place in the natural world. _They_ (maggots) don’t hate and hurt/kill for ideology and fun. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-posters-would-stop-using-the-term-magat/1026577/89 "2026-01-13T17:28:32Z")
I wonder if most MAGAts even know they’re being referred to as such. They wouldn’t hear the term on Faux News or any right wing site. I’m surprised they don’t wear it proudly, like the Deplorable hats and shirts from yesteryear. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-posters-would-stop-using-the-term-magat/1026577/90 "2026-01-13T17:45:40Z")
FWIW, The Grapist was absolutely the the first thing that popped into my mind as well. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-posters-would-stop-using-the-term-magat/1026577/91 "2026-01-13T18:35:10Z")
MAGAt is actually a compliment. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-posters-would-stop-using-the-term-magat/1026577/92 "2026-01-13T19:11:38Z")
I don’t know, I’m still coming across new wordplay that amuses me amongst all the horrors the news brings. Just yesterday I was reading and someone referred to Trump as, ‘Tantrump’. I don’t want to see it widely used, but it amused me at the time. That’s enough for me. Pick your battles, of course, but it’s just a stupid word, with a short life span. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-posters-would-stop-using-the-term-magat/1026577/93 "2026-01-13T19:23:40Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I wonder if most MAGAts even know they’re being referred to as such. They wouldn’t hear the term on Faux News or any right wing site. I’m surprised they don’t wear it proudly, like the Deplorable hats and shirts from yesteryear. I went to see Trae Crowder, AKA the Liberal Redneck, do standup recently. Two fascists, MAGA hats and all, were in the audience. They clearly had no idea what Crowder is all about. Hundreds of people laughing uproariously not just at Trump, but at the kind of people who would look at Trump and be inspired. They walked out in the first ten minutes. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-posters-would-stop-using-the-term-magat/1026577/94 "2026-01-13T20:16:01Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > They clearly had no idea what Crowder is all about. Hundreds of people laughing uproariously not just at Trump, but at the kind of people who would look at Trump and be inspired. They walked out in the first ten minutes. Facts are hard to accept. I get that. But when facts are and have been widely available for probably those chuckleheads inter life… I would laught them out of the studio, or a parking lot. ICE assholes recently got heckled out of a Walmart I think it was. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-posters-would-stop-using-the-term-magat/1026577/95 "2026-01-13T21:25:23Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > But when facts are and have been widely available for probably those chuckleheads inter life… I would laught them out of the studio, or a parking lot. I think that they live in their own bubble and any fact that doesn’t confirm their boutique reality is just not true. Fear and hatred are the pillars of their world view and that’s not going to change. They’re incredibly weak people. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-posters-would-stop-using-the-term-magat/1026577/96 "2026-01-13T21:32:14Z")
Kimmel showed ICE agent slipping on ice in Minneapolis. It was pretty funny. Kimmel gets it. He knows Trump hates to be mocked in anyway. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-posters-would-stop-using-the-term-magat/1026577/97 "2026-01-13T21:48:41Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > I think that they live in their own bubble and any fact that doesn’t confirm their boutique reality is just not true. Fear and hatred are the pillars of their world view and that’s not going to change. They’re incredibly weak people. Let’s see them use that as a defense. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-posters-would-stop-using-the-term-magat/1026577/98 "2026-01-13T22:25:18Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Let’s see them use that as a defense. With whom? They won. They run the country and there is no real opposition. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-posters-would-stop-using-the-term-magat/1026577/99 "2026-01-13T22:45:08Z")
During the Cold War I sometimes saw the Soviet Union called, “Third-world with nukes.” I don’t think we’ll slip down that far but as the current ~~regime~~ administration continues to piss off our allies and play into our rivals’ hands I can see us becoming simply irrelevant. “Yes, Mr. Ambassador. Thank you for your… valuable input. We shall give it all due consideration. So, gentlemen, as to the crisis before us…” ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-posters-would-stop-using-the-term-magat/1026577/100 "2026-01-13T22:51:17Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > Apparently, people are misreading my OP as saying that we shouldn’t call MAGA _any_ bad names when I’m _only_ talking about the use of vermin terms as historically dehumanizing pejoratives. I’m with you on the ‘no vermin comparisons.’ I know I’ve typed “MAGAt” a couple of times, here or there; it never felt like a good fit. I also disagree with the idea that we shouldn’t use any unflattering descriptors at all because we should remain—well, virtuous, I guess. I will never hesitate to describe Mike Johnson as a stinking collaborationist liar. And as for Donald: if he had no power he would be an object of pity for being so twisted and pathetic a human being. Since he does have power, it’s appropriate to express our contempt for the way he uses it. (Recently I heard Jimmy Kimmel refer to him as “Emperor Palpa-tinyhands,” which works on a couple of levels, I thought.) MAGA people in general are similarly worthy of descriptors they wouldn’t like, to the extent they are imposing their loathsome views on the rest of us. But not “cockroaches” or “maggots” or other vermin-related terms. There’s too much of a history with those. > [@Odesio](#): > > The one thing MAGA seems to really, really hate is being mocked. You can call them evil, but don’t make fun of them. This is a good point. We should avoid anything that they’d consider as glorifying their (supposed) Awesome Righteousness. Maybe “MAGAls” could work. It evokes both “my gals” and “bagels,” neither of which would please them. “MAGArs” might remind them of a word they themselves use, in a way they might not like. But “dimwitted dupes” is always appropriate. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-posters-would-stop-using-the-term-magat/1026577.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-posters-would-stop-using-the-term-magat/1026577.md?page=6)