MAGA at work. Be prepared for different attitude toward YOU!

[SupportSanity]

I had an encounter last week in a meeting. The team leader responded in a way that he would have never done before.
And after I thought about about it, he responded in a way that he wouldn't normally have the capability of.

I think he was trained to twist his response around so it would look like I'm blaming specific people for a company problem.

It was smooth. It got me burnt up, but I didn't know how to handle it at the time. Because I was surprised.

But it was a psychological tactic. And he himself isn't smart enough to know this tactic. He had to have been trained.

So, a warning to you all. Be careful at work. Things might change in a way you might not be prepared for.

Sidenote: I never talk politics at work. But I don't exude MAGA at all.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. I've thought about that.

Considering MAGA customers bent on getting anyone at the store fired.

[larwdem]

2. ok

[milestogo]

3. I don't talk politics at work except with one person.

There is a Trumpy person in my group though, and last week he was bragging that he has friends that actually know Trump and have been to Merde a lagoo.

At times like that I just don't say a word. He probably thinks he's impressing someone.

[SupportSanity]

4. I realized something

I don’t talk politics now but I did when Trump was first running for pres. Me and my work buddy were too vocal about it.
That’s got to be it. Magat minds don’t forget.

[mahina]

5. This keeps popping in to my mind. Would you mind outlining how he flipped the conversation, or however you would

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describe it? I don't think that fast on my feet in confrontations and hope to be ready.

I do think the maga folks are being coached probably through social media or online chat, to be outrageously rude, way out of the box.

The other day I experienced this twice. The first time, I was at Salvation Army looking for insulated cups. A big man with a beard and biker gear on, (which I wouldn't judge,) stopped in his tracks and stared at me and looked me up and down slowly like I was a pork chop in an old cartoon. I just didn't look at him and pretended he wasn't there but it felt disgusting and unsettling. He was not from here, clearly, and that behavior doesn't fly here.

When I got to the register I'd noticed that there were two bullshit right wing books, one was Jerome Corsi's book titled something like What About The Birth Certificate. I said that this wasn't consistent with SA's ethics, that these are proven lies, lying is a sin, making money from lies isn't right. Told her I was buying them to throw them out. I said it politely while we were processing my other stuff, not yelling, not drawing any attention but it was clear she disagreed strongly. She cut me off, raised her voice, said some rude things.

Iʻd love to be prepared.

If you're pressed for time, if it isn't a good question for you, it's ok, I understand. Thank you for the heads up and for being patient with my long response, earlier lack of clarity and good spelling.

Aloha.

[SupportSanity]

6. Outlining main steps? I would say that the main thing is....

... to be prepared for the unexpected.

I would have handled my situation differently had I just been prepared. I would have called him out on it right there and then.

I think that their arrogance will reveal itself in different ways. It's all about power. And how powerful they feel as part of a winning group.

Think Super Bowl champions and they knew exactly who was going to win and they bet big.

Not sure there's a handbook on this. Maybe reading almost anything by Timothy Snyder or Ruth Ben-Ghiat.

Be aware of warning signs whatever they may be.

When work situations start looking different, that would be the warning sign.

But be prepared for changing situations.

[Emile]

7. So glad I am no longer a wage slave and have to put

up with stupid ass kissing Republican coworkers.

I'm sorry you have to put up with that shit at work, it's not right.