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People fight back against the leopards who ate their faces, let's help them (leavingmaga.org)

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 70 points 2 months ago (2 children)

So:

on the one hand, it’s fantastic that there’s a meaningful fraction of that absolutely fucking caustic movement that’s becoming fed up with it and are bailing.
on the other hand, I’m going to be deeply suspicious of any “reformed MAGA” until they openly and strongly recant all the racist, white supremacist, misogynistic, mafia-esque ideology - otherwise, in my book, they haven’t really left.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

It is interesting for sure, it does seem like "blue ocean strategy" in terms of finding a marketimg niche. The shopping cart on the front page makes me think this might be somebody who found it too difficult or had too much conscience to keep the lies churning in maga space.

On the other hand it does feel a lot like something that might help a lot of apolitical extroverts who sort of found their communities saturated with maga people and converted for that reason'

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

The popup "help someone else leave maga!" 5 seconds in tells me I can't send this to actual MAGA I know, they'll see that and close the window with a sneer. This website is not designed to convert people, it's designed to sell merch to frustrated liberals with MAGA family.

[–] netvor@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

On the other hand it does feel a lot like something that might help a lot of apolitical extroverts who sort of found their communities saturated with maga people and converted for that reason

This. I think it's even in place to have a little bit of tolerance for the fact that they might still have their minds a little bit poisoned with all the hateful crap. It may take long time and a lot of work to clean up your mind. Doing first step should be celebrated though.

[–] FeatherConstrictor@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think it's totally fine to be suspicious and not trust these people on account of their morals. I do also think that anything we can do to find where we share common ground in order to help remove those who are in power and ultimately our "true enemy" (not to say these people aren't also our enemies in a sense) is a good thing. If we can work together for that and achieve SOME level of class solidarity, we should take that opportunity.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I am frankly deeply suspicious that this whole thing is a scam - the comically expensive store items and the GPT-ish “testimonials” are really odd.

[–] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

MAGA was always big on merch and grifters gonna grift so the expensive store items don't seem indicative of a scam to me. Now, the testimonials.....