well, it might have been immature, but I felt good

[AmandaRuth]

i know i don't post hardly ever, but i do read here almost every day, i had an experience i like to tell you about. Mainly i just want to tell it. OK, i totally reject the idea that states (or anyone for that matter) can VOTE on my rights, I believe that rights are rights, and are not subject to anyone's opinions or a freaking vote. Seriously, this leave it to the states is bullshit.

So anyway, was at a concert with my friend group, and I ran into a mega couple, who i know thru a many years ago job. Because maga's cannot read the room (this is Seattle, for petes sake), and they were standing around, like they wanted to be announced, so I announced them.

I introduced them as "they this is Alan, who would force a women to give birth against her will, and his lovely wife Sheila, who wants her daughter to grow up with less rights than herself".

boy did they get mad, and they left shortly after. Yes it was immature, and Yes I felt great about it. I keep reliving the moment in my head, and it was beautiful.

[Easterncedar]

1. Brava!

[CTyankee]

2. Humor is good! It gets on their nerves. I have a make up spiel to my unavoidable MAGA person:

"Gee I wish he'd get his Man Tan makeup on better: he just needs to get a bit closer to his hairline, ya know what I mean? Just smooth it up there..."

[AmandaRuth]

6. this whole incident has me thinking about language and how we say things

seriously, MAGA's are not pro-life (Bwahaha, AS IF), they would force a women to give birth against her will. They don't like hearing that, truth hurts them baby boys.

[Metaphorical]

3. The question I have

is what was the reaction of the rest of the room when they left?

[AmandaRuth]

4. smiles and applause

no really likes MAGA's in Seattle, but sometimes we are just too polite

[flying_wahini]

38. I think that if more people were "exposed" that most of them wouldn't be so PROUD of their beliefs.

I don’t understand how Magas assume EVERYONE secretly agrees with them.
Here in Texas they have NO problem telling people they are his supporters.

[Aristus]

5. Well done!

Makes me proud to be a Washingtonian!

[Joinfortmill]

7. Rofl. Beautiful

[hlthe2b]

8. Whew boy! if only you had...

video!

[AmandaRuth]

10. I KNOW!

but i was calm, and sweet and nice, and literally introduced them like I was an MC of some important event.

[malaise]

9. Love it

Rec😀

[Picaro]

11. Not immature at all

I’ve done much much worse.

These fascist bastards make me lose my mind sometimes.

[progressoid]

12. Amanda Ruth...

[AmandaRuth]

13. LOVE THEM

that is where I grabbed my user name.

RIP Tony Kinman

[progressoid]

15. Back in the day, a house mate had a couple of their albums

I kind of got hooked on them.

A few years ago I ran across one of their albums in a used record store. I should have bought it but I already have too many.

[bikes and bunnies]

14. Good job!

I like the cut of your jib. Well done.

You might also mention this:

If god is against abortion why does he abort so many fetuses with so many miscarriages?
God is the biggest "abortionist" out there.

Plus, why the recipe for abortion in Numbers 5:11-31, and no other mention of abortion in the bible, if yahweh is so hot and bothered by the procedure?

I call bullshit. It's just about subjugating women.

[AmandaRuth]

18. and shoving their stupid religion down our throats

this is a big subject with me and my girlfriends, if the law can control our bodies and, as some municipalities are doing, control our speech and movement, this goes so far beyond just banning abortion. This is trying to control our thoughts, and forcing us to accept THEIR idea of what our roles are in the world (babymakers).

If they can indeed legislate our speech (and therefore our minds), and control movement, they can literally strip away anyone's rights for anything.

also, i talk too much

[dmr]

32. No, you don't. Great post!

[SeanHG]

30. Abortion recipe

I gotta remember that for my MAGA mates...

"...Plus, why the recipe for abortion in Numbers 5:11-31, and no other mention of abortion in the bible, if yahweh is so hot and bothered by the procedure?..."

[fierywoman]

16. Brava to you from me over the 520 bridge over in Redmond. Loved it!

[AmandaRuth]

21. your lite rail station will open April 27, 2025!!!

commuter all my life, and i love how easy it is to get around Seattle these days

[Talitha]

17. Done with class and elegance - I'd like to shake your hand.

I bet those magas were absolutely stunned by your truthful statement. So very often, they mouth-off and spew their talking points as if everyone in the group is in agreement. Good for you, for heading them off at the pass.

[Figarosmom]

19. Nice

Did you make a bow and sweeping hand gesture as you said it?

[AmandaRuth]

23. no, but I had a big smile on my face. I don't really like confrontation

but, i can't explain it, but something has just snapped in me

[Figarosmom]

24. Yeah i get it

Maga's are just so out there with their stupidity we just can't let it ride.

[flashman13]

20. RIGHT ON! AmandaRuth

[iluvtennis]

22. It wasn't immature at all. You simply told the folks

who they are. They need to own their damn backwards ideas.

Brava! :clap;

[dchill]

25. What a heroic truth bomb! Kudos!

[littlemissmartypants]

26. Setting an example for us all, AmandaRuth. I call that courage! TY! ❤️

[Think. Again.]

27. I believe shunning people who are harmful to our community, our nation, our world, is a good thing, hard as it is to do.

[Alliepoo]

28. OMG!

Immature? No way. It was Absolutely Perfect!! I admire and applaud you!! AmandaRuth ROCKS!!

[DFW]

29. I wouldn't have done it, EXCEPT....

If they were standing around with some, “We’re here now, so please tell these people who we are” attitude, spoken unspoken, then they were begging for exactly what you did. I’m sure they expected to be introduced citing their wealth, status, ancestry or position, but you picked something equally defining, and at least as accurate. Obviously, it was not in the terms they preferred (extreme magats would have been proud to have been introduced that way). But maybe, in the near future, when angrily recounting the incident to others, someone will pointedly ask, “well, was she wrong?”

PS—Just remember, there are parts of the country where, after hearing such an introduction, the crowd would have applauded!

[slumcamper]

31. I never post either...but you need to do more!

I admire your forthright approach and face-to-face with these "MAGA" people. I've done the same to some in my neighborhood.

They need to know, in no uncertain terms, that their cultist perspective is not unchallenged. Whether we change minds is not the point. If we give them pause to consider their foolishness, that's worth it. And if enough of us challenge them, their fever might break.

Alas, most, I doubt it, but a few is worth the effort. Always invite them to talk more. I truly feel that we are the implicit agents of healing, and it will take many years. Sadly, some are lost.

[GoneOffShore]

33. Not immature at all - And the kind of thing that I rarely have the prescence of mind to do.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

34. They got what they deserved. They make taking rights away the centrepiece of their movement. . . nt

[KT2000]

35. Call them out is right!

They have to stand behind what they are forcing onto women - and other atrocities as well. This was not immature. The problem is they think they are innocent because they just hold a belief. In reality the deaths and maiming of women that is caused by the support of those beliefs is on them and they need to know it.

[Martin68]

36. A cruel but much-needed reality check. Call it tough love.

[BaronChocula]

37. You introduced them to themselves

Many a maga needs that treatment.

[GoYouPackersGo]

39. Good on you! I try to be nasty to MAGAs every chance I get.

I don't care if it makes me look like a jerk- and maybe I am a jerk but fuck it.

[Faux pas]

40. You were PERFECT

[SamKnause]

41. Well done !!!!

Maybe they felt embarrassment. (if trump cult members can)

Maybe it will jar them into sanity. (maybe they will finally accept reality)

[Clouds Passing]

42. Good job

[mountain grammy]

43. Nice. I'm gonna remember that for future use.

[PennRalphie]

44. I guess that works in deep blue areas

Where I live, I would never try to embarrass an acquaintance. But I’m sure it felt good to do that.

I think that would be a totally exhausting way to live, deciding to embarrass people in front of friends over politics.

But your situation is obviously different.

[Bluethroughu]

45. Hilarious!

You're just announcing what their supporting. Why would they have a problem with it?

[Paladin]

46. Well done. Everybody else: Go and do likewise. (nt)

[Evolve Dammit]

47. That is priceless! Sometimes the truth just comes out

[jaxexpat]

48. Please provide a well-labeled map of yourself.

I want to stay on your good side.