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KS Toronado

(23,597 posts)
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 12:22 PM 22 hrs ago

MAGA hat at the grocery store this morning

Guy wearing a MAGA hat walked up to me standing by the meat counter and asked about my Sturgis hat
I was wearing. "No never been to Sturgis, found this at a garage sale unused for a dollar" Talked about our
current and past motorcycles for 5 or 10 minutes, very friendly guy. Made sure he saw my anti-rump T-shirt I was wearing.

Then he changed the subject "Can you believe how the price of meat has gone up this past year?" Came back
with "Well we can thank rump's tariffs for that." And he wholeheartedly agreed with me.

Talked politics for 5 or 10 minutes when I finally said "I'm under the impression you're more of a Democrat than
a Republican, why the MAGA hat? "Oh I'm from Russell, Bob Dole Country, you don't dare let anyone know you
vote Democrat over there, hat allows me to fit in."

When talking politics he mentioned it was my T-shirt that made him approach me. One I was wearing....

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MAGA hat at the grocery store this morning (Original Post) KS Toronado 22 hrs ago OP
Sadly many of us need to be closet Democrats when... yourout 22 hrs ago #1
I was for the longest time in my red town KS Toronado 22 hrs ago #3
I live among them, gab13by13 22 hrs ago #2
Bless you for doing the Lord's work.... Wish I could yourout 22 hrs ago #4
another coward. ret5hd 1 hr ago #5

KS Toronado

(23,597 posts)
3. I was for the longest time in my red town
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 12:49 PM
22 hrs ago

now I'm more like gab13, never leave the house without one of my many anti-rump T-shirts.
My red town is getting tired of his shenanigans, we're turning slowly purple.

gab13by13

(31,866 posts)
2. I live among them,
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 12:39 PM
22 hrs ago

I'm 78 YO and I don't give a shit. I call Krasnov a pedophile and his party the Epstein party.

I never debate them, just throw out zingers.

I saw someone last week ahead of me in line at the deli with a mask on, I asked him if he was ICE. Did I mention I don't give a shit?

Turns out the guy had bad bone cancer and the treatment knocked out his immune system. We had a laugh about the ICE comment and then I let him speak about how that was so wrong what they were doing.

Where I live it's a 5 in 6 chance he is Magat but I liked what he said, we became friends in that short time.

yourout

(8,773 posts)
4. Bless you for doing the Lord's work.... Wish I could
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 12:59 PM
22 hrs ago

But circumstances dictate an espionage roll instead of a front line soldier for democracy.

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