We empower people to leave MAGA and tell their stories. We foster reconciliation with friends and family. We develop movement leaders to help others leave. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zJl1lBGMUw&t=15sA Message from our Founder Meet the People Leaving MAGA Steve Vilchez Illinois Read His Story Erica Roach New York Read Her Story Justin Yu California Read His Story Deanna
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.
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
I would honestly trust this more if it was run by a church and didnt have a shopping cart on the front page.
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.
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.
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.
Yeah definitely right to be suspicious of it, I am too. Still, my comment is meant In a more general sense and not only applicable to this situation :)
So:
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
I would honestly trust this more if it was run by a church and didnt have a shopping cart on the front page.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
Yeah definitely right to be suspicious of it, I am too. Still, my comment is meant In a more general sense and not only applicable to this situation :)