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Snowflake Season [1]

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Date: 2025-04-06

There i was at the grocery store — masked as always. To my surprise , there were a lot of people masked at the grocery store yesterday?

There in the produce section we outnumbered the unmasked. A maga man walked in and it shocked him. He jerked his head locking in on just how many people had masks on. Then he set his sights on someone who was older than he was (68) or at least someone weaker than he (in his maga assessment) , and said loudly but not aggressively — why are you people wearing masks.

They don’t work, etc ….. were in his original salvo, but then he asked the masked man what his politics were, where he was from etc…. He named the state (not ours) and said “oh your blue, I’m red” then it came out clear as day — his voice got louder (not aggressive) “ Ya know Biden was not a good president, you people think he was a great president but he wasn’t”

I stop here — and want to freeze the action.

The whole long story would involve when i stepped in — and engaged him on mask wearing — then a older woman with insane health theories chimed in — that story is long and un necessary — I thought it was the important reality addressed and why the universe put on this display for me to step into. But like many great unravelings — it is not, like the movie you need to watch again because you missed so much.

“ Ya know Biden was not a good president, you people think he was a great president but he wasn’t”

This is the comment of someone who cannot live with their politics and needs an outlet to save them from what they did — Biden was bad — he had no choice but to vote for Trump — ITS NOT HIS FAULT.

This guy is so unhappy and so upset he can’t live with himself and needs to flagellate himself in public with displays of stupidity. I offered up to him a mask conversation that made him noticeably have to see that he was a fool in public. I was polite and never directly confronted his “proof” masks were bad — that’s what he wanted. I gave him good reasons why i wear a mask that were indisputable despite his theory and made him look like a dry drunk picking a fight in the store.

I should have helped him find his outlet to save himself from such a bad decision as a voter. I let the surface bs of owning the libs prevent me from de programming someone crying out for help. He was forgiving himself very unsuccessfully for voting the president in. I could have made an ally but got lost in the trees and missed the forest.

Now for what I learned.

This was a release of pain. this guy has no retirement money now. All of the “American” values that built the world he pretends to live in are gone. We are kissing up to dictators — we have one that is less and less interested in those he coddled to get to the top.

Maga voters need an outlet for their frustration — we need to help them get to a good one. And we better get on it. Emotions are not logical — they can be but do not need to be. Emotions are powerful and drive a lot of behavior. The Fascists are very good at ramping it up and directing toward a target. The target will be people of color and the poor — two categories that have worked for them historically and two categories that they can randomly re categorize at will and direct mobs at. The maga will go like water following the path of least resistance.

Will they turn on the cult? Yes, people do this. They will turn on the fascists, but not initially — they need a more obscure and soft direction to flow towards.

They are ready to be pissed and take action against billionaires — help them.

Maga voters are in the crowds at the telsa protests — the maga verse is pissed at musk.

Let us help them open that valve 1st. The pressure release will blow the pipe and go straight to the top. Does it matter if they don’t get mad at their elected representative 1st? Let the snowball go down the mountain. We need police and and local gop and the armed maga on our side. None of these people want to confess that they are in a cult — they cling to it and fight for it when you take that approach. Lets get some universal healthcare, social security investment, tax on the billionaires etc…

What i see that i could have said and made an ally were things like this

“we are all gonna loose our healthcare — a mask is money well spent” he would have run wild with his mask “research’ to own me as a lib — but I would have planted the loss of healthcare into his brain. i could have asked why he is so upset today. he would go on and on and on about the past to avoid why he is upset and acting out at the grocery store — all i need to do is let him and let the bullshit go unchallenged but ask why he is upset now. Joe Biden isn’t president and you are upset logically — you are upset at the current president — If i say that — you get what you want and try to pick a fight. if I ask with concern, why you are upset today you slowly see yourself as the upset snowflake you are. That dissatisfaction with yourself and inability to accept responsibility needs an outlet. And i am happy to let you discover that Billionaires lied to you and cheated you.

When removing a tumor — you cut around it and then take it out. You don’t cut into it.

i did help the guy somewhat because i gently reminded him throughout that the conversation and public scene was something he initiated. i didn’t say “you started it” i said “you asked this question” and repeated his exact words — “ I’m having a conversation because this is what you asked” There was a crowd around him, I didn’t insult him and he didn’t further agitate — he had to recon with his lack of clarity in front of people giving him the uncontested floor to speak. he walked away confused and lacking the victory the maga play book guarantees — but what he really needs is a clear path to absolve himself of his very self aware guilt.

Make it simple

You the maga pay more in taxes than the wealthy people who cheat you. There are more of you than them. We the people can stop this.

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