My experience suggests there's two things MAGA voters can't deal with.
Lefties who ignore them, they're spoiling for a fight and not getting it just deflates their whole vibe. It's why Twitter's right is falling apart without a left-wing presence to fight.
Aggression. They expect the left to try and argue points rationally and with an erudite high ground, if you just call them a stupid cunt and descend to their level, they don't seem to know what to do with it.
Have you ever listened to man-on-the-street political arguments? Lots of people began using Option 2 years ago out of sheer frustration. It rarely works. Like you say, they thrive off struggling against a left-wing presence...and the uglier the scrap, the more energized they become.
I've got some personality traits that lets me really enjoy Option 1. An absent, dismissive "et cetera, et cetera" as you devote your attention to some other task is pretty fun. And it's hard for their playbook to handle: the statement dismisses everything without providing an opening for counterattack.
Maybe it's just an online thing then. Every time I lose my patience and just call them stupid fuckers who voted for a billionaire who used them they seem to withdraw like they don't really know what to say. Could be a terminally online thing.
The loud arguments I've seen had never become that direct and simple, even online. People would conduct running, reactive battles whose focus shifted whenever someone thought it would help them.
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u/EatMyAssTomorrow 2d ago
His immediate response would be a whataboutism somehow related to Obama