Is MAGA in its cringe era?

[Ocelot II]

Trump 2.0 was supposed to be younger and cooler than what came before. The vibes have shifted

A little over a year ago, a new class of Trump supporters arrived in Washington to celebrate the dawn of the president’s second term. They were fashion-conscious, politically incorrect and ready to party. They were heralds of a youthful MAGA coalition that was supposed to be more fun than the young fogies of the old right and the uptight killjoys of the contemporary left.

To his enthusiastic young loyalists, Trump’s narrow yet decisive victory in 2024 marked a cultural realignment that rejected the liberal agenda in favor of something ostensibly cooler: freedom and hedonism, checked only by the (very much desired) encumbrances of traditional family values. . . .

“We were cool for 2½ minutes — that time has passed,” says Arynne Wexler, 32, a commentator and comedian who had been among those announcing the vibe shift last year.

Some might argue that the moment of MAGA cool lasted longer than that. Others might insist that it was overhyped from the start. But just over a year into its supposed run of cultural predominance, MAGA has arguably entered its cringe era.

https://archive.is/p4gj2

Yes, I know, WaPo, hiss, boo, but this is pretty good.

[mwmisses4289]

1. Maga (and the teabaggers before them out of whom the maga movement grew)

have always been cringe. They've just been stupid to know it. Now some of them are waking up, becoming "woke" to the fact that they are cringe. They have never been "edgy". They have been nothing but hateful, anti-American messes.

[Ocelot II]

2. I agree. They were so full of themselves, flashing their expensive clothes and self-perceived importance,

that you just wanted to slap them. Probably most of them aren't embarrassed yet, but in a few years they will be.

[Skittles]

3. THANK YOU

they were never COOL, not even for 2.5 minutes.....stupid fucking ASSHOLES

[Aristus]

5. Just what I was going to say.

They’ve always been cringe.

I’ll never forget or forgive those revolting wastes of defective human protoplasm who wore “purple heart” Band-Aids at the 2004 GOP Convention to mock John Kerry’s service in Vietnam. He was running to unseat yet another repuke who used his family’s wealth and power to dodge service in the war.

It’s like their whole mentality has always been “what filthy, disgusting thing can I do to my fellow human beings today?”

[Dulcinea]

4. When was MAGA NOT cringey?

They are not & have never been cool. Fascism can never be cool. Full stop.