#MAGAphobia

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Sean Moore @smeghead4269 Follow Replying to @JackPosobiec l tried to hunt the homeless for sport and the police told me that was illegal. Guess they never heard of the 1st Amendment #Magaphopia 7:32 PM 25 Feb 2019

Lars Guff @LarsGuff Follow Replying to @JackPosobiec My doctor refuses me service!! They strap me to a gurney, cut my shirt off, and give me raspberries on my belly until l cry! #MAGAphobia is real!! 6:19 PM-25 Feb 2019

stench house @sssstenhouse Follow Replying to @JackPosobiec My step sister banished me from christmas dinner this year unless I wore a cat costume and crawled around on all 4s and drank milk from a bowl and let everyone pat my haunches just because l Ivoe the donald #magaphobia 6:40 PM-25 Feb 2019

raandy @randygdub Following this is the greatest thread ever Jack Posobiec@JackPos... 1h v Name the worst acts of #magaphobia Brans Adam Lifelong and lbved friends slowly uming halafdand finaly blocking because I suppart Trump 12509, 123P Go! Dave @0993210712Dave Teling my kid to "nat telk about us being republicars at school, lor lear of More bulying against my child 8th grade. Sad. Replying to @JackPosobiec My sister 's son un-invited me to a family Father's Day reunion because l might mention Trump. There will likely never be another one iusa of our customers saw him in it and tcoped bringing his dog to our dogay daycare 5:59 PM-25 Feb 2019

Jack Posobiec @JackPos...-1 h ν Name the worst acts of #magaphobia Go! 0247 t,75 259 Brann Adams @BrannAdams Replying to @JackPosobiec Lifelong and loved friends slowly turning hateful and finally blocking because l support Trump. 2/25/19, 1:23 PM

Deplorable Sam @Daydrmsam Followw Replying to @JackPosobiec Not being able to tell friends and neighbors we support Trump for fear of retaliation against our kids. 4:56 PM 25 Feb 2019

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About

#MAGAphobia is a hashtag used by conservatives describing liberal repulsion at Donald Trump and the people who support him. The phrase uses the acronym of Trump's slogan, Make America Great Again. After being used synonymously with Trump Derangement Syndrome for several years, it became more popular when right-wing activist and conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec invited his Twitter following to share stories of "MAGAphobia"in February of 2019. This led users to share stories of themselves being shamed for being Trump supporters, often to the delight and mockery of liberals, and parody tweets in which people described ridiculous situations they experienced as a part of "MAGAphobia."

Origin

The earliest mentions of #MAGAphobia trace back to the 2016 United States Presidential Election, prior to Trump's election. On April 8th, 2016, Twitter user @mathewlenning^[2] tweeted the hashtag (shown below).

LifeLiberty&Pursuit @mathewlenning Follow Replying to @PizzaToThePolls @TrumpHandsPAC you sound upset. It's okay there are a lot of people suffering from #MAGAPHOBIA @realDonaldTrump @Reagan6Patrick @Carma_2012 12:50 AM -8 Apr 2016

Spread

The phrase saw some use among conservatives on Twitter over the following years. On September 4th, 2017, Twitter users used the term to describe a video shared by Charlie Kirk in which a teacher tosses a student out of the classroom for wearing a MAGA hat (shown below).

😲Looney Leftist HS teacher kicks kids out 4 MAGA shirts.Witness 🇺🇸#MAGAphobia:Irrational fear of Trump/supporters.pic.twitter.com/zAcE708w61
— Maverick (@RodStryker) September 4, 2017

The phrase gained more spread on February 25th, 2019, when Jack Posobiec^[1] tweeted examples of what he deemed "MAGAphobia" (shown below, left), and invited his followers to share their stories #MAGAphobia (shown below, right).

Jack Posobiec @JackPosobiec Blocked #Magaphobia: Know The Signs Red hats send you into fits of rage - Suspecting your neighbors of being KGB agents - Screaming "traitor" at the TV Suspecting midwestern kids of being cryptonazis Using your Oscar speech to spread hate 12:25 PM-25 Feb 2019

Jack Posobiec . @JackPosobiec Blocked Name the worst acts of #magaphobia Go! 4:49 PM-25 Feb 2019

Twitter users responded with their stories of experiencing times when they faced pushback for being Trump supporters. User @Daydrmsam tweeted that she didn't tell her friends and neighbors her political alignment for fear of retaliation against her kids (shown below, left). Twitter user @BrannAdams tweeted that lifelong friends had ceased contact with him (shown below, right).

Twitter user @randygdub^[3] tweeted examples from the thread, saying "this is the greatest thread" in mockery of the sincere responses (shown below, left). Other users tweeted parodies of the stories, making up ridiculous scenarios. For example, user @LosernameAndPW^[4] tweeted a parody detailing an experience at a Taco Bell, gaining over 30 retweets and 560 likes (shown below, right). Jokes of this kind were covered by The Daily Dot.^[5]