#MAGAphobia

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).

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).

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).

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]

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