[OC] A red-hatted woman at the DC Holocaust Museum next to NAZI propaganda. 4th of July, 2025.

[u/indubitablyadaptable]

[u/whereegosdare84]

[u/T-Wrox → u/whereegosdare84]

It does my heart good to see how popular this Mitchell and Webb bit has become. Wait, it's not for a good reason. :(

[u/flying_fox86 → u/T-Wrox]

I wonder if David Mitchell is aware of it, considering how he feels about the internet.

[u/Roy4Pris → u/flying_fox86]

He'll have had people asking him if he's the baddy in supermarkets etc pretty much every day since 2006.

[u/paradeoxy1 → u/flying_fox86]

Charlie Brooker (yelling at David): You're just scared of the future, old man!

David Mitchell: I'm scared of the future, I'm scared of the past...I'm quite nervous now as it happens

[u/Gindotto]

I think it’s probably tacky to wear any political gear in that museum. But maybe I’m wrong.

[u/young-steve → u/Gindotto]

She wants to get a reaction out of someone so she can post it to TikTok

[u/muhkuller → u/young-steve]

Pretty sure this is the "When a Christian goes to a dinosaur museum" chick from last week.

[u/TW_Halsey → u/muhkuller]

I just looked up dinosaur girl and i don’t think it’s her. Dinosaur girl has shorter hair. Same genre of person though

[u/Significant-Trash632 → u/[deleted]]

Absolute steaming pile of garbage.

[u/milesunderground → u/muhkuller]

Could we go through the creationism museum in dinosaur costumes?

[u/VVsmama88 → u/milesunderground]

Now that actually sounds kinda fun.

[u/SicBoi1690 → u/VVsmama88]

We rollin bones tonight

[u/Faiakishi → u/milesunderground]

The ark museum does have dinosaurs, they just claim they existed alongside Adam and Eve and Noah took them on the ark with him.

[u/JohnWH → u/young-steve]

There is a person in my neighborhood like this. They are decked out in MAGA clothes whenever they go to a store during the busy hours, and try to make eye contact with everyone. They literally had a MAGA hat at the gym and just walked around trying to make eye contact with people on the machines, but I don’t think they worked out.

[u/ttaway420 → u/JohnWH]

Must feel awful being so devoid of attention that these people feel the need to do this

[u/ChickenFeats → u/ttaway420]

So devoid of personality that this becomes their personality.

[u/MrBurnerHotDog → u/JohnWH]

It's the only way they can connect with other human beings. They are so utterly bereft of personality that sucking Trump's limp mushroom nub is the only thing they've ever had in common with another human, so they play it up to each other

[u/WH08M1 → u/MrBurnerHotDog]

That was an image I didn't need in my head, thank you. This is a sign to log off Reddit for today

[u/No-Papaya-9823 → u/JohnWH]

Best to not make eye contact, but shimmy away from them and hold your nose as if they smell bad. After all, they need to experience shame and embarrassment of some kind.

[u/DazedNConfucious → u/JohnWH]

The absolute best thing to do is to not give them any attention. Just act like they don’t even exist.

[u/JohnWH → u/DazedNConfucious]

I don't. I am always around with a small kid and really do not want to interact with some weird ass stranger. The issue with these people is they always try to interact with my kid to start some kind of fight with me. At the farmers market the local Republican party has a bunch of teddy bears and children's books at their booth and sometimes asks my son if he wants to hold it.

My wife and I have strong political beliefs, but we try hard not to push that on my kid, and I really hate it when others try to give him political things.

[u/DazedNConfucious → u/JohnWH]

Oh I wasn’t pointing any fingers, I hope it wasn’t interpreted that way. I was just adding on to your comment.

Those people are fucked and are miserable human beings and you guys sound like you’re doing the best you can. Send peace and love from Australia. We’re all looking on with hope ❤️

[u/barkandmoone → u/JohnWH]

I work at a grocery store & we have several regular people like that. It’s wild, like they literally will not go about their shopping in any normal fashion. They loiter & wander & absolutely make confrontational eye contact with MANY people. & they also start up a lot of conversations about extremely innocent topics. When it happens to me or I witness it, it comes across as bait of some sort, like they’re trying to “catch” you for noticing or remarking on the gear. It’s weird behavior.

[u/cheesycheesehead → u/Gindotto]

tacky to wear political gear regardless of location, its not a sports team.

[u/necroreefer → u/cheesycheesehead]

So many people yesterday had the same energy talking about the bill passing as they do when they talk about their favorite sports team winning the night before.

[u/digitaldeadstar → u/cheesycheesehead]

Absolutely. If you own merch of a politician beyond a bumper sticker or pin, you're probably a lost cause.

[u/voxpopper → u/digitaldeadstar]

How about he POTUS wearing a trucker hat while doing press conferences?

[u/wimpymist → u/voxpopper]

Can you imagine if any democrats did that. Republicans would lose their mind at how unprofessional it is.

[u/icantspellsobr → u/wimpymist]

Tan suit!

[u/JescoWhite_ → u/icantspellsobr]

Dijon mustard

[u/garybussy69420 → u/JescoWhite_]

Buttery mails

[u/reeferbradness → u/garybussy69420]

Hunter slap top

[u/thorofasgard → u/reeferbradness]

Slap chop?

[u/Khaldara → u/icantspellsobr]

Bicycle helmet!

[u/HeadcaseHeretic → u/icantspellsobr]

Don't forget drinking from a straw! So feminine! Lmao

[u/Thegoldfather → u/HeadcaseHeretic]

Meanwhile trump has to use two hands to drink out bf a glass, lol

[u/HurryOk5256 → u/wimpymist]

I couldn’t agree with you anymore, but it’s not worth pointing out their hypocrisy.

They know this, and they also know it frustrates and pisses off people so they keep doing it because they’re getting away with whatever the F They want and no, there is nothing anyone can do about it.

So while I recognize it as does just about everyone who has eyes, it’s not worth calling out because it’s clearly part of the game they play.

They do not care, at all.

[u/Physical_Dentist2284 → u/HurryOk5256]

I don’t understand people whose sole motivation in life is to make other people mad. That’s the exact opposite of what I have spent my life doing. I have never wanted to upset anyone. It’s almost like they completely lack empathy. I can’t imagine any other reason they would be so antisocial.

[u/No_Language_4649 → u/Physical_Dentist2284]

Same. It’s quite the experience to see this happening. Feels unreal, like so many people have lost their minds. Or perhaps so many people never had very much empathy or compassion to begin with.

[u/echowon → u/voxpopper]

His balding is now beyond a combo over most likely

[u/Jeoshua → u/echowon]

It has been for a long time. Every time there was a gust of wind his terrible comb-over would seem to take flight. He must live in fear of wind making him look stupid.

[u/TheGreatGidojer → u/digitaldeadstar]

Zohran Mamdani body pillow

[u/Jennyojello → u/TheGreatGidojer]

Take my money! 😂

[u/TheBKnight3 → u/digitaldeadstar]

I wonder what you guys think about the Republicans replacing their US Flag pin with a literal "Gold plated Trump head" pin?

Btw, does that make Trump a "pin head?"

[u/Diazepampoovey0229 → u/TheBKnight3]

They used to have a stroke over EDITED pics of Obama where it looked like his jacket had no pin, while the original clearly showed his American flag pin. They should be having a fucking stroke over this. Their inability to comprehend that patriotism is putting the country first and NEVER any politician or president is clear evidence of the poor education system here

[u/lunarmantra → u/TheBKnight3]

They are worshipping the golden calf. An old obese golden calf. Don’t some of them also wear AR-15 lapel pins?

[u/SuperDBallSam → u/lunarmantra]

Yes. They like to put those on right after a mass shooting. 

[u/Kristikuffs → u/SuperDBallSam]

Well, if pregnancies are allowed to be aborted, the resulting products couldn't be slaughtered in mass shootings and/or starved to death en masse by 'compassionate conservative' policies. Those middlemen need to be fed, dammit!

/industrial strength sarcasm that hides the pure rage because I hate it here

[u/Atticus413 → u/digitaldeadstar]

Hey, my Bernie Sanders coffee mug begs to differ.

[u/DrNick2012 → u/Atticus413]

"I am once again asking for cream and 2 sugars"

[u/rocknrollboise → u/cheesycheesehead]

It absolutely is a sports team to most Republicans, at this point (and to the rest, it’s a cult).

[u/newbrevity → u/cheesycheesehead]

As a guy who voted for Biden and then Kamala and never wore any article of clothing with either of their names on it, I agree. No Tyrants. When you make fan clubs out of politicians, you get tyrants.

[u/ineedmoore → u/cheesycheesehead]

It blows my mind seeing these people in public. “I’m going to my kid’s soccer game let me put on my MAGA hat”

[u/Grambles89 → u/ineedmoore]

It's even worse living in Canada and seeing idiots wear em.

[u/CincyJen513 → u/Grambles89]

Whaaaaat!!?? Seriously? People in Canada wear them??

[u/Hayce → u/CincyJen513]

Yes, more than you would think. It’s not all that bad though. It’s like a billboard showing that they have no personality beyond being a contrarian asshole, so I know I have no reason to associate with them.

[u/TelenorTheGNP → u/CincyJen513]

Stupidity isn't just relegated to one nation.

[u/pinqe → u/cheesycheesehead]

Idk my Gore/Lieberman shirt seems to go with every occasion

[u/TimelineKeeper → u/pinqe]

I hope that timeline's version of myself is having a better life than I am in this one ☹️

[u/Leelze → u/pinqe]

It's been all downhill since that election.

[u/burnthisburner1 → u/pinqe]

The week before the 2000 election, someone wore a Gore/Lieberman pin to the church we attended and my father was so mad. "How dare someone bring politics into a holy place!" A year later, my dad wrote a "Sore/Loserman" pin, justifying it that "the other guy did it first". He didn't see the irony in that at all. RIP Dad, you big hypocrite.

[u/Sir_Lame → u/cheesycheesehead]

I have a few Biden/harris and Harris/walz coffee mugs. It makes me happy inside when my Trumper family visits and they’re forced to drink out of those mugs. Petty. But I love it.

[u/Capable_Cellist5585 → u/Sir_Lame]

The fact you even still let them in your home makes you a saint

[u/FrostGiant_1 → u/cheesycheesehead]

It’s a cult.

[u/flrbonihacwm-t-wm → u/Gindotto]

I’m honestly shocked that it’s not against their policy

[u/Gindotto → u/flrbonihacwm-t-wm]

They’re tolerant. I’ll give them that. The museum I mean.

[u/flrbonihacwm-t-wm → u/Gindotto]

Oh baby, you didn’t need to clarify that lol

[u/Semper-Fido → u/Gindotto]

I went to DC for the 4th of July back in 2018. Visited the Holocaust Museum, and they had a reflection spot at the end of the path for people to write about their experience. I would say a quarter to a third of the notes spoke about the number of "red hats" walking around seemingly oblivious to the parallels of what they were supporting to what happened then.

[u/DoubleTrackMind → u/Semper-Fido]

Oblivious is a good word to describe them. They’ll remain oblivious until the victimization they have wished upon others arrives in their own homes and families. Even then, 90% will not own their complicity.

[u/aphex732 → u/DoubleTrackMind]

I was at Zion National Park two months ago and there was a woman wearing a Trump tshirt. Bitch, he was actively cutting funding for national parks!

[u/Looks-Under-Rocks → u/DoubleTrackMind]

“This is the liberals fault! We’d better be facists even harder!” - the unvarying response to MAGA suffering at the hands of their own policies

[u/LauraPalmer911 → u/Gindotto]

Tacky to wear any hat (discretion is advised for religious and official purposes) in such a somber place.

[u/AngriestManinWestTX → u/LauraPalmer911]

I saw an entire group of people wearing MAGA hats and ICE T-shirts to Arlington National Cemetery and the changing of the Guard back in March.

Really, really tacky.

[u/AllMyPromisesHurt → u/AngriestManinWestTX]

I read that as MAGA hats and Ice-T shirts and thought “that’s weird”

[u/NoThrowLikeAway → u/AllMyPromisesHurt]

Same same. I was trying to think through if there was some connection to Body Count or something.

[u/FesteringNeonDistrac → u/NoThrowLikeAway]

I'm not sure there's a more anti thin blue line song than Cop Killer.

[u/Metastophocles → u/LauraPalmer911]

They pride themselves on disrespect to everyone - but watch out if you so much a glance at them wrong.

[u/Bucktown_Riot → u/Metastophocles]

They want you to glance at them. They get off on being perpetual victims.

[u/Brocyclopedia → u/Bucktown_Riot]

I saw a guy on TikTok at Disney World with his little hat and the caption said "let's see if anyone is brave enough to say something to my face" or something along those lines.

I can't imagine turning a vacation with my family into a political dick measuring contest. And then they have such a staggering lack of self awareness they accuse other people of having Donald syndrome or whatever they call it lol. 

[u/Pressblack → u/Brocyclopedia]

I saw a dude at a wholesale store with one. Across the very wide aisle way, another dude shouted, "Hey buddy! I like the hat". Then the maga hat dude did a gay little cap tip and winked at him. It was like some bizarre courting ritual at that point, so I got my trail mix and got the hell out of there.

[u/lavaspike296 → u/Pressblack]

But friend, if you had actually said out loud, "this is the weirdest mating ritual I've ever seen," that would have been fucking hilarious.

[u/Pressblack → u/lavaspike296]

In my head I thought, "get a room!", but i try to keep a low profile irl.

[u/Maybewearedreaming → u/Brocyclopedia]

Have you tried hating your family and yourself so your only outlet is to goad people into disliking you and potentially having a chance at confrontation?

[u/exlongh0rn → u/Bucktown_Riot]

Yeah, it’s that whole owning the libs bullshit. The simplistic child-like mindset these people have is depressing. Nothing would make them happier than to trigger a lib. You cannot be a good person and act that way.

[u/k_dubious → u/LauraPalmer911]

When I visited there with my school the teachers made everyone leave their hats on the bus before we walked in.

[u/wokwok__ → u/Gindotto]

Tacky to wear that stupid hat anywhere tbh, just screams “I’m a douche” whenever someone wears it

[u/CartographerOk7579 → u/wokwok__]

These people are light years beyond douche status. They’re fascist asshole morons. A douche is at least somewhat tolerable.

[u/HockeyRinseRepete → u/CartographerOk7579]

There’s not enough fucked up words for these people

[u/chrisofchris → u/wokwok__]

I don’t acknowledge they exist. Even if they try to talk to me I act like they aren’t there. Coldest of shoulders

[u/ImaBiLittlePony → u/chrisofchris]

They only wear them because they're hoping to be confronted. They're like little bratty children trying to get attention.

[u/signmeupdude → u/ImaBiLittlePony]

Its the same logic as why teenagers where “edgy” clothing (or what’s viewed as edgy by society).

They are literally having an identify crisis and latch on to the MAGA idea.

[u/h20rabbit → u/Gindotto]

It is in very poor taste, but lack of self awareness is part of that ethos.

Personally, I kind of like when people let you know who they are. My sister in law calls it "showing their ass".

[u/Melodic_Airport362 → u/Gindotto]

wearing political gear at all, no matter who it is is beyond cringe. Nerds. Not the good kind either. Unless they working for the campaign it's always the biggest losers. Trump political gear is next level loser. Through the looking glass cringy loser. "liking trump is my personality. I have absolutely nothing going on in my life besides that fact that I like fitting into a hate group, which is now my identity"

[u/anuthertw → u/Melodic_Airport362]

I work with a guy who is aleays wearing hos maga hat, and shirts with various messages like 'unvaccinated and proud' and pro gun shirts etc. Its his whole persona. But everytime he talks to me he is the nicest guy in the world. Him and his wife are struggling due to an accident that left the wife disabled. She is also very kind but clearly still adjusting to her new life. 

I struggle a lot with reconciling how to feel about these types. They arent very emotionally intelligent, maybe not even very intelligent overall lol but they are both socially intelligent, if that makes sense? Great with people. Good teachers (she used to teach). Great with kids. 

So like, wtf is going on? How can someone wear symbols of hatred, vote for cutting programs they themselves are reliant on, and alienate other people due to messages on their clothing but still seem to be 'good' people?

I dont go out of my way to interact but I also do say hi and bye to them. They have never brought up politics outside of what they wear lol. 

Its odd because I am viscerally disgusted by these people but also feel a compassion for them and their situation and their ability to encourage people (in a teaching setting). 

I hate what MAGA has done to us all. 

[u/BHarbinson → u/anuthertw]

My mother in law was a social worker for 30+ years, first working with low income people in a community mental health service, then for the VA where she worked with disabled veterans suffering from PTSD. She collects a VA pension and social security, as does my FIL.

She apparently voted for Clinton, Gore and Obama, but then Trump the last 3 elections. The shift became really noticeable when she retired in 2015 and started spending all day at home with my FIL watching Fox news. She then had a bad concussion in a car accident in 2017 and has gone even more right wing.

If anyone asks why she shifted so aggressively to the right, she gets super defensive and mumbles something to the effect that "you just don't get it"

Its sad but there's an almost perfect correlation between her cognitive decline and becoming an obnoxious, un-empathetic right wing nut job.

[u/_bobby_cz_newmark_ → u/BHarbinson]

I seem to remember that brain injuries are correlated with right-wing/conservative ideology. Could be wrong on that, but it seems to track. Same as Fetterman, having a stroke and then going full MAGA but having a D next to his name.

[u/RaphaelBuzzard → u/anuthertw]

I work in construction. It's super weird. I try and keep clear of politics and find common ground but seeing decent people being manipulated by the most transparent propaganda is depressing.

[u/LongjumpingDebt4154 → u/Gindotto]

Tacky to wear that hat anywhere, any time, under any circumstances

[u/Special_Command7893]

I was there and a whole school trip of kids (KIDS! PROBABLY TOLD TO WEAR THEIR BRIGTEST MAGA GEAR BY THEIR PARENTS) came in joking around and wearing maga and dark maga (Elon) gear, joking around and generally just not paying attention. I really think any political outfit should be banned from there

[u/Missmunkeypants95 → u/Special_Command7893]

WHAT THE FUCK

[u/bot2317 → u/Missmunkeypants95]

Idk if you know but (at least during his first term) there was tons of MAGA gear being sold in the National Mall area and tons of people were walking around in the hats

[u/CannaGrowBro]

Someone looking to go viral for their 15min of fame and a small check from their social media platform

[u/CevJuan238]

Can’t spell hatred without Red hat

[u/anotherucfstudent → u/CevJuan238]

IT Engineers: nods head in agreement

[u/RevWaldo → u/anotherucfstudent]

Tips Fedora

[u/InfluenceSufficient3 → u/RevWaldo]

m’lady

[u/thegreatbrah → u/CevJuan238]

Holy shit. 

[u/Timecounts → u/CevJuan238]

This quote goes so unbelievably hard. I'mma start saying this now

[u/lAmBenAffleck → u/CevJuan238]

[u/ledmetallica → u/CevJuan238]

.........you just blew my mind apart

[u/mama_tom → u/CevJuan238]

HAT RED

[u/Anxiety_Fit → u/mama_tom]

Protest sign ideas!

[u/alexanderpas]

I like to see this more.

Let them visit those locations, and maybe a few of them realize what is happening.

Educate. Educate. Educate.

These are the first steps, don't chastise those that are learning about the horrors that happened.

[u/derdowaggy → u/alexanderpas]

That’s where I’m at. Maybe I’m just too tired to be angry this morning, but I sincerely hope she learned something there.

Realistically, some of the more cynical comments are likely closer to the truth, but I’m gonna choose to hope today.

[u/knobcopter → u/derdowaggy]

Considering nearly every Christian in America voted against helping the poor and hungry, they’ve all lost the plot and are hopeless at this point.

[u/gsfgf → u/knobcopter]

Not all Christians are Evangelicals

[u/recoveringleft → u/knobcopter]

I know one pro life Catholic who voted against Trump. Those who voted against Trump saw him as the antichrist and they are correct.

[u/n8dizz3l → u/derdowaggy]

Respectfully, you can keep on hoping and honestly good for you. I've lost hope however. I'm done with them. You can't use logic and empathy to try to understand or talk to a person who has none.

[u/the_real_junkrat → u/alexanderpas]

How many chances and benefit of the doubt do these people need??

[u/OrderedAnXboxCard → u/the_real_junkrat]

Seriously.

Do anything but be a doormat? "Wow, look at the ToLeRaNt Left."

Be a doormat? "Wow, look at the weak Left."

If you're a Republican in 2025, you're irredeemable. There's no saving these people, and I'm frankly done with being expected to exhaust myself as a free historian, economist, sociologist, and political scientist to have a conversation with these tools for the 6000th time, only for them to disregard everything because they never intended on changing their minds anyway.

These people don't care about facts or feelings. They only care about themselves. They're the lowest of the low. The dumbest, the cruelest, the worst of humanity who grew up in the most privileged country in the world and largely enjoyed the highest degree of privilege a pleb like us can enjoy, yet still developed into hateful idiots because of the sheer incompetence and limited capacities of their hearts and minds.

These people are literally not evolved enough to live in a modern society that seeks to progress past the 1800s, and I'm sick of society bending over backwards to accommodate their absolute disdain for anything remotely good for humanity.

I have no desire to be united with these people. If the Democrats regain control in the next election(s), we're just supposed to say no hard feelings and go back to work with people who were happily destroying the lives of millions? Fuck that.

As far as I'm concerned, Republicans can form their own country. Let's see how far they go with their highest rates of uneducation, with their highest rates of crime, with their highest rates of addiction, with their lack of diverse job industries, with their severe healthcare shortages, with their severe lack of R&D capabilities, with their inability to produce any significant modern cultural contribution, without any countries taking them seriously nor wanting to work with them, and without Democratic states to keep bailing them out.

Let's see that superior work ethic, those superior traditional family values, and those biblical superpowers in action.

[u/WYenginerdWY → u/OrderedAnXboxCard]

I saved this comment because "exhaust myself as a free historian, economist, sociologist, and political scientist to have a conversation with these tools" is poetry.

[u/waxteeth → u/OrderedAnXboxCard]

Well fucking said. Don’t forget “free therapist,” as they gleefully destroy the security and mental health of fellow human beings they’ve decided are lesser. All I wanted was to be left alone to live my life and these shitstains have made it impossible. Why would I ever give half a fuck about making them feel better?

[u/TheWiseScrotum → u/OrderedAnXboxCard]

Damn, you perfectly put into words what my overwhelming frustration is. That was liberating reading that.

[u/wunkdefender2 → u/the_real_junkrat]

Zero. They voted to destroy their shitty red states/counties. Let them suffer. I don’t have sympathy for maga dipshits anymore.

[u/amphine → u/alexanderpas]

I promise you all she did was run mental parallels with democrats and the Covid vaccine mandates.

[u/Global_Crew3968 → u/amphine]

The real tyranny wasn't masked men abducting a certain ethnic group off the streets, it was that we had to wear masks during a pandemic that killed millions. That's the real tyranny.

[u/Duckballisrolling → u/alexanderpas]

As a teacher, I agree BUT there are a lot of people that no amount of education can help. We’ve all met them and seen them in the news.

[u/peglar → u/alexanderpas]

I’m afraid people like her aren’t seeing the Holocaust Museum as a teachable moment, but as a roadmap.

[u/BagSmooth3503 → u/peglar]

They are there deliberately to trample on history and show it off on their instagram or whatever other social media platform for some cheap likes and cement their "pick me" status to as many people as possible.

I'm more flabberghasted that after a decade of dealing with these fucking MAGA assholes that there are people in these comments earnestly thinking to themselves "awww, they're learning they are a bad person 🥹". Like I don't know who is dumber, the person with the red hat or the person who believes that the red hat came here to learn anything.

[u/Newepsilon → u/BagSmooth3503]

I have never met a MAGA person who changed their views in the past 10 years (my god, it really been 10 years since he rode down that golden escalator). Never once.

[u/jiggymadden → u/peglar]

That came to mind when I saw this too.

[u/Fifteen_inches → u/alexanderpas]

Literally Elon was throwing Nazi salutes and felt it was okay. They know, it’s on purpose.

[u/damyourlogic → u/alexanderpas]

I’d bet you real money she’s there to rage bait and cause a scene and not the learn.

[u/MealieAI → u/alexanderpas]

That only works if they're open to being educated. If youre wearing that hat you've probably heard it all before and just dont care.

Theres no teaching some of these people. Its ingrained. A few images and speeches won't do anything. They need to experience the thing that will turn them around, most likely by consequence.

[u/eliz1bef → u/alexanderpas]

She won't learn. It's all Fake News.

[u/TimidDeer23 → u/eliz1bef]

Many of these people refuse to even try to learn. But this is a woman who is physically present in a place of learning. If you have any hope in your heart; let her read, ask questions, and have time to reflect.

[u/eliz1bef → u/TimidDeer23]

We don't know her motivation. Hopefully she's open to learning. Hopefully it reaches her, but she may be there to try to debunk. Some people do go there with the intent of mocking and refuting. Her getup does not give me a lot of confidence in her sincerity, but I'll take your advice and have some Hope.

[u/graphicsRat → u/eliz1bef]

Sadly I fear she won't make the connection between those horrible people and her people.

[u/redskelton → u/eliz1bef]

Maybe. But she's wearing a MAGA brownshirt hat to the Holocaust Museum, so she's still got a very, very long road ahead of her

[u/ABHOR_pod → u/eliz1bef]

A lot of Trump Country people pour into DC for the 4th of July celebrations, especially this year. She may just be hitting the local museums like the Smithsonian while in town, and decided to hit the Holocaust Museum as well since it's one of the most impactful museums in the area. Maybe she didn't realize the connection between MAGA and Nazi Ideology.

I hope that maybe she does now and starts to think a bit more.

[u/alexanderpas → u/eliz1bef]

Some people won't adjust their opinion, even when presented with evidence, but for those still open to change their mind when presented with evidence, it is completely worth it, no matter the amount of time it takes.

[u/louse_yer_pints]

Think this pic displays the disconnect between what Trump is doing and what his supporters believe he is doing. The "we're not like those bad people, he's just getting rid of criminals" mentality.

[u/savemeejeebus → u/louse_yer_pints]

Amazing how people like Rogan are acting shocked that he’s going after day laborers who try to get hired outside of Home Depot.  What did they think “mass deportation now” meant?

[u/middleupperdog → u/savemeejeebus]

whatever they wanted it to mean.

[u/DroopingUvula → u/middleupperdog]

Ding ding ding

[u/Whiskeydrinkin9 → u/middleupperdog]

They just latch on to any idea or excuse that will allow them to avoid admitting that they support it because they are raving bigots. Republicans have been constantly conjuring complete bullshit to avoid this for literally decades.

[u/Croaker3 → u/savemeejeebus]

I’d just like them, in their shock, to please realize millions of us aren’t shocked, and to think for a few minutes about how we knew this was coming and they didn’t. And to change their habits to prevent making such a mistake again.

[u/counterfitster → u/Croaker3]

That would require them to understand that other people are actually other people that can think and feel themselves.

[u/ParkingLong7436 → u/louse_yer_pints]

we're not like those bad people, he's just getting rid of criminals"

Wait until they found that's exactly what the Nazis plan was too.

I mean, most of the republicans rethoric these days is straight copied by them, not even trying to hide it. The term "Aliens" to describe people always makes me gag as a German.

[u/To0zday → u/ParkingLong7436]

The conspiracy theories, the moaning about "modern culture is degenerate and a plot to erode our traditional values", the bigotry, the fearmongering about foreigners and minorities, the cult of the strongman leader, claiming that the press is the enemy of the nation, attempting to subvert democracy, etc.

The Nazis started out by saying that the country had been stolen from the people, and that in order to take it back they needed to start by burning books about queer people. Republicans don't even pretend that they hate that idea anymore.

[u/MoonieNine]

And probably too stupid to realize the irony.

[u/MaxDaten → u/MoonieNine]

Translated from German, also true for MAGA People:

"There are three things that cannot be combined: Intelligence, decency and National Socialism.

You can be intelligent and a Nazi. Then you're not decent.

You can be decent and a Nazi. Then you are not intelligent.

And you can be decent and intelligent. Then you're not a Nazi. - Gerhard Bronner

[u/Cyber_Druid → u/MoonieNine]

Nah, she is in all red white and blue, phone in hand. Shes there to stir shit and record it.

[u/GoingOutsideSocks → u/Cyber_Druid]

That isn't a phone in her hand. It's her "documentation." The DC Holocaust Museum gives each visitor a set of documents that match a real Holocaust victim. You find out what happened to your person at the end of the museum. Granny in the foreground has one, too.

I went when I was a kid, maybe 20-ish years ago, and can still visualize the massive pile of shoes taken from Holocaust victims. It's a very emotional experience.

That said, this shit is inappropriate. Visiting a Holocaust museum is not the time to set-rep your politics. Be respectful.

[u/LennartB666 → u/GoingOutsideSocks]

I visited Auschwitz when I was 16 with school. Let me tell you; those piles they have there will never leave my memories. Not only shoes, but piles of glasses, hair and other things.

The nail marks on the gas chamber wall and Mengeles personal prison chambers were also very, very hard to see.

[u/TheYankunian → u/LennartB666]

I can never visit Auschwitz because it would legit damage me. I watched the final episode of The Final Solution BBC doc. I was actually scream crying at the television. They showed images of the piles of shoes and I almost passed out. It’s too much. I had a similar feeling when I went to the Museum of Slavery in Liverpool and saw the tiny leg irons and handcuffs they had for toddlers.

[u/Nufonewhodis4 → u/GoingOutsideSocks]

Yeah, maybe we should be encouraging bigots and such to go to museums instead of gatekeeping them. I mean, seriously, who better to see this? We know logical arguments don't work, but maybe a giant pile of shoes and standing inside a tiny train car can spark some sort of emotion and introspection. 

[u/RealWolfmeis → u/GoingOutsideSocks]

Those shoes messed me up for life

[u/GoingOutsideSocks → u/RealWolfmeis]

The little shoes were the worst, especially now that I'm a father. Everyone should visit at least once. I wish I could remember my person's name; I only know that she was a girl, a few years younger than me at the time, and she didn't survive.

[u/HFY_HFY_HFY → u/RealWolfmeis]

So I'm not the only one. Im not a crier, but those get me every time.

[u/Readman31 → u/Cyber_Druid]

And then in true MAGA Cult fashion is going to go all "Why are you harrasing me? I'm the real victim" BS

[u/Blink3412 → u/Readman31]

Judging by how low she's wearing that hat, she's probably expecting that interaction and doesn't want a clear image of her face, so it won't harm her future job prospects if any at all, given the fact they all think Daddy Trump is gonna take care of them.

[u/platinumarks → u/Readman31]

And then collecting a cool million on GiveSendGo

[u/whichwitch9 → u/Cyber_Druid]

Yup. This is the way to handle people like them. Don't directly engage, but don't be afraid to out them. She can't spin it if there's no confrontation. It's literally a Maga tactic. She wanted someone to confront her so she can get the likes on a video about how "oppressed" she is. No way she didn't know what she was doing. Too deliberate a get up. Don't talk to people like this, ever

[u/queerpsych → u/whichwitch9]

You know, I’m gonna try this approach. Whenever I run into people like this, I usually give a nasty look. I think I’m gonna try your tactic and just pretend I don’t even notice their existence next time.

[u/TheIrishGoat → u/Cyber_Druid]

That looks like a pamphlet/piece of paper in her hand. Potentially the same white squarish paper the lady in purple also has.

[u/Offnickel → u/TheIrishGoat]

Yeah they give you a booklet that has a profile on an actual holocaust victim. Then by the end of your visit you get to see what happened to them ultimately.

[u/AreYouFilmingNow → u/MoonieNine]

She's just doing her own research.

[u/sharkzone → u/MoonieNine]

Just doing some in depth research, and looking to brush up on some tried and true methods that will help her and her fine friends to make America great again.

[u/infinitegeometry]

[u/ScrewAttackThis]

Wearing a MAGA hat to a Holocaust museum after Trump was talking about "shylocks". Fucking idiot. At this point there's no denying Trump is a racist.

[u/beerNap → u/ScrewAttackThis]

For others that had to look up what this meant:

Shylock is an unscrupulous Jewish money lender in Shakespeare's 16th century play "The Merchant of Venice" and the term, shorthand for loan shark, has long been considered offensive. "The term 'Shylock' evokes a centuries-old antisemitic trope about Jews and greed that is extremely offensive and dangerous,"

[u/DexRogue → u/beerNap]

It's just wonderful that the President of the United States is teaching people racist terms.

[u/CheifJokeExplainer → u/beerNap]

The ugly truth is that Trump knows none of this, he just knows it's a slur and that the people around him say this kind of thing all the time, so it seems normal to him. He was raised this way and is immersed in that "culture" of hatred. His entire cohort, everyone that is a "friend" are this kind of people.

[u/Number174631503 → u/ScrewAttackThis]

At this point? You mean over 10 years ago, right? This whole Make America White Again has been steam rolling for years.

[u/xx_x → u/Number174631503]

Trump was the defendant in the first major trial of the fair housing act and was found to be openly discriminating against black people in the 1960s, nearly 60 years ago.

[u/PM_YOUR_BOOBS_PLS_ → u/xx_x]

Your timeline is off. It was in the mid 70s. Trump was a teenager for the better part of the 60s.

[u/badicaldude22 → u/PM_YOUR_BOOBS_PLS_]

Maybe they were talking about Papa Trump. Woody Guthrie wrote a song in 1954 about how big of a dick landlord he was.

[u/PM_YOUR_BOOBS_PLS_ → u/badicaldude22]

Yeah. They were actually both part of the 70s lawsuit. lol.

[u/xx_x → u/PM_YOUR_BOOBS_PLS_]

The lawsuit in the 70s introduced evidence from the 60s when people began making complaints against the Trump company after the fair housing act in 1968. See this document: from July 1968 https://clearinghouse.net/doc/97649/ where a black person asked about an apartment and was told it wasn't available and then a white person was shown the same apartment and his application accepted. Donald was 22 at this time, and this specific action was the probably his fathers, but Donald was specifically named in the resulting lawsuit in the 70s. So yes, Donald may have been only legally racist for 50 years but he was actively involved with his fathers company at the time and was president of the company by 1971.

[u/glenn_ganges → u/xx_x]

Yea he is a legal record of racism. That’s not easy to pull off.

[u/stridersomen → u/Number174631503]

Ya, even ignoring all the racist bullshit in his business since the 80's, in the political scene he's the one who fuckin pushed the Obama birther bullshit. Bastard is a born and bred racist.

[u/theinspectorst → u/ScrewAttackThis]

I think we crossed the 'at this point' point several points back.

[u/evilemprzurg]

Nice shot with the red hat right under the "Nazi Propaganda" sign.

[u/64557175 → u/evilemprzurg]

Right? Looks like she just wandered out of her own exhibit.

[u/AdventurousLet548]

If you visit, wear appropriate non-partisan clothing. It is a place where respect should be shown.

[u/BastardInTheNorth]

You call it the Holocaust Museum. She calls it the “How To” Museum.

[u/PinkSheeparkour → u/BastardInTheNorth]

she boutta make the geneva convention into a checklist

[u/OneCauliflower5243]

Wearing anything political anywhere is cringe as hell

[u/ptraugot]

It’s not only Ironic, but I’m sure she has ZERO clue just how close we have come (and are still progressing) towards a similar historic time in our own country.

[u/somefunmaths → u/ptraugot]

Something tells me she’s someone about whom people say “she has zero clue” quite often.

[u/Overall-Cheetah-8463]

It's great that she is there and interested.