Against the Tide of MAGA’s Willful Ignorance, Your Courage Is Contagious
- john raymond
- Jun 28
- 3 min read
Every age is tested. Ours is being tested by a tide of deliberate ignorance—an empire of lies cloaked in flags and slogans, where loyalty is demanded but truth is discarded. MAGA is not a movement of forgotten people; it is a movement of willed blindness—a choice to believe the lie if it feels good, to follow the strongman if he promises vengeance, to close one’s eyes and ears and scream “patriotism” while doing violence to the republic.
This is not a misunderstanding. It is a surrender. And yet in this flood of noise and rage, one force remains more powerful than all the cowardice and ignorance MAGA can muster:
Your courage.
MAGA Isn’t Misled—It’s Comfortable in the Lie
Let’s stop pretending Trump’s followers don’t know what he is. They know. They’ve seen the indictments, the tape, the fraud, the cruelty, the open love for autocrats. And they stay. Because Trump gives them something more important than facts—he gives them permission.
Permission to blame others. Permission to punish the different. Permission to stop thinking.
That’s why MAGA chants louder when confronted with evidence. It is a cult of willful ignorance, not one of deception.
And the only thing that threatens a cult is someone brave enough to leave.
Silence Is What MAGA Needs. You Break That.
MAGA doesn’t grow in debate. It grows in silence. It thrives in workplaces where no one speaks up. In churches that pretend cruelty is holy. In schools where students learn fear before they learn history. MAGA wins when people look around, see no resistance, and decide to wait one more day before standing up.
But then—someone does. Someone pushes back on the school board. Someone says “that’s a lie” at the dinner table. Someone refuses to pretend.
And others take notice.
That is the beginning of the breach.
Truth Is a Spark. Courage Is the Fire.
Courage spreads. And not in the abstract. It spreads face to face. One worker speaks up and a second follows. One citizen testifies and gives breath to others’ outrage. One parent tells the truth in a room full of cowards, and suddenly the spell breaks.
Your courage creates room. Room for others to breathe. Room for truth to stand without apology. Room for the tide to turn.
MAGA counts on exhaustion. You answer with resolve. It counts on ignorance. You answer with knowledge. It counts on fear.
You answer with courage.
Don’t Underestimate the Power of One Act
Maybe you think your platform is small. Maybe your name isn’t known. But the person who needed to hear you already has. Someone needed your post. Your protest. Your challenge to that smug face reciting cable-fed propaganda. Someone saw you break the pattern.
And in that moment, they remembered: I’m not alone.
And now they speak too.
We’re Not Here to Beg for Normalcy. We’re Here to End the Lie.
This is not a call to "return to decency." It’s a call to destroy the machinery of cowardice and convenience that allowed MAGA to rise. This isn’t about left versus right. This is about reality versus delusion. About whether truth has value. About whether courage still lives.
And the answer is yes.
Because you are not the only one who sees it.You are not the only one sickened by it.And you are not the only one who’s ready to fight.
But maybe—just maybe—you’re the one who stood up first.
And for that, the tide has already started to turn.
Your courage is contagious. Your truth is enough. And your refusal to bow is the reason this country still has a chance.
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