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Joe Biden has just awarded Soros the Presidential Medal of Freedom which has driven MAGA's bugshit insane. But why do they hate George Soros so much?
For those who don't know why Soros is so hated by the American right wing, here's the answer. They've been taught to hate him by the Republican propaganda machine. When wingnuts want to add antisemitism to their cup of poison, they can't just say "The Jews." So they use the name George Soros because he's a Jewish billionaire, and they've been taught to hate his name with a knee jerk reaction.
Actually, my guess is that most MAGA's don't have a clue about anything pertaining to Soros.
Soros is a Hungarian who, along with his family, escaped the Nazi death machine when he was a child. As an American billionaire, he's donated over $32 billion -- that's billion with a "b" -- to various charities. Hmm, seems like the kind of guy who needs to be hated.
Anyhow, if you look up Jew in a MAGA dictionary, you'll find a picture of George Soros. This is how Trump and his minions operate. This is who and what they are. They have nothing to offer you but hate, bigotry and ignorance.

Baitball Blogger
(49,637 posts)BoRaGard
(4,721 posts)
They need a bogeyman to project onto in order to screen the fact that they are a part thatis run by scores of Oligrchs.
MichMan
(14,689 posts)Soros is a mega donor to Democrats and progressive causes.
TheProle
(3,309 posts)start a troll circle jerk?
GP6971
(34,398 posts)KS Toronado
(21,011 posts)
TheProle
(3,309 posts)Enjoy your stay, though, you seem nice.
Kingofalldems
(39,477 posts)There is no comparison, not even a good try.
MichMan
(14,689 posts)Crunchy Frog
(27,467 posts)that the abovementioned have or do. The far right would love for us to think he does though.
LeftInTX
(32,761 posts)Soros brought big money in and our current DA ousted the old one and he won against the GOP challenger. The DA's campaign was fairly robust.
Callie1979
(641 posts)I wonder how many of them know THAT?
wnylib
(25,211 posts)Soros founded the Open Society Foundation to promote free societies around the world. He is the total opposite of all that MAGAs stand for.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Society_Foundations
usonian
(16,849 posts)1. He's Jewish
2. He's Jewish
3. He's Jewish
So many dogwhistles for
racism
mysogyny
anti-semitism
Polybius
(19,623 posts)Michael Bloomberg had far, far more money than Soros. He's not hated.
usonian
(16,849 posts)His name got attached by CTs a part of some New World Order, a worldwide conspiracy with anti-semitic overtones, supposedly because of the World Bank and Jewish bankers
Michael is more known just in the US. My opinion.
Initech
(104,398 posts)
Scrivener7
(54,997 posts)Baaa.
Yavin4
(37,182 posts)Yet, they seem to think that Musk is on their side simply bc he's White. The hold that the myth of White supremacy has on MAGA is astounding.
hlthe2b
(108,924 posts)And yes, I know his being Jewish feeds into their Antisemitic conspiracy theories, but hell, many of their billionaire supporters are Jewish as well...
Deep State Witch
(11,679 posts)Are both Jewish and as RWNJ as you can get. Well, Sheldon was before he died.
Crunchy Frog
(27,467 posts)usonian
(16,849 posts)I recall that his failed typesetter business caused him to raise money, principally by world speaking tours, where he spread satire throughout the world.
ArnoldLayne
(2,203 posts)with an estimated worth of 400 billion dollars.
Tickle
(3,791 posts)because he backs progressives, especially within law enforcement.
Cyrano
(15,388 posts)LeftInTX
(32,761 posts)Liberal billionaire George Soros earlier this month poured nearly $900,000 into the campaign of Joe Gonzales, a Democrat running to unseat Bexar County District Attorney Nicholas Nico LaHood in the party primary, according to reports filed Monday.
The contributions, coming from the Soros-backed Texas Justice & Safety political action committee, came in the form of in-kind contributions, mostly for mailers, media buys including two TV ads and related expenditures.
This campaign is about true criminal justice reform, Gonzales said Tuesday. Im proud to have the support of the Texas Justice and Public Safety PAC along with other national and local organizations who believe that it is time to have a true progressive Democrat in the Bexar County District Attorneys Office.
https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/politics/article/Soros-contributions-to-LaHood-DA-challenger-nears-12713245.php
Yessir!
rampartd
(1,803 posts)Crunchy Frog
(27,467 posts)rampartd
(1,803 posts)but certainly is not funding a disinformation universe from cato to heritage to amerins for prosperity etc etc etc.
andym
(5,926 posts)Even though Soros made numerous charitable donations there. Like Jimmy Carter, Soros is an strong advocate for democracy and free elections around the world.
Fullduplexxx
(8,440 posts)Locutusofborg
(563 posts)Soros bailed out Trump in the Trump Tower Chicago financing and Trump just nominated a Soros disciple, Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary. Bessent worked for Soros as chief of Soros Fund Management in Europe.
https://fortune.com/2024/11/27/scott-bessent-treasury-george-soros/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-took-liberal-icon-george-soross-money/
Johonny
(23,172 posts)They simple obey. They have no ideas or independent thoughts. It is all group think.
Behind the Aegis
(55,211 posts)It is simple, Jew just have to look for the clues.
no_hypocrisy
(50,949 posts)It's really that simple. Especially if they're Democrats.
Charles and Jared Kushner are Court Jews; they're excused.
underpants
(189,686 posts)Court Jew
In early modern Europe, particularly in Germany, a court Jew (German: Hofjude, Yiddish: הויף איד, romanized: hoyf id) or court factor (German: Hoffaktor, Yiddish: קאַורט פאַקטאַר, romanized: kourt faktor) was a Jewish banker who handled the finances of, or lent money to, royalty and nobility. In return for their services, court Jews gained social privileges, including, in some cases, being granted noble status.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_Jew
Skittles
(163,062 posts)yup
Cyrano
(15,388 posts)allegorical oracle
(4,456 posts)program was on wherever I went. Even though people didn't know why Soros was such a "bad" guy, they disliked him because Rush did.
Hatred seeps into peoples' bloodstream without them even knowing. TSF uses the same tactic of making up lies and exaggerations, and constantly repeating them.
Kingofalldems
(39,477 posts)Defending their MAGA heroes on a Democratic message board.
Cyrano
(15,388 posts)Crunchy Frog
(27,467 posts)I think it's more about projection and a conditioned Pavlovian response.
iemanja
(55,753 posts)The Adelsons fund Republicans, so they like them. Soros funds Democrats, so they dislike him. Democrats hate Peter Thiel and many others because they fund Republicans. People seem to lack mirrors.
dgauss
(1,291 posts)There a lot of Democratic Jews the right could demonize but but why Soros in particular?
It's the money first and foremost. Republicans have bought the Republican party and as usual they need to project what they're doing wrong onto Democrats. The fact that Soros is a big donor AND is Jewish makes him the perfect target.
elleng
(139,034 posts)You win the thread.
cadoman
(1,171 posts)Soros is very specifically a left-aligned Jewish billionaire who is unmatched in political efficacy with his money.
Where his money goes, christofascist conservatism soon dies its rightful death. There is no one who has done more to spread Democracy--and that's why Biden gave him our highest civilian honors this weekend.
Ferrets are Cool
(22,104 posts)BINGO!!
iemanja
(55,753 posts)Nothing surprising there.
usonian
(16,849 posts)His name got attached by CTs a part of some New World Order, a worldwide conspiracy with anti-semitic overtones, supposedly because of the World Bank and Jewish bankers
Michael is more known just in the US. My opinion.
Other arguments are, IMO, frosting on this worldwide CT cake.
applegrove
(125,407 posts)up an enemy who is a psychopath/sociopath then Trump is not a psychopath/sociopath and neither are his MAGA powerbrockers. If the GOP, and then Trump, can hold up a billionaire who is politically involved and gives to liberal causes then it takes the heat off of the Koch Brothers or Musk. Plus the Jewish thing. Despicable.