In his new Comedy Central special, 'MAGA: The Next Generation,' Jordan Klepper explored the personalities of young male Trump supporters, discovering they were notably kinder than anticipated. Rather than displaying extreme ideologies, these individuals seem attracted to the celebrity status of Trump, reflecting a movement that is more about image than substantive beliefs. Klepper acknowledged the challenges faced in covering these events, while also commenting on how social media shaping narratives towards more aggressive perspectives influences the MAGA movement's portrayal in society.
I expected to be confronted by a bunch of dicks 22-year-olds who want to rail on trans people in sports and kick out all the immigrants. But the cruelty wasn't there.
This MAGA movement is inherently empty. There's no ideology behind it. There's attention and fame.
MAGA was suddenly framed by pundits in the manosphere as punk rock, as counterculture...the algorithms on these social media sites lean toward the aggressive and the hyperbolic, and it's shaping the conversation.
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