I CANNOT believe I did this....

[mjb4]

someone was scheduled to work on my home and I had on a TX Dems shirt before arrival. I took it off before the repair man arrived. I did not want shotty service. It is a sad world we live in when you don't want to provoke Freepers..I still got shotty service..

[Boudicea]

1. Don't feel bad.

I have a t-shirt with Arabic, maybe it says love or something like that. Anyway, I'm in small town TN and haven't worn that thing out of the house since 9/11.

[Fenris]

2. *raises hand* Guilty as well.

I live in a 97% Republican town. I don't go outside with my "Can You Feel My Love" T-Shirt with Dubya's ugly mug on it. This is Texas - I could get lynched. Also, I teach guitar, and one of my guitars has "THIS MACHINE KILLS BU$HES" on it in peel and stick letters. I don't take that guitar with me to lessons.

[yolatengo]

3. I feel the opposite way

We're redoing our kitchen and I get pretty damn irked when
the knuckledragging 'helpers' come to MY house with their
"Kick their ass and steal their gas", "I am the NRA", "Bush
Rooolz", etc t-shirts on. The main contractor is a great guy
and (as it should be) politically neutral.

Why exactly should I feel good about handing tens of thousands
of $$$ over to people who think they can just parade their far-
right politics into my house?

There's a guy in our 'hood who does rehabs for a living. I
would never in a million years give him with his "Jeb! 2004",
"My President is Charlton Heston", "I am the NRA", "Bush
Cheney 2004" bumperstickers on his goddamn Ram 6000 SUX
27 ft long pickup truck my business. Yes, people need pickups,
yes a contractor does especially, but the f*cker has his own shop
AND a garage in back of his house yet insists on parking
his Ram truck and grand caravan minivan on our city streets
taking up probably 5 honda's worth of very valuable parking
real estate.

I vote with my wallet and I don't need your sh*t if I'm handing you
money. I can always give it to someone else instead of you.
Thank Bush for not feeding your family, I've had enough of your
in-your-face politicking with no consequences ever...

Bigby

[NJCher]

7. I interviewed them for their politics

You can find plenty of Democratic blue collar workers. I had a major renovation (new roof, 34 new windows, new water heater, new electrical system) and you can well imagine what that cost. I asked about their politics before I committed to the job, although that certainly wasn't the only criteria. Wasn't at all difficult to find a team who were Dems.


Cher

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

4. I walked into a restaurant in Bakersfield with a

YOU MAKE JESUS VOMIT hat on :D It was a buffet so I didn't have to worry about anyone spitting in my food.

[wellstone_democrat]

5. I took the DU sticker off my car

too much hostility in my patch of texas to deal with it and risk my sole means of transportation

BTW, I may be disgusted by someone else's bumper sticker but it would never occur to me to challenge them on it or make veiled threats about vehicle damage to them...amazing.

So, yeah, I'm lily-livered too.

[Zhade]

9. I took one off.

The "Attack Iraq? NO!" one from CommonDreams.org came off my car in March.

I was extremely unhappy to have to remove it. :(

[Mikimouse]

13. Sounds familiar

When Willie Nelson sent red bandanas to the TX House Reps. in Oklahoma, someone here suggested that we adopt the red bandana as our symbol. I found one of my old ones and told my wife that I was going to tie it to our radio aerial. In her gentle, but firm, Canadian way she reminded me of our place of residence and the prevailing political atmosphere, damn it! Old, infirm, and sheepish; that's me.

[Zhade]

6. I've been there.

I was listening to a radio show about GLBT issues on KPFK with my window down...caught myself rolling it up when I got into a residential area. So I rolled it right back down and turned it up.

The way I see it, if someone's going to hate me for being bi, or wearing a "Whitey Will Pay" shirt, or for my Buck Fush bumper sticker, well, that's their problem. I won't live in fear.

Still, I do get that nervousness sometimes. I'm just lucky to be in SoCal, I guess. :)

[unfrigginreal]

8. No shame there mjb4...

I've been there and probably done similar things. I've come to the conclusion though, after many years as a silent Democrat, that we're only going to win our battles if we take the fight to our enemies. Let's face it, by appearing as timid and "above the fray" we've lost plenty in this great country of ours. We are not going to "nuance" our way back into power, this has become street fight.

[samsingh]

10. don't feel bad

the repugs and the big money machines and bully tactics are making you feel this way.

at least you have that wonderful shirt.

[Jackpine Radical]

11. My wife very hesitantly put on a bumper sticker

(on her car I mean) that reads Evict Resident Bush. In 2 weeks I don't think she got any reaction at all.

[Deja Q]

12. If the workman got paid better, would the service have improved?

When it comes to corporate bottom lines, everybody but the CEO suffers.

America changed around 1980; before then CEOs put profits back into their companies, rather than into their pocketbooks. It's more than a coincidence that the de-evolution of America started the same time geezer cretin Reagan got into office.