Folks, I hate to go here but,

[Gman2]

Due to the call by the militia leader to break windows, I would say this is a good time to mull over whether you want Obama type stickers on your car. Even maybe clothing. As for myself, I havent put any identifying marks anywhere. I can see property damage being the next step. I would hate to see the innocent hurt. Am I worried for nothing?

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. My truck is plastered with them. I may get a few more. It is time for courage.

[Rebubula]

81. AMEN!

Living in fear is just another way of dying before your time...

[Bluebear]

2. You are not worried for nothing.

People will say they are not afraid, good for them, but I personally do think the radical right is becoming unhinged.

[Cal33]

62. They always were unhinged! Normal people don't behave

the way right-wing extremists do.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. Yes, living in fear is a good idea. Remove Obama stickers from car.

Oh, and ladies. You may want to consider wearing burqas out in public.

You wouldn't want those perverts out there to look at you in a sexual manner.

[tom_paine]

59. Normally, I despise your putrid, pointless, debate-killing one-liners, but in this case

I'll make a BIG exception.

Well done and well said, sir!

:patriot:

[spiritual_gunfighter]

78. I always hate his putrid, pointless, debate-killing one-liners

this is no exception. I still wont take my Obama sticker off my car.

[Dr.Phool]

82. I can't see his putrid, pointless, debate-killing one -liners anymore.

Life is improved.

[robertpaulsen]

100. I'm laughing my ass off at this sub-thread. Thanks!

I must confess, I let my curiosity get the best of me and indulge myself in viewing his putrid, pointless, debate-killing one-liners. And my life is not improved.

[malaise]

113. +1 n/t

[KittyWampus]

4. I think it's a good time to get on the Mediawhores' case for not covering the organized property

destruction and threats.

Even if they did cover it, they'd still frame it as "Democrats do it too".

[Owl]

5. Who's saying this?

[Bluebear]

14. story:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8000160

[Owl]

25. Thanks. Jeez, crazies are certainly abundant these days. Whatever happened to civility?

[dchill]

54. “Break them NOW."

“Break them NOW. Break them and run to break again. Break them under cover of night. Break them in broad daylight. Break them and await arrest in willful, principled civil disobedience. Break them with rocks. Break them with slingshots. Break them with baseball bats. But BREAK them.”

Commence vomiting.

[gmoney]

91. I will not break them with a box, I will not break them with a fox...

[YOY]

107. Break them on my property and catch a bullet in the leg and limp for life.

PLEASE.

[movonne]

6. Depends on where you live....

[muffin1]

90. I'm pretty sure mine has to go.

I live in a very rural part of Virginia, and we are lousy with tea-bagger types. To tell you how red the area is, I need only let you know that there is a mock-crucifixion on the 'main' road this weekend. The road is also lined with signs telling non-believers that "You're going to hell if you don't repent" and other lovely sentiments.

I would love to keep my sticker, but we only have one car for the two of us - and actually one real job between the two of us. We cannot afford to have the windows or anything else fixed right now.

x(

[Orsino]

7. I do not negotiate with terrorists.

At least, that's my story so far.

[Chemisse]

8. Have the courage of your convictions!

We should not let the fear of vandalism stop us from proclaiming our loyalties if we desire to do so.

After all, there is so little we can do to affect the course of events, why let the thugs scare you from those too?

[Brickbat]

9. You'll have to do what you think is right to keep yourself safe. Myself, I'm not afraid of them at

all. AT ALL.

[NYC_SKP]

10. Thanks for the advice, but I'm not worried. I'm keeping all my Obama Tattoos.

[madmax]

42. Is that really 'your' tattoo?

It's beautiful. Why does it read, 'Polls Closed'?

[laughingliberal]

11. Starting to look a lot like Memphis in 1968 to me

Media mostly reported on the rioting of African Americans after the murder of King but the Birchers and Klans types were out in force and the police dept was largely on their side. My family did not back down then and I won't back down now. Would have been nice, if we had to endure this again, to have had a bill I felt was more of a help to us. Now, we're placed in the position of defending a right of center capitalist slant cause it's not as right wing as the bat shit crazy party.

[YOY]

12. Really? I've got a call by my self to beat the fuck out of anyone messing with my car.

And I don't need to mention that a firearm is in the house too because it will be fun watching pissy pants and his claw hammer think about trying to go for his concealed firearm while another is pointed at him.

[lamp_shade]

13. I'm looking for a "How's that Nopey-Dopey thing workin' for ya" bumper sticker.

[leftynyc]

111. I want that t-shirt

I don't have a car otherwise I'd do the bumper sticker also.

[Dappleganger]

15. The only sticker on my car is a pink ribbon.

And if anyone wants to mess with me physically because of a damned t-shirt, they're going to quickly learn that this liberal practices ALL her Constitutional Rights on a daily basis.

[lpbk2713]

16. They're calling for a Kristallnacht?

That BeKKK is really getting out of control.

[Posteritatis]

53. Nice catch there. (nt)

[bluestateguy]

17. If some MoFo wants to fuck with my Obama sticker he'll have to go through me first

I am prepared to defend myself and I do not capitulate to fear.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

88. They'll mess with it when you're not looking

They're moronic idiotic thugs, but they're not stupid.

[Strelnikov_]

18. Say what? What 'militia leader'? n/t

[WillyT]

19. OTOH... You Might Just Be Surprised...

I wore my campaign T-Shirt (artwork below) all around yesterday (day after the vote), and got lots of smiles and thumbs-up!



:shrug:

[BlancheSplanchnik]

75. I SOOOO want that tee shirt!!!!!!!!!!!

where did you get it?
Please tell! Please!!!
:D

[WeekendWarrior]

20. I proudly wear my Obama/Biden shirt all the time

FUCK those assholes. I'm proud of my vote.

[hlthe2b]

21. Depends on where you live...

I stopped putting anything promotional on (or visibly IN) my car long ago after my tires were slashed by an opposing fan of college football (after seeing a spare tire cover with my own team's logo). So, this kind of asinine behavior is not only political in motivation. But, that is why I use car magnets--easy to take off if I have to go into "deep red" territory.

[Grand Taurean]

22. NO WAY AM I GOING TO COWER TO THESE MISTAKES!

Yes, they are MISTAKES because their inbred parents do not understand birth control!
Why should we cower to this S**T? :wtf: John Lennon was practically begging the KKK for forgiveness when he claimed The Beatles were at the time bigger than Jesus! The Dixie Chicks cowered before this same group of s**t that Lincoln should have done away with!

WE must NOT be intimidated by this terrorists!

:mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh::mad::argh:

[Spike89]

23. Had the back window of my pickup truck shot out election night

They pretty much hit the Obama sticker dead center. I'm guessing high-powered pellet gun, possibly a .22. Put a piece of plastic up to cover the 1/3 of the window missing...the mangled bumper sticker s still attached to a shard of the glass that hasn't fallen out yet.

We do not have any stickers on the new car...we can't afford to replace any windows.

[chollybocker]

24. 'Then the terrorists have won.'

;)

[NeedleCast]

26. I'm not going to be cowed by these idiots

[Stephanie]

27. You can't be serious.

Are you really that concerned?

[conscious evolution]

28. Keep the stickers

If anyone does get vandalized then report it to the police and to local media.
Especially to the media.
The more this stuff gets publicized the more people get distgusted.Enough people get sick and tired of their antics the more people start turning against them.Sooner or later there will be such an outrage that the goverment will be forced to take legal action.

[spanone]

29. makes me want a bigger one.

[Vincardog]

30. I would not hide my political beliefs when I lived in Texas. I will not start now.

[fascisthunter]

31. never bow in fear

there is no way I will hide who I am for these cowards.

[TlalocW]

32. A compromise

What I do with political bumper stickers (all bumper stickers actually) is go to a sign store and have them cut up a piece of their magnetic sign material into bumper sticker size. The sticker goes on the magnet which goes on the car. That way, when I park in public, my car is not a sitting target, and I don't drive down the re-sale value of my vehicle.

TlalocW

[bigwillq]

33. I never put political stickers on my car.

I lease my car and those suckers are a pain to get off. :P

[pipi_k]

45. Me neither...

but not because I lease my car.

I just don't tend to advertise any of my beliefs...political, religious, whatever.


If someone asks, then I'll tell them. :)

[bigwillq]

46. What are your beliefs?

I would like a 10-page report. Double-spaced. :) :P

[Texasgal]

34. I DARE them to come on my property!

C'mon MO'FO's!

[Doctor_J]

58. Is this you?

http://www.mp3lyrics.org/r/ry-cooder/the-girls-from-texas/

[Texasgal]

71. geez... how'd you know?

:P

[rucky]

35. Thank goodness for mandated auto insurance!

[libertad]

41. Hey, isn't that unconstitutional now? n/t

[BlooInBloo]

36. Well.... I guess you have your answer.

[cali]

37. not where I live.

[LWolf]

38. I don't put things on my car or self anyway.

My profession requires me to be politically anonymous; I can't "proselytize" my politics to my students.

I probably prefer to be anonymous, anyway. That way I can choose whether or not to join political discussions, instead of inviting everyone who looks at me or my car to tell me what they think.

[meeshrox]

39. I've been keckled since the election...

suburban Florida...man, it's rough! :sarcasm:

I'm not concerned...people have had worse threats for less...

[MindandSoul]

40. I think you're right! But that means their loud voices wins!

Wgat do WE do to express our opinions in the open and still stay safe from those crazies???

[brentspeak]

43. Considering the Beck's and the Bachmann's, it's just a matter of time before

some lunatic follower of theirs' decides to employ violence. Don't forget the massacre at the Unitarian Church a few years back: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-lauria/unitarian-church-shooting_b_115392.html

[hunter]

44. I'll just patch the thing up with another Obama sticker.

But it's probably not a worry in my neighborhood.

Once our local teabaggers have sold enough meth to buy a trailer in the woods someplace that's the last we see of them.

[saracat]

47. The only sticker I have on my car is from my husband's campaign.

I keep that on as a reminder to this district of what they could have had.I never did put any of the primary candidates stickers on. I have pristine Obama, Clinton and Edwards stuff! All of them in a drawer!

[Arkana]

48. Never.

I live in central MA, so it's not a huge problem, but I'll be damned if I'm going to cower in fear at the 101st Cheeto-Stained Keyboard Warriors.

[mailman82]

49. Ha

I have two Obama Reminders on car. But my license plate frame says "Once a Marine always a Marine." Haven't had any trouble yet.

[Gman2]

55. Thats interesting, maybe a PALIN IS OUT OF THIS WORLD STICKER would help.

[Lint Head]

50. This is the time to be courageous against these brown shirt fascist

bullies.

With windows being broken it's a reminder of Kristallnacht. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

[Gman2]

57. You know if they stole power, we are liberal JEWS.

[Gman2]

51. Folks, I would wear a teabaggers are dumbasses, on my body

At a teabagger horde, But you are often not at your car. And not all of us are well heeled enough to keep buying windshields.

[Birthmark]

52. I'm covering my shotgun with Obama stickers.

I figure that'll induce a major brain-freeze in their minor brains, no?

[alphafemale]

56. I don't cower. Never have. Never will.

Let alone to those sorry loser weenies.

ahh...hell..No.

[backscatter712]

60. That's what firearms are for.

If they want to go there, they should understand that we liberals won't bleed alone...

[proteus_lives]

61. Overreaction.

[rug]

63. No worries. I covered the Obama sticker with an Out Of Afghanistan sticker.

[Bluenorthwest]

64. Are you that much of a coward?

Ha! Figures! Plus, you probably live among the right wing. Around here, on election night, there was dancing in the streets, fireworks, and people passing out cookies. Where you are, I'm sure it is hyper dangerous, and you should probably put a Palin sticker on your car just to be super duper safe.

[yurbud]

65. where's the story on the GOP kristalnacht order?

[riderinthestorm]

66. Had a guy spit at me and my car today with it's Obama sticker

Was waiting to make a left and the guy pulls up in his truck next to my Beetle to make a right. Takes a long slow look at me and my car, spits directly at me. Then pulls out into the road. Checked the back of his truck as he drove away and it was covered in Rethug stickers ("Pregnant? Need help?", NRA, McCain/Palin etc. etc.

Now it's possible he was just tobacco spitting right at that exact moment (this is farm country)...

...but I will say I was a tad bit unnerved. That long look was absolutely zeroed in on me.

Be careful out there everybody.

[Robeson]

67. So we should just let the Nazis win?

[WeDidIt]

68. I say, BRING IT ON!

If the fuckers come after me, I'm armed and dangerous.

[GoCubsGo]

69. I never put them on for that very reason.

Ditto for yard signs at election time. I am surrounded by these lunatics. I put NOTHING past them.

I also don't care much for advertising my beliefs about anything on the bumper of my car.

[The Gunslinger]

70. I can break windows too.

[mrmpa]

72. Not for nothing

A few days after the election, a car pulled up along my car and yelled "fuck you". I had no idea why they said this until my 79 year old mother said "take the Obama sticker of your car". In the car were a group of 3 white kids about 20 years old, yelling at a 50 year old white woman and her mother. I realized the ugliness then and it has done nothing but escalated.

[Gman2]

73. That's why I wrote the OP. I dont want anyone hurt. We will win anyway.

[Spike89]

74. It may be worse in "safely democratic" areas

I live in a pretty strong liberal community (Eugene, Oregon) but in many ways, that just makes the wingnuts that are here feel more isolated, powerless, and dangerous. I don't fear mobs, there aren't enough of them here, but there are certainly enough skulking cowards willing to lash out and destroy property when they think they can get away with it.

[davsand]

76. Batshit nuts is not limited to any one political party.

Anything you might do to offer your opinion to the world at large could potentially open you up for attack. Gay supportive or gay hating--either way--somebody might go off the deep end. Pro or anti choice, pro or anti universal health care, pro or anti ANYTHING is gonna piss somebody off somewhere along the line. You just have to realize it is part of the landscape and decide if political activism is worth it to you personally.

I chose to live my life out front and unafraid to stand for my beliefs--knowing full well that one day somebody is gonna get in my face in some way (and it has already happened more than once...) YMMV, and I respect you however you choose to go.



Laura

[anigbrowl]

77. I'd say this is a good time to talk to your doctor about a spinal reinforcement. nt

[ohheckyeah]

79. I've never had a bumper sticker on my car

in my life so it's not something I need worry about.

[Moochy]

80. Yes, By All Means Give into the fear! and while there be sure to buy some Laundry Soap.

you are worried for nothing. Your Concern worry is noted.

[LanternWaste]

83. Prudent behavior should always be considered...

Prudent behavior should always be considered, regardless of whether one confuses fear with actual prudence.



I imagine it rests on a most personal level though-- depending on many factors. My bumper-stickers stay in place, however I have suggested to my mother that she remove hers due to the circumstances of her place of residence.

[chrisa]

84. That's what they want.

Instead, I recommend putting a new sticker on your car for every sticker you already have. Give the scaremongers the finger. :kick:

[graywarrior]

85. No way I'm stripping my Obama sticker off my car

Let them come for me. I am so ready.

[LWolf]

86. You aren't worried for nothing.

I don't put political statements on my car or person, because I'm a public school teacher. It's part of my job to keep my personal politics private.

If I did, I probably would have been fired in response to community outrage, since I teach in a hard-core rural, conservative area. That would probably please some DUers who think firing teachers is a great thing, but I wouldn't like it much, lol.

I'm a private person, anyway. It's hardwired into me not to offer opinions unless asked, and I value the same from others. And, I wouldn't have Obama stickers or cups or hats or shirts, because I'm not a fan. Again, I'm a teacher.

Still, I don't think it's okay to degrade the environment in any community by letting gangs intimidate the rest of the residents. If I want to put something on my person when I'm not at work, I will.

Edited to add:

I am also notoriously obstinate. Given the incident with the SUV and the 10 yo posted here earlier today, if I let my impulses have free reign, I'm likely to find something really in your face about socialism and wear it prominently on all those errands I'm getting ready to run. I don't like intimidation.

It's probably a good thing that I'm old enough to have learned to reign in those impulses. :D

[EOTE]

87. Oh, thanks for reminding me.

I'll have to remember to put on my "Hey teabaggers, go f*ck yourselves!" bumper sticker.

[guitar man]

89. I actually don't have one on my truck

But in light of what's going on, I just might have to put one or two on it. :evilgrin:

[Moochy]

92. but you will.

because that's what you do, advance the goals of the fear mongers, to pretend to be a scared democrat. Mission Accomplished

[AnArmyVeteran]

93. My car was vandalized by a right winger.

After voting I left the local courthouse and started walking toward my car. It was in the far reaches of the parking lot. I noticed a guy making a motion by my car but he was too far away to see what he was doing. The guy then dashed away, got into a pickup truck and drove out the back of the parking lot. When I got close enough to my car I saw a long scratch on my car right where I saw that man. It was too late to get the license number of his truck. It cost almost $1,000 to repaint the back of my car because the scratch went across three panels on the car. As soon as I got home I removed all of my Obama stickers from my cars and took away the yard sign I had in front of my house.

Right wingers always seem to resort to violence or destruction. They hate diplomacy and believe force and killing are the only way to solve problems. I urge everyone to remove all signs displaying your political loyalty or else you could end up with more than just a scratched car.

A side story: I have a person in my distant family who is a right wing Christian. He listens to Glenn Beck faithfully and believes everything he hears without question. Recently, this guy wrote on his Facebook page he was wanting to buy a pistol and then get a concealed carry permit. Frankly, I am terrified of this guy. He is not only a religious fanatic, but also a right wing fanatic. The people who are addicted to the hatred from right wing radio and Fox News are like cult members. There is no way to communicate with them. I believe the right wing extremist in my family is a danger to others, but what can be done? Anyone can get a gun and I truly feel this guy is going to kill someone. He is a classic fanatic. BTW, this (fake) Christian also didn't even have health insurance for his wife and three little children and he was advertising that he wanted to buy a $500 gun. And he talks about 'personal responsibility'. His daughter ended up in intensive care for almost a month after she was born and he didn't pay a dime of the bill. He is not only a classic fanatic, but a classic hypocrite as well.

[w8liftinglady]

94. At the insistence of my family,I haven't christened my new car...yet

I have my favorite"Draft Young Republicans" next to my Obama/Biden sticker(among many others) on my old mustang.My mom is afraid I'll be the victim of road rage,too-since I live in a VERY fundamentalist area.

[upi402]

95. My xtian neighbors stopped waving back when I put 'Impeach Bush' stickers

on my vehicles. I took all stickers off after his 2nd term was stolen for him. It was over at that point. It's a charade now. People don't want to see what's coming, so be it.

[madamesilverspurs]

96. As I noted in another thread:

I got flipped off and cussed at within minutes of putting the Obama sticker on the back of my car. So I put an Obama sticker on each side of the car as well.

Do NOT mess with old ladies who walk with a cane.

--

[DailyGrind51]

97. If you were Jewish in occupied Europe 1940, would you pose as an Aryan?

If you were a light-skinned African-American in the Jim Crow South, would you attempt to pass as white?

[FreedomForAll159]

98. I will not attempt to pass as a

Hearing, Straight, and Bigoted Birth Gender Man

[bkozumplik]

99. the answer is

put a crowbar in your back seat. When some neanderthal comes at you, show him the crowbar. Or if you are squeamish, use pepper spray-- a very 'defensive' weapon.

These rethug cowards want a fight, give them one. Don't cower, kick their stupid asses.
Dont ever be cowed by violence. Just make damn sure you win. When someone threatens violence against you, especially when that person is a blowhard coward--the only real answer is to threaten back. Law of the jungle, and we are very much jungle creatures, much as we'd like to pretend we aren't.
If you dont stop them when they use aggression, you will be a victim or someone else will.

I would say make sure to run if they have a gun and you have a crowbar, but I'm sure you already know this.

[county worker]

101. Stand up to bullies don't run from them!

Anyone who wants to get into it over my Obama sticker can bring it on!

[YOY]

102. If I wanted to live my life pissing myself from fear I'd be a Republican.

n.t.

[JackRiddler]

103. Bullshit!

I never had any Obama paraphenalia - my accessories signal views a few hundred miles to the left of that - but if I did, I'd double down. You can't let bullies intimidate you.

[Mad_Dem_X]

104. I refuse to live in fear.

I have three liberal-themed stickers on my car, and they're staying on.

[mod mom]

105. I had my photo taken by the AP and was printed in Italian press holding a "Bush Cheated"

sticker after the '04 theft. If I wasn't afraid to do this I'm certainly not afraid to have Obama bumperstickers on my car, although I'd love to ad a FIRE RAHM one to go alonside them.

[la_chupa]

106. I won't pull the trigger on "coward" if someone is concerned

I had one incident over stickers. Good ole boy in a pick-up pulled in front of me slammed on the brakes and approached me with typical rep frothing at the mouth bs. I guess it didn't occur to him that a woman driving alone would have a buck knife neatly tucked in the pocket of the driver's side door. I showed it to him and explained that he should get back in his truck and drive way. I still have that knife. I will effing cut someone.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

112. Protected by Smith & Wesson (nt)

[Fire1]

108. Concern noted but "I'm not fearing ANY man........." n/t

[DeschutesRiver]

109. My Obama clothing is not afraid because its liberal leaning wearer is armed under that fleece.

On a serious note, no, I don't think you are worried for nothing.

It is something to reflect upon - the tea baggers need serious push back, and this isn't time to be faint of heart about it. However, each person has his/her comfort level about how much insult or violence from the other side that they wish to let into their lives. I understand those that would prefer to go a bit incognito while they engage in other forms of pushback that are less likely to make them targets of random, misplaced violence.

I am searching for a good balance on this myself. So far, while I won't engage in direct debate anymore with any tea bagger type whom I suspect is unstable, I won't quit wearing my Obama gear in public.

[SoxFan]

110. Bring it on.

I've got a Paul Hodes for Senate sticker on my Mirage. If it pisses off the knuckledraggers, so much the better.