No more MAGAt intimidation for me.

[Funtatlaguy]

I live in a purple area of a red state.
Most people that I see wearing anything political on their bodies, their cars, or in their yards are pro Trump.
I’ve thought a lot about this as to why.
But it’s simple.
When I ask other Democrats why they don’t show their support publicly, they all say the same thing.
They’re afraid.
They think that many Trumpers are crazy enough to possibly damage their cars and homes and confront them in a negative way.
Apparently, if being honest, I’ve thought that too.
But, no more!
I have just purchased pro Harris/Walz yard signs, bumper stickers, tshirts, and caps. 🧢
If someone damages my house, car, or body, I have insurance to cover all three.
I’m just sick and tired of being frightened by these lunatic arsehole moronic cult members.

Anybody else feel the same?

[LizBeth]

1. I stopped that in 2008, very red Texas. Obama signs in the yard, living on a corner lot had at both streets

and about a zillion stickers. lol. My only way to continue to live there.

[Funtatlaguy]

3. Not understanding your post. You still do or

you no longer do have the pro Democratic signs up?

[LizBeth]

9. 2008 was first time I put signs up and did it until I moved out of god awful state.

Now I live in Oregon and don't need the signs, lol

[Tree Lady]

23. Depends on where you live

I am in Medford and our congressman is awful!

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. You stopped being afraid or you stopped putting out the signs?

Absolutely not judging you by the way, what’s the worst thing that happened when you were doing this?

[LizBeth]

7. Husband owned a business, people in town knew it was our house and 2008

I decided I was not only having conversations, I as outwardly expressing my position as a Democrat. I was concerned it might affect him and that would not be fair, but he was good with it. It really was accepted too, inevitably there was nothing to fear letting everyone know I was a Democrat. That was the first yr I put up signs and learned it was ok and not to worry about repercussions. Then I got free and moved to Oregon, lol and I do not need to put up signs or have stickers now.

[Eliot Rosewater]

15. Thanks

[Trueblue Texan]

77. But people are crazier now than they were then...

But I've noticed since my pressure gasket blew after I retired, if you stand up to the morons, they'll shut right the hell up! They're not used to our resistance. We should show them what it's all about and stop giving them a free pass to spread their lies and hate.

[LizBeth]

85. I ran away in spring of 2017, and you are right on both counts.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. YES!! And I have been reluctant to talk about it like you.

Mainly a bumper sticker which I wouldn’t put on a car anyway because of how hard it is to get off without damaging the bumper or the paint but I’m almost certain my car would be vandalized and I live in an area that is easily 60/40 liberal versus right wing scum.

But it doesn’t take large populations of them to become a problem as we all know. I do however daily wear shirts that are Black Lives Matter or ones that say science is real and you should be able to love who you want to love and all very obvious very liberal stuff.

For instance I am not Gay but I am a huge supporter of LGBTQ and I wear rainbow socks all the time and rainbow shirts.

We are out of time, the scumbags have no intention of actually winning the election they are simply not going to send in the votes or allow the votes or they’re going to have the states decide etc. I sure hope as fuck people are prepared for this because the only way to stop it is to convince them before they do it that our reaction will be more than carrying protest signs

[Funtatlaguy]

5. I use magnetic bumper stickers that don't

damage your car and you can take on and off if need be.

[Eliot Rosewater]

6. Of course, why didn't I think of that.

I will go out today to the DNC headquarters and I’ll look on Amazon, thank you!

[Funtatlaguy]

8. Sure. If you can't find them to buy...

you can go to a craft store and buy some blank magnetic strips and then put the paper bumper sticker on one side.
I’ve done this a lot. It’s usually cheaper and often magnetic bumper stickers are hard to find on the internet.

[Woodwizard]

63. I do too.

Have my maga in laws special. "Trump For Prison 2024". I like my truck enough that I would never have it on all the time.

Magnetic stickers are great.

[Think. Again.]

10. How about this?...

https://store.kamalaharris.com/harris-walz-printed-camo-hat/

[Funtatlaguy]

12. I ordered a WHITE DUDES FOR HARRIS 🧢

That will really piss off all of the old white farts at the gym where I work out.
Can’t wait until it gets shipped to me. 😃

[Eliot Rosewater]

14. I still wear an N 95 mask indoors everywhere except private property

And I do get the occasional look but I’ve yet had someone to say anything negative as to why am I wearing it.

Reminds me of the reality that the only reason anyone says anything negative about wearing masks or getting a vaccine is because of something that came out of the mouth of the dumbest human being on earth.

[Eliot Rosewater]

13. Love it!

[AnotherMother4Peace]

11. I think the vulnerable seniors in the Villages are feeling the same way. They're feeling safer. nt

[flamingdem]

95. I applaud them

It's not easy being Blue in Florida!

[Tumbulu]

16. It is beginning to dawn on me

that I don’t actually need to be scared.

But, I will watch a bit more. Because these people actually are dangerous.

[OldBaldy1701E]

24. Yes, they are.

But, you know what?

So. Am. I.

(Maybe more so since I have a functioning brain.)

[Eliot Rosewater]

28. My concern is (thanks for creating a place for me to say it, again) that while magats and cons in red

states make it clear they have NO intention of accepting elections they lose, and while the SC makes it clear they WILL overturn any election they lose, that not enough of us are making it

CRYSTAL

FUCKING

CLEAR

right here and now that if they do this our response will NOT be protest signs. They dont believe we will do anything to protect this nation from them.

[OldBaldy1701E]

34. I know.

It is part of their brainwashing. They are convinced that we are all simpering milquetoasts who will just fall apart if we have to actually defend ourselves.

When I was in high school I had someone decide that I was like that. After they ended up through their drivers side window (it was closed at the time), they decided that I was not the easy target they thought I was. I made be gay, but I also was raised on a farm and played football all through middle and through the tenth grade in high school. That other boy was a 'city slicker' who had really never been outside of the urban/suburban areas and certainly never had to actually work for a living, much less survival.

He got in one solid hit. Good for him.

[ProfessorGAC]

48. Sent A Very Subtle Message The Other Day

Guy in town with TFG signs & flags. I've already told him not to speak to me because I don't like people who support treason.
Well, yesterday at the supermarket I heard him telling some other tool that if Harris kept getting good press, it might be gun time.
I stopped and said "Do you guys know how to make a Molotov Cocktail that doesn't require a fuse? No? Well, I do."
And I just walked away letting them stew over what that meant.
I'm not Ghandi & I believe in retaliating to violence.

[OldBaldy1701E]

50. Been there.

I once had a RW dude say something about being able to defend himself against the 'libtards'. (This was pre-2016.) Another person asked exactly why he felt he had to defend himself. He said something about not being too worried. I replied that libs have guns too. He said something about not being worried about a little pellet gun. I replied that my 12 gauge shoots more than pellets. He just stared.

They all talk big until they are facing reality. Then, they usually lay on the ground and cry.

[Joinfortmill]

80. Rofl

[niyad]

55. Love your response. Because I have no skills in that area, I would have

looked at him and said, "You just threatened the Vice President, and I do believe a call to the Secret Service is in order," smiled and walked away.

[cyclonefence]

17. Thank you!

I feel exactly the same way. You see no political displays around here for Harris/Walz, but I'm no longer afraid to wear my (comma) La tee shirt, and I'm going to get a bumper sticker and yard sign.

Thanks for speaking up for (I suspect) many of us.

[mahina]

18. There may be a gender piece in that decision, either way.

I'm 100% for love over fear. Good going! Onward.

[skydive forever]

19. I had an "Impeach Bush" bumper sticker on my car

And a guy that I work with said he wouldn't do that because he was afraid someone would do something to me or my car. I just said bring it on, intimidation won't work with me (I'm usually armed, just saying). Fast forward 10 years or so and I've already had 2 tRump bumper stickers stolen right off my car. Gotta love Florida.

[catrose]

53. In Texas a friend had her bumper sticker covered over

With "Clinton Cocksuckers for Kerry." She scraped it off because think of the children in her nice residential neighborhood. The 2nd time, she left it.

[70sEraVet]

20. I definitely live in Trump country -- rural county in TN

I don't put stickers on my vehicles (I know they'll get damaged in parking lots). But, I always put out yard signs, and people wave their finger at me and yell the 'f' word as they drive by. That's just the way it is. Oh, and we had a rainbow flag out for the month of June.
But every once in a while, I have someone go out of their way to tell me they are glad to see my signs or flag.
We do what we can do.

[stuckinmobile]

21. I live in deeply red lower Alabama

It still would not be safe for me to put up Harris-Walz yard signs. This state is the Trump cult epicenter. The best thing though is there is zero Trump yard signs or flags in my community now. They were all over before, so that is somewhat encouraging even though Trump will easily win Alabama. I am contributing as much as I can to Harris-Walz which is more productive for them than putting up yard signs in this state.

[Eliot Rosewater]

30. Weird, though...

I believe you but why?

Did they take them down AFTER something the traitor did or said?

You cant know that, I know...but weird!

[stuckinmobile]

47. Don't know why

Eliot. The flags were getting real tattered and the yard signs had faded and they just weren’t replaced. I guess they figure Trump has it in the bag…. I think they have a big surprise coming

[summer_in_TX]

71. I bet it's because all Trump's donations are going toward legal bills, not signage.

After all, they probably think, Trump is already known everywhere. Signs are to raise name awareness for unknown candidates.

I was a precinct chair as well as chair of a Democratic club in a red town/purple county in Texas in 2008. One of our Obama supporters had their car window broken using an Obama yardsign on a wooden stake. Signs were stolen and removed, and one of the big ones we had up was vandalized with a big hole cut out.

The photo of the car with the stake sticking out of the window was dramatic. We are in the county where the Biden-Harris campaign bus was forced off of the road by a Trump convoy. I no longer put signs in my yard, even for down-ballot Dems.

[niyad]

46. Welcome to our DU family.

[stuckinmobile]

49. Thank you Niyad

Happy to be here. This is a great place to be.

[niyad]

91. It is indeed. It has been my home for over 21 years, and I love it!

[GigiLeigh]

60. North Alabama here

The only Cheeto Mussolini signs or flags I've seen around here this year are from 4 or more years ago. Tattered and faded. They use to be all over the place.

[Tree Lady]

22. I live in red city in blue state

told my husband I was going to buy some Harris gear and he said someone in this town might do something.

I said I am tired of being afraid of them.

Going to order today.

What I have been wearing is tshirt step daughter bought me in the netherlands that says, "Women Will Change The World"

[joanbarnes]

25. YES! In a Blue area of a Red state.......

.......and family in a Blue area of a Blue state. I also surmise the MAGA nutz are insecure in their cult membership and have a need of perceived support from crazies like themselves........ those of us who are sane have no such need.

[et tu]

26. i have a car sticker but not sure yet to use it

i live in south western pa- loads of rw's.
i have animals that i am concerned about.
hell they even shoot horses etc. around here for target practice

[Joinfortmill]

83. Be safe. Sometimes the art of surprise

is a powerful weapon. If they don't see the signs, they're lulled into complacency. Also, this old gal is a bit of a scaredy cat.

[et tu]

90. thank you

i will be careful-

[ecstatic]

27. I'm with you in spirit

The last time I had an Obama magnet on my car, a white guy in a huge pickup truck tried to run me off the interstate.

I'll think about it. I'd have to remember to take the magnet off when driving/parking in trumper strongholds.

[Funtatlaguy]

39. I will have a post it note on my steering wheel

Of my car reminding me to take off magnetic 🧲 bumper stickers in “questionable Trumper type neighborhoods”.

[Lunabell]

29. I live in a blue area in a blue neighborhood.

But, travel outside this area into the neighboring counties, and yes. Both Jefferson and Wakulla county in Florida are magat controlled. Leon and Gadsden are blue, blue, blue.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

31. I am going to the MN State Fair during the run...

I plan to wear my Hat with the Democratic Party Hatband I made with my buttons and buy more at the DFL Booth. If anyone gives me a hard time, my response will be "Somewhere out there, there is a tree working tirelessly to provide you with enough oxygen so that you can breathe. I believe you owe it an apology."

There are a few people all decked out in their CF#45 gear and I ignore them. They might as well wear white hoods over their faces than to be recognized by wearing their red caps, t-shirts, etc.

[OldBaldy1701E]

35. As far as I am concerned, that is exactly what they are doing.

I see little difference between a hooded white sheet and Trump/Vance attire.

Very little.

[niyad]

92. I am sooooooo going to steal those lines!!!

[The Grand Illuminist]

32. They are also killers.

They do kill and get away with it too.

[Wiscodoug]

33. true

I agree whole heartedly. Now to convince my wife.

[Racygrandma]

36. Oh gawd, I am there now

Live also in a very red state with maga in-laws. I am afraid to put up a sign. I need therapy after visiting them.

[Lucky Luciano]

37. Rub poison ivy all over the signs...or something worse.

[Funtatlaguy]

40. I've put spikes on mine before. Never were stolen.

[hatrack]

69. Capsaicin might be a good choice . . .

.

[Beartracks]

38. Maybe one of the reasons MAGA Repubs imagine it's unlikely when Dems win elections...

...is that they hardly ever see as much public support, signs, t-shirts and bumper stickers in their districts -- and then when Democratic candidates do really well and even win elections, these Republicans are prone to agree with their messiahs who say Dems must have cheated. Of course, such lies are self-serving for the autocrats who spread them, but their fanbase can be easily swayed by such simple logic.

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[Funtatlaguy]

41. Yes, Trump says this often.

He also says at his rallies…. “ do you know anybody that’s voting for these people “…of course they don’t because in their churches and social circles no democrat would dare speak up to be derided by vermin MAGAts.

[Beartracks]

45. Well, he can't use crowd size as such "evidence" anymore, that's for sure!

=================

[AmBlue]

54. Totally agree!

Because they don't see signs and bumper stickers, they think (stupidly) that they are winning!!

[tulipsandroses]

42. I'm wearing my Kamala shirt as I sit in the tire shop

I admit I played it safe and decided not to wear the one I like best. I ordered a few, the one I like best, has a Tide detergent look alike logo and says “Kamala Removes Nasty Orange Stains”. 😂

I will wear it soon, but didn’t want to take the chance that a MAGAloon might be the one working on my car.

[Woodwizard]

43. I ordered a sign

That is trumps hair with just the word no underneath. My area is 68 percent Republican. I am also on our local democratic committee.

[Funtatlaguy]

44. Love it. You and I would be great friends.

[XanaDUer2]

51. Our complex no political signs etc

Trumper took his flag down

[Skittles]

52. we're not a CULT

that is the REAL answer

[c-rational]

56. Yes I have, and agreed - no more intimidation. Good for you. K&R.

[niyad]

57. As some of you know from different posts of mine, I don't give a flying

fig about their intimidation tactics, and tell them off whenever I encounter them. For some reason, this little old childfree/childless cat lady scares the bloody hell out of people. I know that puts me in an odd category, but I make use of it as necessary.

One example: Years ago, I was helping an older friend pack and move from a very bad situation, not an abusive spouse, an abusive landlord who was terrorizing the tenants. I explained to him that his behaviour could not go on without consequences. He called the police, and told them he feared for his life because I had threatened him. The guy was 6'6 and weighed over 300. A young officer responded, and almost couldn't stop laughing as I explained the situation to him. He suggested that perhaps I could refrain from interacting with the bully, and I assured him I would do so. I did not, however, say anything about all the agencies I called in to deal with him.

[Sparkly]

59. Please offer training seminars!!

I want to learn your techniques!!

[Funtatlaguy]

87. Yes, a YouTube Ted talk would be great.

[niyad]

97. See post 93. I couldn't give a talk on it when I don't know how I came by it.

[niyad]

93. I wish I could tell you how I do it, but I honestly do not know. I seem to have

come out of the box this way. I challenged the teachers (including nuns) in elementary school. I challenged the teachers, the principal, and the school board when I was in high school. In college during the anti-war years, I challenged the suits. When I was nearly mugged in Detroit in 1971, I was annoyed and pissed, thinking about how damned annoying and inconvenient it was going to be, having to replace all my ID. When one of the would-be muggers touched me, I screamed so loud and high-pitched that the neighbors (the would-be mugging occurred right in front of the house where I was visiting friends) ran out, thinking two animals were fighting. The idiots ran off. I have received multiple death threats as a feminist activist. One of my favourite, more recent threats, was a guy swearing that if he ever encountered a Biden voter, he would punch him in the face. I calmly said, "Here I am, do it." He didn't.

Different friends have commented over the years, "Do you have any idea how intimidating you look when you are out in public?", and, "Do you know you have on your "Do NOT even THINK about fucking with me face?".

Can it be taught? I truly do not know. Apparently, I was born a do-not-give-a-shit BIT*H. Why, I have absolutely no idea. One of the songs from "SUFFS" seems to have been created for me, "Great American Bitch". LOVE IT!!@

[Joinfortmill]

84. You go, girl!

[niyad]

96. Thank you!

[Sparkly]

58. It's crazy people in cars that scare the bejeezus out of me (road rage)...

And the fact that I'm married to a man with a rather hot temper.

Lawn signs? Yes! We have other "yard flags" that show where our politics are, and campaign signs go up every time.

Bumper stickers? Only if the cars stayed parked! (They don't.) We live in a metro area of diverse opinions where people can and do flip out on roads (if only because they didn't like the way you changed lanes, but also on occasion, because they object to a Democratic bumper sticker).

[Demobrat]

61. I'm a small woman. I was accosted and threatened

by three large men for wearing a Howard Dean tee shirt. In San Francisco. I’m now that many years older. I don’t display any political gear. There are too many nuts and I’m too easy of a target.

[azureblue]

62. a few ideas

I had my Obama signs stolen as soon as I put them up, so I built 2 x 2 wood frames for them and painted the frame black. After I put the sign in the ground, I thick coated the frame with roofing tar - the kind that won't wash out of anything. I only lost 2 of them, then the thefts stopped. I happened to over hear a guy asking a car parts guy how to get tar off a steering wheel.

I heard of a guy who wired a cattle fence charger to his signs - I thought that was pretty clever..

But you should get a wildlife camera, or a ring, and post photos of people attacking your property or signs.

[sorrybushisfromtexas]

64. Not scared a bit

I was at the gym on a treadmill when the lady next to me that The only hope for America was to kill all Democrats. I asked her to bring her gun the next day so she could start with me. I told her that she was full of shit and was a crazed lunatic. I told her that she was all talk and no action. I told her to meet me at 9:00 the next morning in the weight room and we would have a shoot out. She never came back to the gym! 99.9 % of them are blowhards. I always put up yard signs and bumper stickers. I live in the reddest congressional district in Texas, Ronnie (fucking) Jackson is my congressman. I have never been vandalized or had my signs stolen. I have been known to place a dem bumper sticker over a friend’s Republican one. I am 74 and am simply not scared of thei heroic talk. I did change churches over a year ago when my old preacher went full out Quanon from the pulpit. I was an outlier, a super liberal Southern Baptist deacon. No more the SBC is no more Christian than the KKK.

[CaptainTruth]

65. Get a security cam!

[Kali]

66. no

I live in the middle of red. I am not afraid.

[czarjak]

67. Ain't scared. Still giving guff to the Trumpbilly around the corner.

Got my Kamala 2024 today. In the spotlight for ALL to see.

[canetoad]

68. Good on you

Standing up to bullies is how you defeat them. Well done.

[barbtries]

70. i live in Durham NC

I live in shorts and a t-shirt, and my shirts make me a walking billboard: common sense gun laws, March for Our Lives, pro-choice ("pro-choice: the notion that women are people and can make their own decisions about their health" ), etc.

the only reason i don't have bumper stickers on my new car is that I want to keep it pristine. My HOA forbids yard signs so I put signs in the windows.

I've never been accosted except years ago while registering voters. the man was enraged and turned red and everything, and I wasn't even wearing a political shirt. I was wearing my Justice for Murdered Children shirt, but I guess his only concept of murdered children was abortions. I mean this was in 2008.

i have received a lot of positive feedback and hopefully you will too.

These fringe people should be the ones ashamed and afraid of us getting in their face. It's scary for us because hard to know if that magat will just pull out a gun and start shooting if you challenge their idiocy. I do believe the conversation is turning in the right direction, but still the media is so fucking bad. so, maybe not.

[Funtatlaguy]

74. Remember you can use magnetic bumper stickers.

[barbtries]

89. I would have to remember

to put it on and take it off every time I was in the car, because I am that sure it would get stolen. In fact when you said that I realized that I was not entirely accurate in my post - bumper stickers were ripped off my car from time to time.

[slightlv]

72. I feel pretty much the same way...

I express myself mostly through the TShirts I wear, and I'm ALWAYS in a TShirt! I desperately want a crazy cat lady for Kamala 2024 TShirt. And when I finally find and can afford one, I'll be wearing it all the time every place I go! Let the Magas have their aggressive red hats. It holds no power any longer!

[KY_EnviroGuy]

73. We shouldn't have to wear political paraphernalia....

or advertise it for months on our cars and lawns. Speaking as an old-timer, traditionally most Americans only expressed political affiliation (if any at all) during the month or so prior to elections, with many just wearing a lapel button and maybe a yard sign and bumper sticker.

Much like the commercialization of Christmas, I think we've fallen for a political industry that makes many millions selling Americans all this shit, including ball caps and things that abuse our Flag. TV and internet saturation with politics for months on end has gotten way out of hand, too. Simply put, this change in our society is clearly a product of the right wing's thirst for power at any cost.

However Funtatlaguy, I do relate to your frustration.

PS: Anyone else here remember seeing cans of Goldwater soda?

[Trueblue Texan]

75. I live in one of the reddest districts in Texas

But I'm proud to load up my yard with signs for Democratic candidates. This is the first general election year where I am able to be vocal and public about my liberal leanings and mannnnn....it's like the top blew off my pressure cooker! I am spewing all over the place! I got back on Facebook just so I could take it to the Rethugs. I know there is no changing the minds of the MAGAts, but like others here have said, I'm preaching to the balcony. I hope my words are getting through to some anyway. I know it often feels futile, but we have to do what we can and posting on social media, volunteering locally, donating, and registering voters and knocking on doors are things I can do and I'M DOING IT!

I am a little scared when I pull up next to one of the big MAGA trucks. They often carry guns and they're nuts, so I avoid them--change my route, whatever it takes.

[malaise]

76. A truly great OP

Let them be afraid.

[Oopsie Daisy]

78. I'm not as brave as you are. We have insurance too, but we also have a deductible *

* I have decent health insurance too, but my personal safety goes beyond simply being able to "afford" the costs associated with medical treatments needed for bodily injury. --- Why take chances? Why antagonize?

[Joinfortmill]

79. This old gal is close, very close

[Pacifist Patriot]

81. Yes! I want to put a Harris Walz flag and sign up, but...

My husband is afraid to do that unless we install a Ring doorbell. We live in the county with the highest percentage of J6 arrests if that tells you anything.

I had to put Vaseline with capsaicin in it on my Kerry Edward's signs to keep them from getting stolen. It's been ruby red here for that long (longer really).

I'm all out of effs to give and want to do it anyway.

[Emile]

82. We should all be like this guy here!

[SayItLoud]

86. Living in Flori-DUH

I know exactly what you felt, we still feel it in many areas here.

My new mantra which I would hope Kamala pushes at some point: ENOUGH #ENOUGH

[QED]

88. I'm in a deep red district and yes, I am afraid to display political signs

A few years ago, when I had an anti-Bush sticker on my car, someone tried to run me off the road. And kept trying. My choice was oncoming traffic or into a wash. She sped around me, finally, but threw a glass bottle at my car as she passed.

I am friends with several neighbors who think like I do - and we just don't talk politics in public.

[flamingdem]

94. Hooray! Can I get away with that

in Florida..



Tempted to put it on the rental car when I get there but kinda dangerous.

Maybe the vibe will change.