Last night, at a gas station....

[lastlib]

walking away from the register after paying for my gas fill-up, I heard (but didn't see) someone coming behind me as I walked through the door. Figuring the person was also headed for the parking lot, I held the door open for him; but I turned around and saw that the 60-70ish man was wearing a tRump cap. So I let the door close on him. Made the bum open his own d&%$ door.

Was I rude? And do I give a flying rat's tush?

[BOSSHOG]

1. Voting for trump

Is the rudest thing an American can do to a fellow American. Fuck him and his party of hate and ignorance.

[lastlib]

3. I kinda looked at it as repayment for his shittiness.

[Think. Again.]

2. Sometimes people need to be told they are wrong. You told him.

[Beartracks]

34. But he doesn't KNOW you told him.

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[Think. Again.]

38. Yeah he does.

[Beartracks]

39. I'm imagining him seeing LL turn around, smile, hold the door and wait -- and then he sees LL glance up...

... at his head, do a snort and an eyeroll, and let the door go when he's like 5 feet away.

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[Think. Again.]

40. Love it!

[Traildogbob]

4. 👏👏👏👏👏

No fucks left for high road. Who in their right mind would hold a door open for assholes treating to kill them?

[brewens]

5. If I was behind him, I would have tripped him! LOL n/t

[krkaufman]

23. And we've stepped-up to violence ...

… within just 5 comments. Kudos.

[SWBTATTReg]

6. Good for you. I think that even Michele Obama said recently that it's sometimes time, to not be high, be above the fray

so to speak, and I agree w/ her (if she said this). These thugs and djt have constantly belittled us, mocked us, etc. endlessly.

Screw them.

[Seinan Sensei]

7. He would have slammed the door on you

for Medicare
for Social Security
for Medicaid
for unions
for environment
for workplace safety
for healthcare
for Democracy
etc
etc
etc

[wordstroken]

10. Love the way you put it!

[SunSeeker]

35. Exactly. He voted to let women bleed out in hospital parking lots...

With the ER door slammed shut.

[GenThePerservering]

8. I might have held it open for him and said

"After you, special snowflake"

[birdographer]

9. I would do the same!

They are not fellow humans. They are anti-American, pro-racism, pro-rapists, brainless beings masquerading as humans.

[mahina]

32. Oh true, except the part about not being human, which is not helping

The opposite actually. Putin is delighted with this kind of thinking on both sides.

[birdographer]

42. I know, sorry

I guess I was thinking about compassion in general, love for the country you were raised in, care and concern for neighbors and their children (and pets), and an educated public capable of critical thinking and wanting to protect the people they care about. Let's remove all that, what do we have left? We have a group of *people* who want a dictator to rule their lives and bodies, send your friends to camps or kill them, identify those neighbors as attempting to defend a democracy and killing them in their homes, forcing women to carry the children of rape or incest, removing the vote from not just women but everyone, shutting down our education system so no person is any smarter than Donnie (who is a moron). But yeah, let's call them humans. Hitler, Putin, they are humans. Great, let's not disparage them.

Sorry. I just get fed up. Will be so glad when Donnie is thrown in the trash bin with the rest of his cronies this November.

[mahina]

45. I read you

We do our best. Good luck.

[Nasruddin]

11. That's low

Sorry that's very low class.

It's like slamming the door on a blind person or any other person with a disability.

[krkaufman]

25. Not remotely like that at all

Low class, maybe, if their pinky wasn’t extended.

[Nululu]

31. Agree with you. Low class and cruel

How would this elderly man know why you dropped the door in his face? Seems cowardly to me.

[Warpy]

12. Oh, yeah, you were rude. I'm sure you meant to be

That guy had never done anything to you except advertise that he was easily fooled and /or a jerk and should be avoided, something that I regard a public service by such people.

Of course, if you knew the guy and inew him to be a total arse to you and everyone around you, then I'm sure even Miss Manners and Emily Post could be persuaded to look the other way for the duration.

That's my story and I'm stickng to it.

[happy feet]

13. yes and no

[usonian]

14. I would have walked out of the door, and put a broom stick through the door handles.

But I pay at the pump.

If he hollers, yell INCOMING IMMIGRANTS! TAKE COVER.

For 8 hours, until the border patrol arrives.

To quote famous psychiatrist Sigmund Fraud:

"Paranoia is its own reward"

[JoseBalow]

15. "Trump"... Fuck You

(3:29)

[LeftInTX]

16. No. But I hope he got the message.

[Intractable]

17. Seems kind of passive-aggressive.

Does he know why you didn't hold the door?

Punishing your dog for doing something wrong doesn't work unless the dog knows why.

If he does know why, he now tells all his buddies about how a Kamala lover slammed the door in his face.

Should we not lead by example?

[krkaufman]

27. A flaw in your suggestion ...

Punishing your dog for doing something wrong doesn't work unless the dog knows why.

I’ve generally found dogs capable of learning. I’m doubtful of the same for someone wearing a Trump hat in 2024.

[Intractable]

28. Someone upthread hilariously alluded that supporting Trump is a kind of disability.

Perhaps they are learning disabled.

[COL Mustard]

33. Dogs want to please their people

Trumpers want to shit the bed and have someone else clean it up.

[Demobrat]

18. I would have instinctively let go of the door

and put as much distance between me and the predator as possible. Rudeness be damned.

[elocs]

20. Classy. n/t

[elocs]

19. Yeah, you were rude, but like you said, you don't care. Pretty typical DU attitude though.

It's too bad I won't be reading anything written by you again. Not really.

[kozar]

21. I think i look at this post differently

I hold doors, I wave people in traffic, ahead of me, because, maybe, I'll be in my 70s or 80s, and I may need a door , held for me., and, I'll probably, be dressed, poorly,as well.

Koz

[Maru Kitteh]

37. Good on you Koz. Kindness is better for your health.

It's better for all of us.

[maspaha]

22. Absolutely NOT rude and...

don’t even think twice about it! My mother impressed upon me the consequences of my wardrobe choices…ya know, like not bringing my mittens when it’s gonna be cold walking to school…it gets “uncomfortable”…

[LetMyPeopleVote]

24. K&R

[barbtries]

26. you think quicker than me.

let's face it, if you were wearing a Kamala shirt or cap he probably would have shoved you through the glass.

on my long wish list for changes to be made once Kamala is president and has majorities in both houses is that there will be a return to civility in this country.

[mahina]

29. Yes, if our goal is to persuade them ever

[mucholderthandirt]

30. I was raised to respect older people, but not stupid people. What a conundrum!

I might have said something snarky, but would have likely still held the door. Unless someone had got on my last nerve, and then he would have been staring at me through the glass.

[Hekate]

36. Always good karma to hold the door for someone older or disabled or pregnant or burdened w packages...

…or pushing a stroller.

Not such good karma to mistreat them because you prejudge their red-hat color or skin color.

Well, you did ask.

[TheProle]

41. He didn't necessarily tie it to his MAGA cap...

He could have just thought you were a rude asshole and it may have even reinforced his hateful worldview.

It’s fine that it made you feel good, but let’s not pretend you advanced any greater cause.

[UpInArms]

43. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Give them no pass and no grace. I am proud of you.

[Jack Valentino]

44. WWKD ? (what would Kamala do)

I hear ya, I feel ya, god knows I have wished much worse upon these people than failing to hold a door open for them----

but Kamala crossing the stage to shake hands with the orange ogre
has rather inspired me, beyond numerous instructions on this or other sites,
that we ARE in fact 'better than these people',
and should act like it.

So, one possible alternative to what you did,
would be to hold the door open for him,
while telling him that 'Kamala Harris wants to help improve your life'


That was me, trying to be a 'better man'--
truth be told, my initial reaction would be similar to yours,
but Kamala Harris is making me feel 'guilt' for some of my extreme attitudes.

He was an 'old man' after all.

My own father, who became a staunch Democratic voter from 1964 onwards,
said to me just before his death at the age of 91,
"I think I may become a conservative" !!!
(He was troubled by the first impeachment of Trump, but I think he had little command of the facts of the case.)

I just told him "you better not", but he died before the 2020 election.


We should make some allowance for age, and respect if not agree with our elders--
and treat them with some compassion, as the brain slows down when you get older.
My own is, but not enough to make me vote for a Republican....

On the bright side, many polls say that voters "65 and older" are now supporting more Democrats than Republicans
(and with Social Security and Medicare being targeted by Republicans, our seniors are finally getting the message!)