Three people gave me the finger yesterday.

[hay rick]

I took my own informal poll of the electorate. I stood by a local highway waving a Bernie sign with a group of Sanders supporters. I was there less than an hour- it started raining hard and we quit early. I saw three people flip a bird and one motorist gave us a thumb down. On the plus side, 50-100 people honked horns or waved. If you haven't done sign-waving before, this may sound good. However, I have done sign-waving for local candidates and for environmental causes and seldom encountered a single middle finger. The hostility doesn't bother me personally, but I think the phenomenon is noteworthy. There is a lot of blind hatred out there.

If the media has there way, we can expect a lot more. They have been waiting for San Bernadino and they will ride it off into the sunset. I stopped at a local McDonald's today for an afternoon coffee and saw the always-on Fox News channel headline: "ISIS radio station reports supporters made deadly CA attack." It doesn't say that ISIS planned or directed the attack or that the couple were agents or part of a cell. If viewers don't make the distinction, darn, that's just a shame. And we should ignore the fact that the attack was in the workplace of one of the perpetrators and that he had a recent argument with a messianic jewish co-worker. The story is ISIS, terrorism, ISIS.

We can forget about the Planned Parenthood attack. We can forget this year's homicide scorecard which reads: American gun-wielding homicidal maniacs 11,000, ISIS supporter and spouse 14. The story is and will be ISIS. Welcome to our Hatefest.

[AngryAmish]

1. Three people gave me the finger yesterday also!

No signs, I am just an asshole and people hate me.

[hay rick]

2. I'm an asshole too.

But the people driving by in their cars don't know that.

[darkangel218]

19. Lol thats funny

[BlueJazz]

3. Sorry about yesterday. I...ah...I didn't know you were a DUer.

[AngryAmish]

7. Fair play, I had it coming.

[cui bono]

4. Then this one's for you!

.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

10. Yea, one 'o those was me...

...not really.

[Skittles]

5. you want I should kick some fingering ass, hay rick?

LEMME AT THEM!!!

LOVE your efforts

[hay rick]

6. I usually blow them a kiss.

They don't come back.

[KansDem]

8. Here are three fingers for you, hay rick!

I saw three people flip a bird and one motorist gave us a thumb down. On the plus side, 50-100 people honked horns or waved.

Keep up the good work!

[hay rick]

9. Sweet. Thank you.

The sign-waving is always a good experience, especially when a lot of people show up. The occasional jerk doesn't bother me- I'm just puzzled by that level of hostility.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

11. No reason to be puzzled. They have been manipulated by hate tv and radio and have...

...allowed their minds to be programmed because they don't have the mental capacity to think for themselves. They are a means to an end for some very evil people. What that end is, I think, still remains to be seen.

[OnyxCollie]

12. Only three? Slacker. nt

[bigwillq]

13. I give folks the middle digit on a daily basis

For not knowing how to drive.

[hay rick]

14. I am a very tolerant person except when I am behind a steering wheel. nt

[bigwillq]

15. I become a nutbag when I drive. Lol

My rage is just awful but so many folks just don't know how to drive.

[bvf]

16. Keep up the good work! K&R! n/t

[Spitfire of ATJ]

17. Hillary bumper stickers?

[hifiguy]

18. Well played.

Well played indeed.

[romanic]

21. I lol'ed/

[darkangel218]

22. Same here

[Munificence]

20. Blind Hatred.

"There is a lot of blind hatred out there."

First off good job, I surely envisioned someone out there in a festive type mood having a good time.

I think sometimes we assume things like you stated in the above quote about "hatred". Just because someone flipped you the bird does not mean that they hate you nor Bernie. Who knows what was going on in the vehicle. Someone could of looked over, spilled there morning coffee, said "ah frig that damn sign flipper" and flipped you the bird for it.

I would not like to waste too much of my short precious life on hatin' time...I'd much rather laugh myself to death.

Now fuck of you asshole! (Ha, I jest!) Your sign flippin' (thread) got my attention...it worked, you got my response. And it's a receptive one.