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In reply to the discussion: How Republicans Plan To Rig The Next Presidential Election, In Six Pictures [View all]coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)said "I Blame Bush" on Venice Boulevard for a couple hours a day during the last period of prolonged unemployment (from 2004-06). At one point, some local Yahoo came by and threatened to shoot me if he saw me standing there again.
Now, had I been single and unattached, I would have doubled (or even tripled) down on my stance. I told the guy "I'm willing to die for my beliefs or I wouldn't be standing here" and he rode off in a huff.
But, when I told my wife what had happened, she insisted that I change locations immediately, which I did. After I was physically assaulted at the new location by a different Yahoo, my wife refused to allow me to vigil by myself any longer. From that point on, I had to do it with at least one other person (which I did from 2006-09). (This is actually advice I give to everyone now: do not vigil by yourself but have at least one other person who has your back.)
Ah, the travails of relationships
But I'm with you!