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50. I don't flip off anyone on the road anymore. Nothing good comes of it.

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Tue Jun 20, 2017, 10:55 PM

Jun 2017

Not saying I don't feel anger on the road for various reasons, but...does it make the situation better, or worse? Does make me feel better? Is escalating rage healthy for anyone? Should I let some bozo spoil my day completely? Could it lead to physical altercation and/or injury? Is my anger, no matter how "in the right" it may be, endangering the safety of others?

I'm not some softie, I'm 6'5", cagey, and in good shape. But do I want to take a chance that the other driver isn't packing? Oversized pick-ups plastered with lunatic bumper stickers aren't exactly indicators of mental health or stability. If I see one, I just take satisfaction in knowing his guiding light (#45) will soon have his Waterloo.

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Does anyone ever flip the bird at a car with a Hillary for Prison sticker? [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2017 OP

Sure! Turbineguy Jun 2017 #1

No, but I mutter obscenities under my breath. Arkansas Granny Jun 2017 #2

That's about all I do here, too. NM is bristling with guns Warpy Jun 2017 #7

I have to be careful here in the bible belt. My boss knows I'm a liberal, Arkansas Granny Jun 2017 #20

Every single time blur256 Jun 2017 #3

That's where I am from - but living in TX now. Last summer we saw a Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2017 #8

Yep that is where i saw them blur256 Jun 2017 #21

Would love to see a US map - with preponderance of Trump signs. Can't the Hubble be reassigned. Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2017 #41

Funny story blur256 Jun 2017 #49

I point & laugh.... Boxerfan Jun 2017 #4

You are so right - I always do that when I do something wrong and another driver is cussing me Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2017 #10

I love that! Dulcinea Jun 2017 #16

Nope. For my own safety. Laffy Kat Jun 2017 #5

Yep. ghostsinthemachine Jun 2017 #6

where did that happen? Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2017 #11

On highway 49, in CA ghostsinthemachine Jun 2017 #31

nope nope nope renate Jun 2017 #9

where do you live? Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2017 #12

in a blue city in a blue state renate Jun 2017 #35

I want to, but I don't. Too afraid of some kind of altercation or violent incident. LesterKasai Jun 2017 #13

I don't feel like taking my life in my hands. Crunchy Frog Jun 2017 #14

Don't do that. People go to gunplay at the drop of a hat. Blue_true Jun 2017 #15

I do it all the time......even at tRump signs. a kennedy Jun 2017 #17

No. Dulcinea Jun 2017 #18

Tempted, but too many crazies and guns! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2017 #19

Happened today. Behind the Aegis Jun 2017 #22

A car was abandoned in our work parking lot oswaldactedalone Jun 2017 #23

Nope. cwydro Jun 2017 #24

Never saw one here in very red (but very genteel), senior heaven, but marybourg Jun 2017 #25

Maybe, if they look about 90. jalan48 Jun 2017 #26

I saw a "Fuck Trump" one yesterday. Gave the guy a thumbs up. Hope he saw it. Squinch Jun 2017 #27

Nope ProudLib72 Jun 2017 #28

It always makes me laugh when I see a sticker about taxes being too high DefenseLawyer Jun 2017 #29

No, but a guy in our neighborhood had one up during the election. Cattledog Jun 2017 #30

Only Where it won't be seen, for... 3catwoman3 Jun 2017 #32

Is it just those who flip off repukes or do the Doreen Jun 2017 #34

Good question. 3catwoman3 Jun 2017 #36

If I ran the risk of getting fined for flipping someone off GulfCoast66 Jun 2017 #37

Here in NJ... Books_Tea_Alone Jun 2017 #33

There are 100 million guns in this country and the guy with that sticker is telling you grantcart Jun 2017 #38

A hundred million guns?? What? Surely, that is factoring in like 5 for each of the "gun toters" ? Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2017 #43

Estimates between 200 and 300 million grantcart Jun 2017 #47

Not here in Florida... Sancho Jun 2017 #39

My friend did - KT2000 Jun 2017 #40

No, but I can't pass one the local Southern Baptist churches that is sinkingfeeling Jun 2017 #42

Amen to that. It's amazing to me - all these analyst types who talk about Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2017 #45

I try to use my energies interacting with people I might persuade struggle4progress Jun 2017 #44

Surprisingly, I haven't seen any. GoCubsGo Jun 2017 #46

No. I figure they might be prone to violence. nt Hekate Jun 2017 #48

I don't flip off anyone on the road anymore. Nothing good comes of it. VOX Jun 2017 #50

wow - how Zen of you. I never think that deeply - it's an instant guttural reaction :) Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2017 #52

Here in York PA the house next to a local public Elementary School has a sign that says "Hillary.... JoeOtterbein Jun 2017 #51

My Clinton-Kaine sticker on my rear window drives ALL wingnuts nuts!1 UTUSN Jun 2017 #53

Live in TX so not a safe option JCMach1 Jun 2017 #54

No, because the correct thing to do is... joeybee12 Jun 2017 #55

Here in Florida that could get you shot HAB911 Jun 2017 #56