Civility in the Suburbs

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by RainyRainyDay

The current election contest seems to be getting heated and nasty. We have an Obama '08 sticker on the rear window of one of our cars. This morning I discovered that somebody had added to it a couple of large computer-printed stickers saying (sorry about this) "**** For Brains" and "Douche Bag".

Wow. Just ... wow...

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by Mattie

I don't understand the need to put a bumper sticker on your car (or front lawn) in the first place. Nobody was ever swayed to vote for a candidate by reading a bumper sticker. Why deface your car?

The only bumper sticker I have on my car is attached magnetically, and it isn't political in nature.

"I reject your reality and substitute my own." -Adam Savage, Mythbusters

Oh, I also have a Linux shark logo on the back, but I happen to like Linux.

[RainyRainyDay]

Originally Posted by rswlguy

Rainy I hope that you reported this ... when I return to Georgia, I'd be willing to contact a Cobb County Superior Court judge I know and I'm willing to bet that she'll push to have the violator(s) apprehended and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Thanks so much, rswlguy, for your energetic concern and support. I didn't report it because I don't know for 100% certain when and where the offensive stickers were affixed to my car. I didn't notice them until next morning, and my car was parked out in the driveway overnight.

Now, I think if the stickers had been placed on the car earlier in the day, before dark, when the car was at home or on a trip to Publix, we'd have noticed them. But I can't say that for certain. And I naturally indignantly removed them from my car without any thought of displaying them to the police. I honestly doubt they'd be too interested.

Oh, and I doubt (but can't be certain) the car was defaced in the driveway overnight, because my two big dogs kick up a fuss when anyone comes around.

It's just evidence that there are yahoos around. But thanks again for your concern. Meanwhile, as things stand in the polls today, I can take comfort in the thought that interfering with my sticker and lawn sign isn't going to change the outcome of the election, and the yahoos will likely find the result not to their liking.

[RainyRainyDay]

Originally Posted by RainyRainyDay

In my overwhelmingly white, lower middle-class, Republican leaning neighborhood there are plenty of McCain-Palin lawn signs, and ours is the only Obama sign. I have a suspicion that we might not be the only Obama supporters - just the only ones with the nerve to put out a sign. So I think of our sign as saying "you're not alone" to any Democrats who drive by. By the way, our sign has been out there for a week or so now, and it hasn't been molested, so far.

I guess it was too good to last. The lawn sign disappeared today. We plan to replace it with two. The lawn sign vandals are helping fuel Democratic coffers.

[Zel Ya]

Originally Posted by RainyRainyDay

I guess it was too good to last. The lawn sign disappeared today. We plan to replace it with two. The lawn sign vandals are helping fuel Democratic coffers.

I'm sorry to hear that.

I suppose it's possible that an Obama yard sign is a hot item now, since Obama is doing so well in the polls. Obama is what's "hot" and McCain is "not."