Recent Encounters with Republicks-- they're getting ugly

[Ian David]

It seems I have found the one thing I can put on my car that really gets Repukes stark, raving mad.

First of all, this is my back bumper (as of August 17, 2006):


But this is the latest addition to my Free Speech Collection. It's a magnetic, 12x18" magnetic sign on the side of my car that looks like this:

Bush Lied They Died (With 1,693 U.S. soldier names)


See:

Mom Wants Dead Son Off Anti-War Shirt
Topic started by Omaha Steve on Jul-21-06 10:23 PM (92 replies)
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BLTDMVS "Bush Lied They Died Magnetic Vehicle Sign. 12-inch by 18-inch. Rolled & shipped in a tube, or shipped flat if you select Priority Mail. (This item is excluded from quantity discounts)" 2 $9.00 $18.00
http://carryabigsticker.com/bush_lied_shirt.htm

I bought two of them. Which is fortunate, because the first one was stolen within 48 hours.


The other day, I was at the gas station, and some guy walks up to my car and gives me the finger after he saw that sign.

I rolled down my window and said, "Hey, why don't you go to Iraq, you Nazi Chickenhawk!"

He turned bright red and came running right at me!

I took-off out of the parking lot, which actually took some fancy defensive-driving to do.


Then, yesterday, I was in a parking lot returning to my car with my daughter. An old guy in his late sixties was wearing a US Navy t-shirt, and looking at the sign and at my bumper stickers.

He asked me, "Do you really believe all that crap?"

I said, respectfully, "Yes, sir. I do. We should impeach the criminal."

As we got into his car (and I into mine) he said, "Fuck you, asshole."

I called back, "Go to Hell!"

As we were driving out of the lot, I was in the car behind him at the traffic light. I took the sign off my door, and held it in my hands, out the window, facing him, so he could see it.

He gave me the finger. I gave him the finger back.

He got out of his car and said, "My son is over in Iraq fighting to protect cowards like you!"

I replied back, "I'm proud of your son, but don't blame me! I didn't vote for Bush!"

He got back in the car before the light changed and drove away.

The man was clearly upset, and I felt bad for him.

But he has nobody to blame but himself if he's still ignorant of the facts, and if he still supports the tyrant who is really responsible for his son's dilemma.

As for being a "coward," haven't the Republicks all been saying we're all in danger anyway? In fact, Bush and the Republick Party have done more to put all of us in danger than any president in American history. Bush has put us all on the front lines anyway.

Hey, old man. Don't blame me. Blame yourself. You voted for it. "But at least them damn homos can't get married," right?

Someone here on DU mentioned that with all our soldiers fighting and dying for Operation Iraqi Libertion, those of us who want to end this madness should be willing to accept at least a small measure of risk ourselves.

Apparently, when confronted with Reality (which has a well-known Liberal Bias) Republicks turn violent. Just having signs on my car (okay, and opening my big mouth) places me in some danger.

And we all know what Republicks do when they lose an election:


I agree that we should all be willing to accept at least some personal risk, be it speaking-out or Freeway Blogging or writing Letters to The Editor.

Free speech isn't free-- Republicks are willing to exact a toll from you if you disagree with them.

As for me, I'm now more committed than ever to doing more.

With over 2,600 of our soldiers dead, 30,000+ Iraqi civilians, and the entire world in shambles... shouldn't we all be willing to accept some risk?






See also:

Obnoxious, finger-worthy bumper-sticker sighting
Topic started by IanDB1 on Aug-16-06 08:36 PM (29 replies)
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MoveOn.org said the magic words "Free Bumper Sticker"
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So, now the guy across the street is complaining about my signs
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Today, my nextdoor neighbors complained about the signs on my yard
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So, one of my neighbors called the cops to complain about my signs
Topic started by IanDB1 on Jun-13-06 02:34 PM (115 replies)
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[texastoast]

1. Keep on keeping on

And like one of the truest conservatives advised, "Never, never, never give up."



:yourock:

[geardaddy]

2. K & R

[Justice Is Comin]

3. Wow you're a traveling billboard.

Better put a time lapse pinhole lens surveillance camera in the back window too.

[walldude]

4. I'm getting tired of the "Soldiers are fighting to protect you" arguement

it's total bullshit. Iraq was not and is not a threat to the security of the U.S. When are these idiots going to learn this...

[calimary]

17. I saw a big-ass gas-guzzler pickup truck with all kinds of

knuckle-dragger stickers on it, yellow ribbons, and "Freedom isn't Free" stickers. It was parked in our neighborhood. I wrote a note that said "Is your yellow ribbon buying them MORE BODY ARMOR?????????" and slipped it under the windshield wiper.

Sometimes I take "why don't you enlist" flyers I printed out - and leave one of those on such vehicles. I found it on the internet, and added a paragraph of my own. Feel free to use it if you like:


Dear friend and fellow American:

I know how much you support President Bush and the war effort in Iraq. But I noticed that you haven’t signed up to fight yet. It might be because you are too busy, or maybe you just didn’t know how easy it is to join! I know you probably feel guilty about sending other young men and women off to die in your place, so I am sure you’ll take this opportunity to do the right thing:

Sign up for a tour or two in Iraq today!

You will enable some poor soldier who’s stuck there, exhausted, scared, isolated, frustrated, thirsty, poorly supplied, insufficiently armored, under constant threat, lied to about why he’s there and when he’s going to be released, and yearning to come home – to do just that: come home!

What could possibly be more patriotic?

What better way could there be to prove your devotion to President Bush?

“…And I’d gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today.
‘Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land. God bless the U.S.A.”

Below are the links you can use to sign up to join any branch of the armed forces!

http://www.airforce.com/contact/locator_fr.htm
http://www.navy.com
http://www.marines.com/request/contact_recruiter_request.asp
http://www.goarmy.com/contact/find_a_recruiter.jsp
http://www.gocoastguard.com/offices/recindex.htm
http://www.dior.whs.mil/forms/DD0004.pdf

Line Up!
Sign up!
Today!

[lvx35]

5. Wow I love the coexist sticker. That rocks.

but that's aside the point. The real point is that people like you rock. Never think of yourself as bad or adversarial. If I were living in Nazi Germany walking lockstep not knowing what was going on and somebody told me the truth about Hitler, and it made me mad (anger hides fear) that person would be the only REAL friend I had at that time. Similarly, you are the only real friend a lot of those people have right now. Keep up the good work and remember that its all about helping those people.

[ThomCat]

6. Soldiers in Iraq are NOT protecting us.

Their lives are being wasted for political and economic purposes. Defense of the US has nothing to do with it.

It pisses me off when people say that soldiers over there are doing it to defend us. It's an attempt to make us all feel so guilty that we'll shut up and quietly support this stupid war of agression.
:grr:

[pazuzu]

9. Exactly, troops are protecting and defending corporate interests

[Luna_Chick]

33. Well said!

N/T

[liberalmuse]

14. Exactly!

If this were truly a just cause, then I, and probably most of you would be over there fighting for our OWN freedoms. As it is, we are fighting an internal enemy to keep our freedoms.

Unfortunately, the troops are being used as cannon fodder for 'Pigs at the Trow, Part II'. There were plenty of volunteers for WWII, our last 'just' war. This is exactly why I did not re-up in 1999-I did not want to take the chance of serving under Bush II, because let's face it, many of us knew he'd start up Gulf War II if he ever took office. I guess I didn't trust the American people to be informed enough to never allow our troops to be put in harm's way for no goddamned good reason.

[Ian David]

15. If our soldiers were protecting us, they'd be building leveels in NOLA.n/t

[ThomCat]

16. That would certainly do MUCH more to protect us

than anything they're being ordered to do in Iraq.

[butterfly77]

7. These and others should be pasted on every..

billboard, tree, sign post, grocery store,cars, hotel rooms and other places where the bushbots reside since it hurts their brains so much to see the truth.

[CollegeDUer]

8. Don't let the jingos rile you up

I don't go far without seeing some testosterone-tripping "kill them all not cut and run" type try to mess with me or someone who thinks like me. You have to keep your distance sometimes and other times try to discuss with them in a civil manner (remember, we eventually do have to convince people that they're wrong so we can make progress).

[Ian David]

10. We can't convince the 29% with Authoritarian Personality Disorder

Anyone who can be convinced, already has been convinced.

The rest-- The Backwash Repukes-- are just automatons beneath contempt that need to be shamed back into their white hooded robes, where people like them used to hide before Bush made their bigotries acceptable.

They have been our abusers for the past six years, and we shouldn't have to play nice with them.

They certainly haven't been playing nice.

They Republicks have lowered the debate and made reasonable dialog impossible.

So, fuck them all.

The old Navy guy was right about one thing, though-- we're cowards if we're not willing to accept some personal risk of our own.

Apparently, just driving around, and speaking your mind, is risky.

But he's inspired me to show more courage, take more risks, accept more danger.

It's the least we can do for those that Bush has needlessly put in harm's way.

Now, just speaking-out to defend people like that man's son is risky and dangerous and requires courage. Waving the flag and being a Bushbot does not.

Certainly, we can be better than The Couchwaffen GOP.

We can get out on the streets, we can protest, we can freeway blog, we can speak-up for others, before there is nobody left to speak-out for us.

Being a Bushbot is cowardice.

Speaking-out against the angry, dangerous, blood-thirsty Republicks-- the Conservatives Without Conscience-- that takes guts.

For six years, they've been whipped into a feeding-frenzy of fear and anger and hate-- and if you speak-out against it, you're putting yourself in danger.

We can't allow ourselves to be beaten back into submission.

And we can't afford to be civil and kind and gentle with those people.

Republicks are extremely uncomfortable when confronted with the idea that Liberals might not be pacifists willing to meekly submit. We need to use that.

We need to be angry.

We need to be aggressive.

But we also need to be the one thing that they are not-- we need to be honest.

[CollegeDUer]

11. I think if we dropped them into the center of Baghdad with

a bag of W'04 stickers, well that might convince the remaining people with their authoritarian mindsets.

[Ian David]

13. Start with the ones who have "Terrorist Hunting Permits" on their cars

[calimary]

18. Hear, hear! ABSOLUTELY! The time to make nice and get along

is WHEN THEY START DOING SO. Okay? Not until OR unless. I'm through being nice, and trying to "work together" and get along. FUCK THAT. It doesn't work. Unless our heels are securely positioned on their throats. And that may well be what it takes.

I've said it before and I'll say it again - in defense of hitting back and hitting back HARD:

Taking the "high road" takes you straight over a cliff.

[Ian David]

26. Bipartisanship has become date-rape. Common good-- not common ground! n/t

[neilepi]

12. It will probably get even uglier

the positions are just so far apart. The best the country can hope for is a convincing democratic victory in November and perhaps a consensus that the administration needs to, and can be, taken to task.

Unfortunately this slogan has too many words to be legible on a bumper sticker:

http://www.cafepress.com/heavenlybody/891844

[warrens]

19. You might want to purchase a high-powered handgun

And no, I'm not kidding.

[xchrom]

20. kick and recommend! -- and may i add --

we had better see impeachment proceedings if and when the democratic party hands the republicks their asses.

crimes have been committed -- and if the democratic party seriously wants back in the game -- then the republicks MUST pay the price for their greed, corruption and mayhem.

never in the history of this country have we seen the likes of bushco.

[Warren DeMontague]

21. They're going batshit because the old bull isn't working.

Chimpy McMan-child's numbers are in the toilet, and this coming election promises to be a shitstorm of a disaster for 'em.

Cheney screeches "Democrats Wuv Terror" at the top of his lungs and even the corporate media yawns.

Frankly, they're terrified that Bush's presidency may end without them throwing ANY women in jail for getting abortions (much less reaching their time-honored goal of criminalizing the birth control pill), without anyone dropping nuclear weapons on France, without Bush taking a big Alberto Gonzales approved shit on what little remains of the Constitution, and without the Talibornigains forcing any atheist kids in public schools to kneel before giant crucifixes, in front of a bonfire of Science textbooks.

Not only that, the pinheads were promised a rapture this summer.

...And they were so close, they could TASTE it!

[IChing]

22. nominated for support of a fellow patriot.

keep on rocking in the "free world"

[EVDebs]

23. I'm not as brave as this guy w/ bumper stickers so here's nominating him

with number six. I only hope there were more like him.

[IChing]

30. Bravery and heroes are what happens when

truth and justice are more important than yourself
when there is nothing left to lose
except life, but freedom, dignity and survival of truths overwhelm survival at any price.

We only live once
and that time is NOW.

[Joanne98]

24. I'm thinking of becoming a freeway blogger....

I want to do, "9/11 was an inside job" I'm sick of them using 9/11 as the excuse for everything they do.

[texpatriot2004]

25. Right On Brother! They don't like my bumper stickers either...

even though I have the RIGHT to Freedom of Speech, just like you.

BTW I agree with you about the risk taking and I thought what you said to the man who has a son in Iraq was spot on.

[Ian David]

27. I wish I'd had the time to engage the guy in a constructive dialog

Doesn't he know that the Republickers want to cut funding for our troops' head injuries by half?

That they made our troops return all the body armor we bought them out of private funds?

That Bush and the Republick Party are fucking the troops every way they can?

They even voted against bankruptcy protection for active-service military personnel!

You can't support Bush and the troops!

I have a whole head full of knowledge to share beyond just saying, "Fuck you!"

But that's usually all they can hear, anyway.

As I once shouted to someone with a "Vietnam Veterans against Kerry" sticker, "What the fuck MORE does he have to do to you before you realize that He's FUCKED YOU!"

[texpatriot2004]

28. I know what you mean. There is so much tension b/w the

bushies and the rest of us. Even when I want to "dialogue" as you say in a "constructive" way they usually won't listen to reason, instead they choose to blindly support this dictator who IS SO NOT "Christian" IMHO! Plus, I carry such anger, resentment, etc. about their Thief in Chief that I bristle at their ignorance and we don't get very far...even under the best of circumstances.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

29. First, let me say that you are a true American Hero

2. It takes courage to stand up for your rights as a believer in the constitution and the bill of rights in this day of terra, terra, terra.

3. All of us MUST start rebelling against the tactics of intimidation by the Christo Faschists by standing them down. We must fight them over here and we must fight now.

4. I have the same attitude you do. I also happen to be a 235# construction worker that looks like a bad ass biker dude on most days but also happens to prefer Mahayhana Buddhisim as a general philosophy. It's easy for me to get away with standing down "freepers" because, as I have been told by several people, "I look intimidateng". I feel no pride, looking intimidating, I do however, enjpoy the fact that I can get in a freepers face and they will think two or three times before they try to fuck with me. I am much more proud of everyday folks who stand up to these bullies.


I am currently visiting my (Born again but not completly stupid) brother in Visalia, California. Visalia is a very red part of an otherwise blue California. People here still have Bush stickers on their cars and are not embarrased, unlike my very blue town of San Jose where they have at least been embarresed enough to take them off. While I am down here, I proudly wear my t-shirt from not in our name that has the picture of the guy at Abu Grahib with a black kkk outfit on and electrodes protruding from his body with the caption "GOT DEMOCRACY?". I can tell that people don't like it, or are confused by it but, as I said I don't look like someone you want to fuck with. So far, not one person has confronted me about it, I fully admit that I wear it here to provoke cofrontation because I am tired of the Christo -Faschists and their intimidation tactics and like nothing better than to give them back their crap with both barrels.

But again, it's easy for me. I look like a bad motherfucker even though I am really a big Teddy bear. I much more admire those of us who look " normal" who stand up for America. They are the true hero's today.

Internet difficulties are causing "Spell check"ot to work, All spelling errors are courtesy of California Public Education.

[tomreedtoon]

31. Stand your ground, but for God's sake, don't incite them!

I would never respond to the finger or the F-word from one of these guys. It is physically dangerous.

It is also not doing anyone any good to throw around personal insults at people you hope to convert.

Do not let your own ego or your own anger at the Bushies make you do something that could trouble the muggles.

[Hawkowl]

34. Actually I disagree...

I think the F word and the finger are necessary responses in some instances. These rabid shrub supporters are bullies and if you don't respond aggressively, a bully takes the lack of response as a sign of weakness and as a validation of his beliefs.

The aggressiveness of "liberals" really screws with their sense of reality. We are supposed to be spineless cowards. Not angry fighters for truth, justice and the American way. I believe that a passive response merely invites more abuse by the bushbots. Only by loudly defending our beliefs can we hope to make any sort of impression on their deaf ears and oatmeal brains.

With that said, I to try to adhere to buddhist principles, or turn the other cheek for you christians, and I believe that the aggressive response does personally cost me a great deal in terms of karma, and negative emotions. But growing up in a rough neighborhood, it is still the only way I know of to stop a bully.

[IChing]

35. We find our own ways to fight this maddness

expression of thought and action can be as violen
t as a knife that passes through their heart and brains
, without being violent.

Defend yourself and defend the defenseless.

[me b zola]

32. Ian, I can't make up my mind....

:yourock: or :loveya:




k&r :kick:

[Kickin_Donkey]

36. Coward? Definitely not ...

It takes real courage to stand up to the Reich wing in this polarized, highly charged political climate. I salute you.

Me, I choose not to put up bumper stickers in the really red, rural area of my state. I just don't need the aggravation or worse, like someone trying to run me off the road. My blood pressure rises enough trying to drive in normal circumstances, and people flipping me off or tailgating me because of my bumpers stickers would be very bad for my health and safety.

Glad some people have nerves like you.

[kdpeters]

37. Would you be proud of your daughter for being so petty and immature?

Is it your intention to teach her that cars are great fun for reckless pissing matches? I don't know how this overcompensating ego-trip made it to the greatest page, but you should be ashamed for endangering yourself, your daughter, and other drivers and pedestrians who couldn't care less who you pissed off. If you can't express yourself on your bumper without becoming a traffic hazard, take them off. In your hands, you play games while holding the power to crush a human beyond all recognition.

Excuse me if I don't get it. The only thing I see how I lost my most beloved friend, hero, and brother and it pisses me off that you don't seem to consider what 2 tons of speeding metal could do to your daughter.

[Ian David]

39. I respect your opinion, and pledge to exercise caution while driving. n/t

[kdpeters]

46. I apologize for the flame

I don't know if you have any hot buttons, but recklessness in vehicles is one of mine. That, however, is my problem. Not yours. I appreciate that you acted better in return. You can do that with Republican assholes who don't like your bumper.

[Ian David]

40. Self-delete (duplicate) n/t

[Tsiyu]

38. A cornered beast is full of fear and rage.

These pathetic Repukes have to listen to "failure" and "more failure" and "still more failure."

Their "team" did not turn out to be so moral, or conservative, or intelligent, or competent. Rather, their "team" is an abject failure ( except to the very rich.) They have to politely listen to their boss or mother-in-law or mechanic bitch about **, or risk conflict from those they are closest to.

You are a stranger, so you get to be the target of all of their misplaced rage.

Think about it: Their team controls everything except the truth. And that just pisses them off to no end. They are failures and their leaders are failures and they can't take it.

Keep on keeping on; their temper tantrums only prove how brilliant you are :thumbsup:

[mmonk]

41. I know two people serving in Iraq,

one a son of someone related to my wife and the second, a son of a friend. Neither like bush or this war and have had enough. Keep the sign on so they might come home whole.

[katinmn]

42. You are 100% correct. We can't cower from those that are fearful

and that's what all this aggression against Iraq and the entire middle east is about. FEAR that has been pushed down people's throats so far that they can't see straight or think clearly.

Love your bumperstickers. I only have four but I get lots of compliments on them and a few middle fingers.

[4_TN_TITANS]

43. You is hardcore!

I'm working on covering the back of my car with stickers, but in this part of TN I'm really preaching to the choir. :)

[OregonBlue]

44. My hat is off to you! No More Blood for Oil.

[FreeStateDemocrat]

45. You have a right to your opinion so fuck'em but don't get out of your car

Buy and use pepper spray if they grab at you in your car. They are sore winners so we can only imagine how the bastards will act if they feel they are being marginalized. I have had some confrontations and they definitely believe they have the right to do anything they want to silence opposition to their wacko agenda.