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In reply to the discussion: There MUST be a law against donning bumper stickers so offensive, no, I don't have pix! [View all]MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)131. Had I passed this car...
They would have only seen my "Women for Obama" sticker on the passing side of my car. For some reason, I've never taken that one off since the election.
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There MUST be a law against donning bumper stickers so offensive, no, I don't have pix! [View all]
MrMickeysMom
Jan 2014
OP
Where I live, bigoted gun lovers are the majority (although they all don't advertise it like
Hoyt
Jan 2014
#7
"If the owner of the vehicle had approached at the moment I read that, I might have slapped them."
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2014
#175
I'm often amazed by what people will put on their cars. Proudly declaring themselves pieces of shit.
Solly Mack
Jan 2014
#63
My staunchly liberal eldest son is a Criminal Justice major. He's a junior in college, and ...
11 Bravo
Jan 2014
#148
Really? You think the deacon in a bible thumping church doesn't expect members of his church
onenote
Jan 2014
#114
Yes, it does. If the 1st applies to us, it applies to them as well. And, to your point
ChisolmTrailDem
Jan 2014
#143
Some states have laws about obscene bumperstickers, others don't, those who do tend to specifically
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2014
#21
Doesn't have to be a law, but I would want to know what kind of recourse there could be...
MrMickeysMom
Jan 2014
#41
No, there doesn't have to be such a law and applied to your facts, it would be unconstitutional
onenote
Jan 2014
#45
Think of it as doing you and the world a favor. It's an "idiot detection device".
PeaceNikki
Jan 2014
#77
Many people are quick to call for offensive speech to be banned, until.......
PlanetaryOrbit
Jan 2014
#104
How exactly would such speech be banned? I'm asking a technical question.
PlanetaryOrbit
Jan 2014
#110
Excellent point about low brow expression. In quite a number of cases, you really can...
3catwoman3
Jan 2014
#157
Yes, your recourse is to learn to live with it. This is america and even assholes have rights
CBGLuthier
Jan 2014
#133
Unfortunately, no. Free Speech. However, it disgusts me that both conservatives and liberals
ScreamingMeemie
Jan 2014
#138
It shouldn't hold because a bumpersticker with the word "cocksucker" doesn't meet the definition
onenote
Jan 2014
#182
how does the single word 'cocksucker' meet the requirement of an "explicit AND detailed"
onenote
Jan 2014
#186
I define a "description or narrative account" as something not constituted by word count...
MrMickeysMom
Jan 2014
#187
He shouldn't be arrested for it. But he *should* be shunned by all decent people.
nomorenomore08
Jan 2014
#184