Are you afraid to publicly support Kerry where you live?

[southern democrat]

[high density]

1. Nope

I've got a Kerry sign in the front lawn, just like about ten other people on my street. I did keep my car Kerry-free because I drive like an ass.

[Libby2]

2. Nope

Not at all, and I'm right in the middle of redneck territory.

[bukk]

3. HELL NO!

I am sad though, because my sweet, delightful, kind, next-door neighbors have a BC04 sticker on their car.

[Out the Parasites]

6. I still maintain that they were vandalized!!!! They are too cute to be Rs

However, I am somewhat afraid of backlash if I were to come out too publicly in my line of business.

[TexasThoughtCriminal]

52. Hey I like that!

The next time I see someone with a B/C bumper sticker, I'll look sad, shake my head and point to the sticker and say "What kind of creep would vandalize your car like that!?"

[SammyWinstonJack]

18. The older retired couple across the street have BC04

stickers on their cars. :-( I hate having to view that when I go out my front door. I stopped saying :hi: to them.

[cheshire]

4. Hell no, but the * supporters seem to be. I live near Freeperville.

[Cha]

5. Are you?

:kick:

[liberalnurse]

7. No, but I am aware of the potential danger too.

I always look over my shoulder......I'm outspoken and visible at all times.....I'm bound to meet some negativity and indeed have.

[Indiana_Dem]

8. I am but I'm doing it anyway.

This is the first year I've ever put a sign in my yard ever.

I just became a precinct captain in the last 2 months and I've found out that my street is composed of largely Dem swing voters. I thought I'd influence them a little to their own side!! Nobody on my street has a sign except me. (My street is only a block long)

[acmavm]

9. No, I've gotten into some hellacious arguments with people. I don't

call them stupid although I've been called names more than once. But I just look at the source and keep the thought that they need a good ass kicking to myself.

[Slamby2002]

10. no!

I'm not afraid to display my Kerry stuff.

But I got to admit, every time I see a B-C sign or sticker, I feel like tearing it down. But I DO NOT approve of doing that kind of thing.

[ogradda]

11. no

in western wa there are more kerry signs than bush but we don't seem to have problems like that with each other anyway. some arguing but nothing more usually.

[bowens43]

12. Nope. Absolutely not.

I proudly support Kerry here in the heart of North Carolina.

[luaneryder]

26. I do as well here in Raleigh

:hi:

[MrSlayer]

13. No, I've had a Kerry sign in my window for months.

I wear the shirts and buttons as well.

[Not Me]

14. Not at all.

We live on a corner lot, which I mentioned at a Dem event the other night. I was asked if I would like a 5x8 foot sign installed (as there is a lot of drive-by traffic)... They are putting it up tomorrow.

[genius]

15. Nope and there are a lot of rght-wing crooks in my neighborhood.

[Laelth]

16. Not afraid, yet.

If the Bush cartel remains in power for another 8 to 12 years, I might statrt to get afraid (as more of our freedoms and civil liberties evaporate), but for the moment, here in Macon, GA, I display my signs proudly (and replace them immediately when they're destroyed or stolen).

Refuse to be silenced!

-Laelth

[BootinUp]

17. To a certain degree, yes.

I outed myself at work, and debate politics with anyone who is interested in it, but I haven't put any stickers on my car or signs in my yard. And, neither have my neighbors. Everyone is going low key here.

[Philostopher]

19. We were, and were afraid we'd be vandalized.

I won't talk politics or advertise it where I work, but my house is a different story.

A couple of weeks ago, about a half-dozen B*/C 04 signs popped up the next block down. Not that I was surprised, mind you -- I knew our precinct was approximately split as far as registrations. Most of our area is, though the Goopers are (as usual) bigger bloviators.

But two weeks ago, the local Dem candidate signs appeared on my block. First, the single guy across the street; then two houses across from each other toward the corner. Finally, the guy who owns the house and corner lot put up a local Dem's sign both on the side where I live and on the other street, facing a secondary artery.

Kerry signs are short here -- the local party decided to save revenue for radio ads (and I'm hearing them, so they meant that), so we had to scramble to get one ourselves. The guy on the corner and the house two down from him put up theirs a week and a half ago; we put ours up last weekend.

As bad as vandalism and sign-stealing has been in this area, so far (knock wood) the ones near me have been standing. One flip-floppin' family a block up went from a K-E to a Bush* sign, which pissed me off -- not so much because they were somehow played/intimidated/frightened into changing their vote, but that they wasted a much-desired Kerry sign for a month before changing their minuscule minds about it that somebody who actually had the guts to vote for Kerry could have been happy to have!

Now, what the consequences of having been for Kerry will be if he loses, I don't know. If he wins, they can say anydamnedthing they want -- I won't care, I survived being a Dem during the Clinton years.

[DemFromMem]

20. I live on Freeper Lane

Out of about 40 houses on my street (in suburban Memphis), 30 or so have BC04 signs. I'm the only one with a Kerry sign. One family that recently moved from California had a Kerry sign, but it disappeared last week (probably stolen). In 2000, I had my Gore sign stolen three times before I gave up, but this time people have left my sign up.

Strangely, several Bush signs have been damaged. Not sure if it was weather or what, but I did see a few big Bush signs spray painted on the major streets in town. That's not cool and it doesn't help the image of the Kerry campaign. If you know people doing this sort of thing, urge them to stop.

[The Wielding Truth]

32. There is a ground swell of quiet American freedom fighters.

DU'ers, you might say, who will stand for truth, justice, and the Bill Of Rights. People who will work to make a world safe against lawlessness and human suffering.
It's what we have been about since the First World War and will ever strive to continue.Petty fears will not stop us, neither will lies or corruption.We are smarter, stronger, and kinder than our rivals.

[China_cat]

21. Damn straight

I live down the street from a rabid Baptist church and a few years ago had a 'murderer' sign placed in my yard after using a woman's clinic that offers abortions to get a pap smear. Not to mention being having been kicked out of a rental for being an 'atheist'. (Quaker doesn't count.)

I'd find, at the minimum, my dogs poisoned if I dared to openly support any Dem.

[crispini]

25. HOLY crap!

Where do you live?

I mean, I live in Texas... and no one has even stolen my sign yet. A couple of my friends have had theirs stolen, but so far, so good with me.

[annabanana]

43. Well, You have friends here, China cat!

So whenever you feel like a lonely liberal, come on in. I didn't realize that Charleston was so, um, provincial.

Oh, yes, Welcome to DU
:toast:

[China_cat]

45. Charleston is one big contradiction

but there are areas of rabidity. Unfortunately, ours is one of them. Out of 30 houses on the street, 18 are owned by the church on the corner. It's a racially integrated area that has some of the worst bigots you can think of living in it.

We were getting ready to get out when my husband's job went away. Far away. Used up all the savings while he looked for another one and now there's no way we can go.

My husband is not a citizen (he's Dutch) and that doesn't make things easy for us. Last time we were in any way political (opposing the annexation of our area into North Charleston) we were denied garbage pickup for 3 weeks and I came out of the house one morning to a cop with his gun drawn on my dogs...who were inside our LOCKED, fenced yard.

Recently I've had problems with the feds (HS type) because a cable installer reported me for having a plastic bag with Arabic writing on it. (Which had contained a gift from a friend in Oman)

It really isn't safe for me to do more than express myself this way. And wish I still had an Amex card for the plane tickets it could buy.

[Scoopie]

70. Good Lord, China Cat!

And I thought Knoxville, TN was Freeper central.
My ex-husband is Arabic (meaning, of course, that my son is half Arabic, all-American) and I've NEVER been reported by my neighbors for getting mail with Arabic writing (and, obviously, we'd get much more than you!) In fact, my home became "9/11 Central" as neighbors would drop by to get a perspective on the Arabic point of view (I was separated at the time, but they knew I knew the culture intimately).
My next-door neighbors - a fantastic couple - went Bush last time, but they don't have a sign out as yet. Their son has lost his job and is doing odd-jobs for all the neighbors and such and has two children to support. They also know how hard it was for me to find work post-divorce, even with a degree, and how little I make even though I have found a position.
I rather suspect they're either voting Kerry or they're going Libertarian this time around.

[Misunderestimator]

22. No. In fact, today, my next door neighbor put up 2 B/C signs...

so when I got home and saw them, I put up TWO MORE K/E signs... Now there are three in my front yard.

(Unfortunately, I live in a VERY republican neighborhood, and mine are the only Kerry signs around... hopefully it just means that there are some Kerry supporters here who ARE afraid...)

[randr]

23. Hell no!

In fact it is the freepers who are fighting among themselves.
A group calling themselves "Republicans for Kerry" have set up a huge sign on highway outside of a very, very conservative town to public dismay of many. They even went so far as to set up a booth at the recent "Harvest Festival" and drew a large crowd.
I see very few B* signs or stickers when they were plastered everywhere the last election.
Out here in Western Colorado good things are looking possible.

[TeeYiYi]

24. Not where I live, but . . .

. . . I started a new job last month and I've toned it down a bit. Outside of work I'm very vocal. So's my father. He gets in fights every day with his brother, his neighbors, people at the grocery store, you name it. He writes letters to the editor once or twice a week that usually get published. My mom got in a fight with some guy at her gym. They're a hoot.

TYY

[Mr_Spock]

27. Only when I go to have a drink at the "red-neck" bar near my house.

These fools come up with the LAMEST excuses for why Dumbya can't do ANYTHING right. Some are even angry at successful people because they have a nagging suspicion of "smart folk" which includes hard working people who make it. So funny seeing a guy get hollered at for working hard - this from the same people who denigrate poor folks who get welfare (even though many of them have at one time or another). If it wasn't so pathetic, it would be funny. And no, I don't offer my opinion in this one place (I do anywhere else) - I say "I just come here to relax - I don't want to get into that". I was asked the other day who I support - i wouldn't say - asked if I support Bush though and I said "no way could I support him" - so I won't deny that I hate Bush if asked.

[goddess40]

28. no, but I've been told that I must be brave

I've had many come up to me when I wear my Kerry t-shirts and tell me I must be very brave. Actually very few have said anything to me, bullies are really chicken shits.

Every time I wear my DU axis of evil sweatshirt I get even more compliments - I wore it last night to see Kerry.

[rockymountaindem]

29. Yes.

I didn't want to have my nice car ruined, nor be run off the road, nor ticked by cops if I put a Kerry sticker on my wheels.

Considering that with Colorado's graduated license law I could lose my licence with one ticket (since I'm under 18) I didn't want to egg anyone on.

[The Wielding Truth]

36. It is a bit scary at first but if you are brave enough to own a

new car you should be brave enough to have a new President.I bet People will treat you a lot better than you think .They have me. They smile more and I smile more. It's Freedom talkin',rockymountaindem

[Mizmoon]

30. Slight fear my car my get keyed or something

but I don't let that stop me.

[Starlight]

31. no n/t

[Seabiscuit]

33. Not at all!

Here in San Diego, which consistently has voted Republican, I'm proud to display my Dean bumper sticker and my Kerry/Edwards bumper sticker and street sign. Fortunately, I'm in the north coastal area where I see about 10 Kerry/Edwards bumper stickers to every Bush/Cheney or W bumper stickers.

[ScreamingMeemie]

34. No way in hell. No one's keeping me quiet. A sign in a window. A sign in

the yard. A bumper sticker (soon to be two) on my car...and cavassing in another neighborhood here. The silent majority is speaking up and speaking out. :hi:

[barackmyworld]

35. We're all Mass. liberals here...

you get yelled at if you're NOT one :)

[jrthin]

37. Nah, I'm in New York.

Here, anyone who says they're supporting Shrub get the are-you-stupid look. I'm grateful for my locale, otherwise, I know it could be uncomfortable.

[suegeo]

38. I'm afraid to publicly support Kerry where I work

I work with many ex-military, white males. They are fascist, and think that the corporations and free trade can save us all.

They are big guys, trained to kill, and they are angry. So yeah, I get intimidated when 5-6 of them gang up on me at work. Usu. I just walk away, because I am not trained to deprogram brainwashed knuckleheads. Best to leave that to the professionals in the medical fields.

[MADem]

56. Tell them with that much brain damage

...they'll easily qualify for VA help....

[think left]

39. Not afraid in Colorado

Hell No! I go to a local college and proudly display my Kerry-Edwards button daily. Doing so definitely stirs up emotions here in Pueblo CO. This town is predominantly democratic but unfortunately there are the radical conservatives who insist on trying to shove their idiotic opinions down everybody's throat.

[Doohickie]

40. I started a thread over on the local Texas board

asking whether people hid their "Democrat-ness". At the time, I had to admit I did.

Since then, I've put up a yard sign and gotten a bumper sticker and freely talk about my support for Kerry.

[Coyote_Bandit]

41. Yes

Of course I live in God-forsaken JOklahoma - the armpit of the Bible belt. :crazy:

Opted not to do the bumper sticker because I have a new car that I don't want abused any more than necessary just yet. If it was an old clunker I probably wouldn't care so much.

Not doing the bumper sticker was probably a wise choice based on how my Kerry Edwards yard sign has faired. Kicked down twice. Torn up once. Stolen once. All in a period of less than six weeks.

Funny thing is that since I put up signs for all the democratic candidates none of them have been taken or damaged. But I keep a spare Kerry Edwards sign (reclaimed from earlier abuse) stuck in the garage just in case.

The most frightening thing that has happened is that I HAVE been asked questions at career fairs and in job interviews where it was apparent that somebody thought my political views were relevant. Can't help but wonder who's taking notice of my yard sign after that. And in church earlier this summer I actually heard a preacher use his whole sermon to say that we should only vote for candidates who are against abortion, against gay marriage, and for the public display of the ten commandments and keeping the phrase "under God" on our currency. And that was after he had shown two video clips of the shrub. I thought I was going puke. Instead I bought the CD to remind myself of all the reasons I never again intend to darken a church door. Geeeeez, I want out of here soooooo bad......

The only other sign on my street (which only a block long) is the W'04 sign in the yard of the freeper city worker (who seems to come home for a two hour lunch every day).

[annabanana]

44. Hi Wow.... it sounds tough out there on the prairie......

Whenever you start feeling like a lonely liberal, come on in.
And, Welcome to DU!
:toast:

[Onlooker]

51. That's really awful!

I hope you get out soon, but keep in mind what an asset you are to Oklahoma. Withpout people like you, it would be even worse!

[Lizzie Borden]

42. No.

I haven't even ever seen a Bush/Cheney bumper sticker here. But I live in an extremely liberal city. (and I love it)

[baltodemvet]

46. I'd be ostracized

if I were supporting the twit.

[spooked]

47. No, but my "Bush Must Go!" sign was ripped up last night

boy these people must be carrying around some pretty bad karma.

[Cats Against Frist]

48. Not in Iowa City, IA

Or the surrounding countryside. Better known as "The People's Republic of Johnson County," Kerry rules the day. I drove around the country -- rural Iowa, mind you -- today, and I counted 47 K/E signs to 25 Smirky/Snarly signs.

It was a good reminder that Dems live out in the country, and they have sheep and horses and half-underground wagon wheels in their yard -- the whole "Heartland" doesn't belong to the GOP. :)

[Zen Democrat]

49. Hell, No. I'm in Houston and I have a Kerry sign in my yard.

It's been there a whole week now -- so far, so good.

[democratreformed]

50. Sometimes, I worry about it during business transactions. For example,

a couple of weeks ago, we met a customer for lunch at a local restaraunt. The customer is a contractor (we are a subcontractor) from a town about 60 miles away. The local restaraunt is staging a "Bush-Kerry contest" - each person is given a token to place in a jar on the way out - either the Bush jar or Kerry jar - or the undecided cup. I was very uncomforatable participating in this in front of my customer. So, I just kept my token in my hand. He didn't even take his.

Other than that, it doesn't bother me. I have my yard sign. I have my bumperstickers and buttons.

But, in business, sometimes it bothers me.

[IowaGuy]

59. I wouldn't feel bad about that....

in fact, I really get ticced off at the business types that try and impress their political values on me. It just hardens my resolve, and makes me look for other people to do business with that will respect my views and not use their business relationship to try and influence me. Busines is business, it's a free market...I can do it with anybody, don't need to deal with jerks that feel you have to belong to a paricular "political club".

It sounds like your lunch\business partner was wise enough to realize where the lines need to be drawn - you should respect him for that, regardless of where he comes down on the political spectrum.

[djack23]

53. NO.

No. But here I live in Montgomery County, MD which a suburban county northa of Washington, DC. This county went 2 to 1 for Gore and probably will support Kerry even more this time around. In this area signs and bumper stciker for Kerry are 12 to 1. WOO HOO!!

[suff1107]

54. Use this Push Cheney Out sign if you live in a republican hood

You can easily blend in if you use this for your yard sign:



Push Cheney Out

[Eurobabe]

55. fvck no

not afraid in VA, nor out in cincinnati! bring it on!!

[RollergirlVT]

57. Hell NO!!!!

[goodboy]

58. no (nt)

[liberal democrat]

60. positively not!!

I live in a suburb of NY and nobody, I mean nobody, supports Bush here. We had a mock election in school and it was Kerry by a landslide!
I love being sheltered in a liberal community!!

[keyzersoze13]

61. No

But I always fear that my Kerry-Edwards bumper sticker might get "replaced."

[Francine Frensky]

62. Yes.

I live in Georgia, in northern suburbs (Newt gingrich's old district) and I usually have atleast one of my three children in my minivan at all times. I didn't want any of them to be on the receiving end of any rude gestures from other drivers.

A little off-topic, but one encouraging sign is that I've seen relatively few bush yard signs, bumper stickers, considering the area, and I have seen more than a few k-e (of course, more repubs)

[samplegirl]

63. well so far........im the only kerry sign in my yard

my development is 250 houses.

[ezekiel333]

64. Hell No!!!

I live in occupied Florida, the panhandle, and I stick it in their face!

[DebJ]

65. Hell no. But 'opinionated' is likely the way I am most often

described.

[txindy]

66. No, I'm not afraid here in the Texas Hill Country

Any further west of here, except for El Paso, and I might well be, though. But not here. Stickers, signs, shirts, buttons, hat. I'm a walking, talking, driving campaign ad!

[Scoopie]

67. Yes

I have my John Kerry sticker stuck to my sun visor IN the car, so I can flip it down for drive time and up when I get to work. I work with some of the biggest Freepers and what really bothers me about it is that they're, for the most part, very smart individuals. They just believe whatever Faux News tells them and don't venture out to other news sources.
I DO, however, still have my Draft Clark sticker and my "Stop Mad Cowboy Disease" bumper stickers on my car. Many of the Freepers at work don't get the "mad cowboy" one (I think they misread it and take it as a humanitarian thing - I am a former Humane Society board member locally) and most of them actually LIKED Clark, so they don't bitch about it.
Now, I would have no problem showing support in my neighborhood since it's about 2/3s for Kerry anyway. It's just at work that I have the problem.

[clevergirl]

68. No from VA!

I put my Kerry sign up as soon as he won the election -- and I was a little worried. My neighborhood was considered to be Republican, and is full of military officers, lobbyists, etc. As time went on, more signs went up in my neighborhood... I'm really proud of showing my blue!

[seabeyond]

69. i have to pick and chose. cant put a sign in my yard

and that pisses me off. but i have a Kerry sticker on the car and i can speak to people out and about. too many die hard repugs go past our house as a thruway and my husband owns a business. a lot use him and they would burst to see a sign, though i think they all know i am Calif liberal and they just smile their smirk and shake their heads. if hubby didn't own business, or we weren't known in town, even in the panhandle of Texas i would be bothered. maybe months ago, but after driving around with my Kerry sticker, i have been having a blast. though, we are being ostracized at school, and the boys. i need to get them out, just haven't been able to.