I put this bumper sticker on last week, and now I'm flipped off constantly

[lectrobyte]

I had a DU sticker and Kerry sticker before, but I took off the Kerry sticker a month or two back. Anyway, I would get the occasional W salute, but since the "he's lying again" sticker, every time I drive, I get flipped off. What's up with that? I'm starting to feel paranoid about parking locations, something that I never did before.

[Pirate Smile]

1. I love that bumper sticker. It is very effective. That is why it pisses

them off so much.:D

[FreedomAngel82]

21. Yep

And it's true!

[Pirate Smile]

26. I'd love to see some commercials saying that from one of the

outside groups opposed to BushCo's Social Security BS.

Social Security "crisis"? pssst.....He's lying AGAIN!

[hector459]

30. Love your stickers. Saw one yesterday (yellow ribbon) up close it read

"Support our troops, bring them home."

[hector459]

32. They hate to be reminded of their stupidity. Hate anyone and anything

that brings to their attention that they have been taken.

[smoogatz]

2. They assume because you're a liberal

you're not armed. Or, they don't want to be reminded that Bushco has played them for chumps all along, and now the Chimpster's going to fuck up Mom's retirement in Del Boca Vista.

[in_cog_ni_to]

3. Just blow them a kiss when they flip you off.

My bumper stickers are way more inflammatory than that and not one person has said a NEGATIVE word to me or flipped me off. I did have a guy park behind me the other day and when he finished reading all my stcikser he said.."Oh, that's GOOD! I like it!"


"Just Say No To Fascism"

"Support Bush? ENLIST NOW! Our soldiesr in I Iraq are DYING for your help."

"Keep Your Theocracy off MY Democracy"

"Don't ENRON-IZE Social Security"

"Liberal and PROUD of it!"

"Dear Troops, wish You were here." has an outline of the U.S.

MY FAVORITE..."Draft Young Republicans"

Where did you get your Social Security bumper sticker? I REALLY like it!

[Bryn]

49. I saw a great bumper sticker that says

"Working people voting for a Republican President is like chicken voting for Col. Sanders"

[LondonReign2]

4. Where can one buy one?

nt

[lectrobyte]

15. I got it from cafepress.com/irregulargoods

not affiliated, just a delighted customer. And I really thought I was picking out one of the more mild ones that might make people think instead of just react.

[Hatalles]

44. Well.. the *thinking* part probably did the trick.

They don't like thinking!

[Arugula Latte]

5. Where do you live?

just curious

[andyhappy]

6. where do you live?

[lectrobyte]

12. Raleigh NC

[RaleighNCDUer]

17. I'm in Raleigh, too. Where'd you get it? I didn't see it at

White Rabbit.

EDIT: Never mind. Just saw the above post.

[andyhappy]

25. whoa!

my brother lives in raleigh! He is the rock critic for the raleigh news and observer!

I thought that was a pretty liberal place seeing as it is a college town ...but maybe not!

[lectrobyte]

29. It's a pretty strange mix. Chapel Hill or Durham are probably

more liberal, but there are a lot of republicans here from what I can see. Lots of SUVs with W stickers. The rock critic? Thank him for turning me on to the Drive-By Truckers, I'm not sure I'd have paid any attention without the reviews.

[kick-ass-bob]

34. Northern Raleigh and Cary are Red areas.

Go inside the beltline - that's where the cool people are.

:thumbsup:

If I see you, I'll just wave. :hi:

[lectrobyte]

37. If I felt better about the economy, and my spouse wasn't out of

work, I'd love to buy a fixer-upper in one of those downtown neighborhoods with a bunch of 50 year old trees. As it is now, though, I live in one of those N. Raleigh subdivisions where the streets are named after all the trees they cut down and the animals that were run out.

[andyhappy]

36. small world!

yeah, he loves the Drive-By Truckers!

I will mention that to him! He will get a kick out of that!

[kimpossible]

56. No problems in Durham with my Impeach Bush sticker

I drive around with a "Support our Troops / Impeach Our President" sticker on one side of my bumper. The other side was "Proud Liberal" for a while, now has a DU sticker. I've never gotten so much as a dirty look. In fact I've gotten appreciative comments from people I never would have expected.

[kimpossible]

57. Oh, and a "Bush Cheated" sticker before that

I like to change them every so often.

[youspeakmylanguage]

45. Not liberal at all...

...and it isn't much of a college town. If you come to North Carolina, visit Chapel Hill. It is a beautiful town and the kids really care!

[tallahasseedem]

7. LOL!!

Thats why I am afraid to put certain stickers on. Crazy Freepers might attack.

[lectrobyte]

14. Yeah, I used to laugh at some of the posters here who said they

worried about car vandalism because of their stickers. Now I am not so sure. My car is kind of old, but I really like it the way it is, if you know what I mean. Well, not kind of old, more like 12 years old, but I'd still hate to get keyed.

[jackster]

22. Use magnetic backing on your bumper stickers....

I do - so they're on when I drive, but off when I'm parked.

I got mine at http://www.evolvefish.com/

my favorite -

"Sorry I missed church but I was too busy practicing witchcraft and becoming a lesbian!"

[tallahasseedem]

41. Thats funny that you recommended those...

I was just looking at some. I used to get flipped off all the time when I had my Kerry/Edwards bumper sticker. I then got real bold and put on a Catholics for Kerry one. Trust me, that went over real well with the freeps.

[RPM]

8. they hate you your freedom

to think for yourself

[wicket]

9. Great sticker!!!

Check out the shirt that got me flipped off:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3511949

[lectrobyte]

16. Cool! Assuming you don't really get hurt.

[katinmn]

10. that's a great sticker!

Maybe it's the He's lying "again" part that gets them. Hate it pointed out that we've been duped alot.

I have an impeach bush one that has gotten me a few close encounters. Bushbots like to come up real close to my bumper.

I park my car in the garage every night to avoid vandalism.

[etherealtruth]

11. Excellent bumper sticker ...

I've been "paranoid" about my bumper stickers before ... Dependent on where I was living. Virginia:I actually took fairly benign bumper stickers off due to the truly crazed right wing area I lived in; Delaware and Michigan: Any bumper sticker anytime.

[LaPera]

13. I just had two bumper stickers torn off my truck, parked overnight in

front of a C & W bar.

[ThumperDumper]

19. I don't put bumperstickers

on my vehicle. I'm afraid I'll get beat-up at the gun club. :)

[Divameow77]

18. You should be getting a lot of

Thumbs Up!

I have a bumper sticker that says "I love America, I Vote Democrat" and someone I work with told me I should take it off my van because it might get vandalized. I said "You must be republican because you're trying to censor me, what does that say about "your kind" when you resort to violence because of a bumper sticker"

[fishwax]

20. Great bumper sticker. It must be working

:thumbsup:

[Mad_Dem_X]

23. I guess I've been lucky...

I have several anti-Bush stickers on my car, and none of them have been tampered with. I also haven't been given the finger or anything like that. I agree that if someone starts foaming at the mouth over your bumper sticker, just blow them a kiss or wave and smile.:hi:
And consider it a compliment that you got a reaction from them.

[NoSheep]

Great sticker. I can't imagine that anyone who would flip you off is any

madder than you or I, huh? :kick:

[quaoar]

24. Be careful who you get to work on your brakes

[Bluerthanblue]

27. the truth hurts

and you are making waves in thier river of denial-

takes courage to stand up for the truth- but there's no other way to really LIVE-

Kudo's- stay strong!

[dave123williams]

28. Evidently, giving somebody the finger is the only response they have left.

God forbid you should get a bunch of ignorant rednecks to examine the possibility that they've been led down the primrose path with Bush; when the economy tanks, they'll figure out some way to avoid responsibility, and blame Clinton.

[no_to_war_economy]

31. here deep in the the heart of the lake of fire (dallas)

I have been flipped off, swerved at, cut off, et al

I love it .. it truly makes my day

I have an old BUZZFLASH sticker " SAVE AMERICA RECALL BUSH "

and this one

[Maddy McCall]

39. Where did you get the black and gold ribbon?

I love it. I have a yellow one that I wrote the same thing on with a sharpie. I like yours better. :D

[no_to_war_economy]

40. here you go ... url link

http://www.northernsun.com/cgi-bin/ns/5230.html

[Maddy McCall]

50. Thanks! I get northern sun catalogs all the time.

:cheers:

[Bleacher Creature]

33. Deleted

[lectrobyte]

35. it's from

http://www.cafepress.com/irregulargoods

I liked a bunch of their stuff, I nearly went for one of these
but was afraid it would be mistaken for the real thing.



I'm liking this one, too



so many stickers, so little bumper/trunk lid/rear window.

[Kipepeo]

58. LOL

I like this one too:

[Hugin]

38. Hmm... If it lasts more than 4 hours you're supposed to call your Doctor.

:crazy:

[Tsiyu]

42. I'm saying, people are getting crazy out there

Honey, I was driving the absolute Protest Mobile a few weeks ago, without fear for my life and safety and freedom. Now I have nothing on the car I'm driving, and I'm gonna totally lay low on the road. The Fascists are getting restless.

Just be careful not to provoke some of these weirdos.

If one of these freaks hurts you, there are a legion of guys here who have your back, and don't listen to the ones who don't...

:yourock: :headbang:

[lectrobyte]

43. Well, getting flipped off doesn't really bother me too much,

but I was surprised after having the Kerry/Edwards and DU stickers with little reaction. The tension level does seem to be rising. Maybe gas prices? Stock market bad news? I don't know.

Put the stickers back on and be not afraid. I just have to keep reminding myself to keep a sense of humor, and resist temptation to flip off every W-sticker bearing SUV whose cel-talking driver veers into my lane at 80mph on 540...

[XemaSab]

46. Anyone who is stupid enough

to vandalize your car won't understand that sticker.

[sakabatou]

47. My brother has one on his truck

"How many gallons for your children?"

[Left Brain]

48. WHAT?? Compassionate Conservatives flipping you off?

No, that just can't be, it isn't *Christian* to fly the finger flag. :sarcasm:

Maybe they're trying to tell you that you're number one? After all, it's the TRUTH, and truth is mightier than... hatred???

Love the sticker, lectrobyte, and thanks for sharing the source. Got to have that one and the black-and-gold "Bring Them Home" ribbon for my own dem-mobile.

[proud patriot]

51. I just wrote that on my car window

in window chalk :-) thanks for the idea

[BuyingThyme]

52. Pure truth.

Love it.

[Deep N RedLand]

54. Never had a problem with stickers...yet.

I have a "No W" magnet, DU and "Proud Member of the Progressive Resistance" stickers and my Darwin fish.

I figured these were descriptive enough, but not confrontational and more would be overkill...plus there's only so much space on my little car.

There were plenty of others I've seen that I likely wouldn't feel confident to display openly for fear of Neocon road rage. Got most at Cafepress.com...great site.

Even though no one has acted negatively, I do get a little paranoid when I see some soccer mom/small penis road warrior in their SUV with a W'04 or troop-supporting ribbon right on my bumper.

In fact when I was rear ended two weeks ago, my first thought was surprise that someone hadn't done it sooner on purpose (this was not the case this time...just some dick tailgating and not paying attention).

But it's funny in the fact I had several of the fire/rescue people (a conservative group for the most part) tell me they like the stickers and inquired where they could get them). Think I inadvertently promoted DU and got a few more members that day.

I do think though with the rising gas prices, traffic nightmares (especially where I am) and well-publicized Neocon rant against liberalism, there is cause for concern about airing dissent, but as long as I' m breathing and the extremists control this country, I'll continue to air it, no matter the cost.

[snippy]

53. Outstanding sticker. Those flipping you off apparently have reached

Kübler-Ross's second stage of grief. Acceptance is coming.

[PittLib]

55. Slightly off topic but bumper sticker related ...

My favorite is "My karma ran over your dogma". I almost drove off the road I was laughing so hard.