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JohnnyRingo

(18,622 posts)
Sun Nov 4, 2018, 02:12 AM Nov 2018

Saw a guy holding a Trump flag today.

My son and I were headed to Micro Center to pickup some parts for my new custom built computer and we passed through the little town of Orwell Ohio. There at the town's only traffic light was some older guy holding a giant Trump flag like he was in some honor guard. He had several others planted in the ground around him.

I stared for a while then decided he had a right to his own opinion.
...nah, I rolled the window down, pointed and yelled: "Hey! You look like a fuckin' asshole!!"

I figured that would have been the normal reaction two years ago before the world went upside down and I hope I wasn't the first to enlighten him today.

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Saw a guy holding a Trump flag today. (Original Post) JohnnyRingo Nov 2018 OP
Hey, we all need to vent. Doreen Nov 2018 #1
Is your son OK? sdfernando Nov 2018 #2
Hahaha JohnnyRingo Nov 2018 #3
Orwell indeed! torius Nov 2018 #4
I would have checked the safety of said propaganda item whilst i lit my cigarette next to it. sunonmars Nov 2018 #6
Thanks for speaking up! Cousin Dupree Nov 2018 #5
You're bragging about harassing an old man pintobean Nov 2018 #7
If it makes you feel any better there's an older man in our neck of the woods Vinca Nov 2018 #8
Thank you! oasis Nov 2018 #9
Why Johnny Ringo ryan_cats Nov 2018 #10
3X5 flag on a pole that says Trump. JohnnyRingo Nov 2018 #13
When I see these people, I don't harangue them - that only reinforces their victim complex EffieBlack Nov 2018 #11
I was 50 feet away at the traffic light. JohnnyRingo Nov 2018 #14
Great venting ... But no results. EffieBlack Nov 2018 #15
I just point and laugh Roland99 Nov 2018 #12

Vinca

(50,248 posts)
8. If it makes you feel any better there's an older man in our neck of the woods
Sun Nov 4, 2018, 08:03 AM
Nov 2018

who occasionally shows up near the Interstate roundabout with a sign that says "Ashamed Trump Is My President."

ryan_cats

(2,061 posts)
10. Why Johnny Ringo
Sun Nov 4, 2018, 09:21 AM
Nov 2018

Why Johnny Ringo, what is a Trump flag?

Does it have blue stripes?

I had to google it. The new slogan is KAG? Awesome, rhymes with gag and is what happens when I think of this fraud and his army of morons.

JohnnyRingo

(18,622 posts)
13. 3X5 flag on a pole that says Trump.
Sun Nov 4, 2018, 11:02 AM
Nov 2018

He was standing there holding it out like he was leading an invisible parade of idiots.

I would have taken a pic, but I was too busy being an angry liberal mob.

 

EffieBlack

(14,249 posts)
11. When I see these people, I don't harangue them - that only reinforces their victim complex
Sun Nov 4, 2018, 09:29 AM
Nov 2018

Instead, I just shake my head and tell them I feel sorry for them and that they're going to be really disappointed when they finally figure out they've been had by a con man who's spent his life laughing at people like them but has still managed to hoodwink them into doing his bidding for him.

And then I walk away.

I find that pisses them off much more than being yelled at. And it keeps my blood pressure down and prevents me from sounding and acting like they do.

JohnnyRingo

(18,622 posts)
14. I was 50 feet away at the traffic light.
Sun Nov 4, 2018, 11:04 AM
Nov 2018

I didn't have time for a deep discussion on politics, so I just got right to the point.

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