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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLiving in a rural, red area can create a siege mentality this year
So many Trump signs in yards. So many Trump bumper stickers. I haven't put up any yard signs because I genuinely feel like I'd be painting a target on my family. Pretty sure the next door neighbors have a suspicion to my liberalism, what with the Prius in the driveway. My Trump-loving co-workers, some of whom live down the road, definitely know.
I'm seriously considering keeping my primary rifle loaded and unlocked the closer we get to the election. This is insane.
dameatball
(7,394 posts)voters ever whose minds have been changed by a yard sign. Just do whatever else you can to help the cause.
Chainfire
(17,467 posts)To put up a Biden sign would be asking for some redneck to vandalize my property. If you judged by the yard signs, flags and banners, Trump is winning by a landslide in my area. I think that the truth may be somewhat different.
I am glad that the right-wingers are identifying themselves. I now know better who to avoid.
CrispyQ
(36,421 posts)I just have to worry that my sign will get stolen, not that me or my family might be harmed. So sad that it's come to this.
Stay safe!
Ptah
(33,019 posts)NickB79
(19,224 posts)They make it known very loudly in the break room. HR doesn't give a fuck.
All it takes is one of these nuts cracking to pose a danger. My wife is non-white, in a very white community. She's been followed home by the cops, almost certainly due to her skin color, so I don't trust them much either to protect us.
moonscape
(4,673 posts)My heart breaks with every story, every situation.
Stay safe.
calguy
(5,292 posts)There are a few trump signs and flags out. Generally we don't talk politics when we talk. If politics does come up, I try to change the subject. It's better that way. These folks are my friends and they are good people. I see no reason to discount their entire being just based on their political preference. This election season will be over in a few months. My relationship with these people will last a lifetime.
Lars39
(26,106 posts)You just haven't dug down deep enough. They're only nice to you because you look like them. Be a different color, be gay, etc and they will interact with you totally different.
calguy
(5,292 posts)But I'm not a different color, not gay, etc. ---- I will vote against them at the voting booth, I don't see the value of fighting pointless and unwinnable verbal battles with them.
Lars39
(26,106 posts)calguy
(5,292 posts)The tribe is the baggage that comes with the territory. I choose to make the best ofit.
moonscape
(4,673 posts)red county in NC. She and her husb are liberals and I asked once how she deals with it.
She said they maintain acquaintences veering away from anything remotely political, but all their close friends are liberal also. They managed to find their tribe in the middle of the deep red, so it has worked out for them.
But, they are both the activist type and it would be hard to be close with someone who's a Trumper.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)them. Others are honest, decent people that just have a fucked up view on some societal issues. A person should not throw away important relationships because people are not perfect, you just keep working on them and hope that the full humanity that exists in them eventually push past their darker impulses.
Lars39
(26,106 posts)But now? Nope.
WorkDoctor
(60 posts)by state or store policy. Great juxtaposition. I just smile (which they can't see). Ain't no rally here.
jcgoldie
(11,612 posts)I went down to visit her a couple weeks ago... you'd be surprised at the number of Trump 2020 MASKS I saw down there... guess they came for the racism but don't feel like staying for the covid...
Loryn
(942 posts)Biden signs are stolen as soon as they are put up. We have a wonderful group of brave BLM souls, quietly standing
in town every afternoon. They are harassed by the trumpers, who also have no problem showing their manhood,
er weapons.
I haven't put up signs since Obama's second election. I don't feel safe.
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)is rampant with this crowd.
phylny
(8,367 posts)So, I don't have to see Trump signs or worry about putting up a Biden sign.
I'm in a Red part of Blue Virginia.
Bayard
(22,005 posts)I don't want my horses or dogs shot, property vandalized. My husband is even afraid if I put a Biden sticker on the truck, some asshole will follow me home.
Big trump area here in small town, KY.
moonscape
(4,673 posts)had a bumper sticker made a while back "Biden 2020 - He won't inject you with bleach"
However, I put it in the window and not sure I'd leave my car a long time in the street. Mostly I'm in and out quickly (medical appts) and car is garaged, but those fanatics are crazy and exist everywhere. There aren't a lot here, but all it takes is one at the right time and place.
RKP5637
(67,086 posts)around these days. All it takes is one. How pathetic this has become. The ass in the White House just promotes and embraces negativity not only in the US, but across the world. He's like a black hole for anything good.
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)A home on a hugh corner lot a couple of miles down the street always has a 6' x 8' republican sign for every election. Two months ago, a Joni Ernst sign went up. I noticed today it is no longer there.
At a house about 2 blocks from my house, the owner was flying a trump banner on a 2-story flag pole. Then he added a "Biden Works for Iowa" sign that he had changed to "Biden Works for Biden". The anti-Biden sign was there one day. Last week he replaced the trump banner with an ISU banner. Every one of his neighbors has a Biden sign.
maxsolomon
(33,244 posts)Is that there aren't a lot of people there.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)The vast majority of country people work in cities or suburbs, they would not be able to support themselves otherwise. They bring their backward thinking into work, but tread lightly to not get their asses fired for cause.
totodeinhere
(13,056 posts)would make any difference anyway. I wouldn't worry about it if I were you.
jcgoldie
(11,612 posts)The Democratic precinct man came out and put up 6 other signs for downballot races and those they always leave alone... either they only care about Trump or they just don't know who any of those other people are... probably both...
Dagstead Bumwood
(3,595 posts)I have a cousin that supported Gary Johnson in 2016 but is now supporting Trump, and he drives a Prius. He does a lot of driving and it gets great mileage, of course. So even the deplorables know a bargain when they see it. But, I digress.
I really wanted to post about my neighborhood's sign situation. There are now two house near us sporting large Biden signs/flags. I think people are starting to grow weary of hiding their opposition to Trump. My wife is still hesitant to let me put one up, though.