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This can't be fucking real, the republican party is long gone. This is some crazy cult shit. (Original Post) demmiblue Oct 2020 OP
It's just fucking ugly JI7 Oct 2020 #1
Maybe this is their "scary Halloween" yard display? n/t forgotmylogin Oct 2020 #46
It's scary alright! Canoe52 Oct 2020 #48
Looks fucking real to me Zorro Oct 2020 #2
Virtue signalling for the conservatives... uriel1972 Oct 2020 #3
From a practical point of view, I don't mind it.... paleotn Oct 2020 #60
Same here! calimary Oct 2020 #65
Shitty job. They missed some spots dalton99a Oct 2020 #4
Kind of like sports. safeinOhio Oct 2020 #5
When did it become acceptable to advertise your stupidity? TreasonousBastard Oct 2020 #6
2016. lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #16
Yes! NoRoadUntravelled Oct 2020 #28
Is that Putin's house in Moscow ? magicarpet Oct 2020 #7
these are just 3 of 8 (just the official ones, he has dozens of others all over) 'houses' Putin has Celerity Oct 2020 #61
Pretty plush for someone who wnylib Oct 2020 #63
Putin never gained high office power until after the fall of the Soviet Union Celerity Oct 2020 #74
My comment was tongue-in-cheek. wnylib Oct 2020 #75
Oh my,... very very palatial. magicarpet Oct 2020 #79
Imagine living next door to this dumb fuck? greenjar_01 Oct 2020 #8
It's real, and pretty sure it's in NC... OneGrassRoot Oct 2020 #9
ack ! that's in NC dweller Oct 2020 #10
Down right embarrassing. littlemissmartypants Oct 2020 #55
CLAP HARDER! Hugin Oct 2020 #11
Wonder if Mexico will pay for that (magic) wall against reality? Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2020 #38
The final goal is to rent these goobs the privatized outsourced wall against reality. Hugin Oct 2020 #40
Creepy Halloween Decorations? NurseJackie Oct 2020 #12
good point! Scares me... stillcool Oct 2020 #15
Insanely creepy. NoRoadUntravelled Oct 2020 #29
One vote for Biden cancels his central scrutinizer Oct 2020 #13
Good point PatSeg Oct 2020 #26
It's nuts ColoradoBlue Oct 2020 #14
It is a cult, not politics. It is a cultural thing, he is the guy on the Apprentice. redstatebluegirl Oct 2020 #17
For zealots, this is rather modest. Eugene Oct 2020 #18
There must be some Russian flags there somewhere. lpbk2713 Oct 2020 #19
He out crazied Kim, and that's pretty crazy! Canoe52 Oct 2020 #49
Plus imagine the amount of weapons inside . Lots of economic anxiety , they could be dangerous too lunasun Oct 2020 #20
I'll bet this guy used to make fun of his sister hanging up every Duran Duran poster in her room. Efilroft Sul Oct 2020 #21
I think this is a sign of the desperation and the growing realization ms liberty Oct 2020 #22
Yeah, that's pretty crazy PatSeg Oct 2020 #23
I can only imagine how much these assholes are lowering the neighborhood's propeerty values. GoCubsGo Oct 2020 #24
This ASSHOLE needs to watched very closely bluestarone Oct 2020 #25
Halloween decorations for a really scary costume. This isn't real. This is "Reality". PubliusEnigma Oct 2020 #27
I wonder if relatives are on Medicare, SS or disability or food stamps. This family spent a riversedge Oct 2020 #30
Makes me rather happy I live in a HOA neighborhood with guidelines zeusdogmom Oct 2020 #31
Such disrespect for the American flag which should fly above any other. sinkingfeeling Oct 2020 #32
Real as can be. Jirel Oct 2020 #33
Freak kwolf68 Oct 2020 #34
Wouldn't you hate to live n one of the houses next door. Chainfire Oct 2020 #35
I'm guessing Joe's door-to-door team may skip this one. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2020 #36
I would hope the FBI is watching this one. roamer65 Oct 2020 #37
All I see is alot of toilet paper. nt cstanleytech Oct 2020 #39
His pickup is a traveling version.. bsiebs Oct 2020 #41
I'll bet property values in that neighborhood have plummeted infullview Oct 2020 #42
Batshit crazy! BlueJac Oct 2020 #43
The only good thing about this MontanaMama Oct 2020 #44
Scariest halloween house I have seen all year. world wide wally Oct 2020 #45
Even Mr. Rogers colorado_ufo Oct 2020 #47
Looks like my sister in law's house. Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2020 #50
What's a "walk away" meme? maxsolomon Oct 2020 #66
Democrats, especially African Americans, from the look of it who "saw the light" and walked away Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2020 #71
Imagine this idiot the day after NorthOf270 Oct 2020 #51
The architectural equivalent of truck nuts Peccadillo Oct 2020 #52
There's a house like this in every town stopdiggin Oct 2020 #53
They obviously purchased everything in their local "Trump Shop". I posted bullwinkle428 Oct 2020 #54
grandpa yelling at the clouds.......... getagrip_already Oct 2020 #56
83rd district of the NC legislature. A VERY Red part of the state. Pittman is a RW wet dream. Ford_Prefect Oct 2020 #57
It takes that much signage to say "I'm a racist" nuxvomica Oct 2020 #58
Like something out of 1930's Germany. paleotn Oct 2020 #59
Wow! It's the Griswolds, with a Ku Klux twist. PatrickforO Oct 2020 #62
LOL, sorry can't resist another comment. PatrickforO Oct 2020 #64
It's a polling site in the south Traildogbob Oct 2020 #67
Crazy Occult, but it does spark some humor here or there bucolic_frolic Oct 2020 #68
I pity the fool RussBLib Oct 2020 #69
What will this Trump Cultist do on 11/4? Tiger8 Oct 2020 #70
I'd bet people like that were very susceptible to the Beanie Baby and Cabbage Patch Doll crazes bucolic_frolic Oct 2020 #72
Like a virus DFW Oct 2020 #73
One Near My House, Too ProfessorGAC Oct 2020 #76
Headquarters of the Trump Confederacy moondust Oct 2020 #77
Scary Halloween decorations Wicked Blue Oct 2020 #78

paleotn

(17,938 posts)
60. From a practical point of view, I don't mind it....
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 12:16 PM
Oct 2020

It tells me exactly who to do business with and who not. Who to keep an eye on and who I can trust. Even here in blue land, there's a few local businesses that won't see a dime of my money 40 years from now, if they survive that long. A significant amount of local business is generated by recommendations. In that, they've screwed themselves.

calimary

(81,421 posts)
65. Same here!
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 12:45 PM
Oct 2020

There’s a big burger joint not far from here. Had a lot of GOP-related signs out front in 2018. Fortunately, losing candidates. But you WON’T see me in there, EVER.

I WON’T forget. NOT EVER!!!

I won’t buy books by crooks (something learned from the Watergate era) and I won’t patronize GOP businesses.

Celerity

(43,473 posts)
61. these are just 3 of 8 (just the official ones, he has dozens of others all over) 'houses' Putin has
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 12:18 PM
Oct 2020
Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg





Valdai residence, Novgorod Oblast



Cape Idokopas near Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Territory


Celerity

(43,473 posts)
74. Putin never gained high office power until after the fall of the Soviet Union
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 01:36 PM
Oct 2020

and even under the Communists, their leaders had mad amounts of houses, look at all of Stalin's dachas

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/08/11/watching-eclipse

By the late Soviet period, though, K.G.B. officers like Putin were nearly as dismissive of Communist ideology as the dissidents were. “The Chekists in his time laughed at official Soviet ideology,” Gleb Pavlovsky, a former adviser to Putin, told me. “They thought it was a joke.” Putin, in 1999, admitted that Communism had been a “blind alley, far away from the mainstream of civilization.”

magicarpet

(14,160 posts)
79. Oh my,... very very palatial.
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 09:48 PM
Oct 2020

Nice flower vaaaahzzze...
In the second photo down. That looks a bit large for our kitchen table.

Hugin

(33,177 posts)
11. CLAP HARDER!
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 09:54 AM
Oct 2020

If you don't clap harder the magic flying pixie unicorns won't hear you and bring the goodies! (and some reality may leak through.)

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,397 posts)
38. Wonder if Mexico will pay for that (magic) wall against reality?
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 11:10 AM
Oct 2020

It's likely China manufactured most of the elements of that wall.

Insanity -- another product of Koch Industries, brought to you by Fox and Rush.

Hugin

(33,177 posts)
40. The final goal is to rent these goobs the privatized outsourced wall against reality.
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 11:35 AM
Oct 2020

While, quietly pocketing the rent money pointing at the invisible non-existent wall and marveling at it's magnificent effectiveness.

They will gobble it up with a ladle and ask for more.

But, who am I to judge?


ColoradoBlue

(104 posts)
14. It's nuts
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 09:56 AM
Oct 2020

Drove through rural Colorado last weekend to go camping and the many, many HUGE Trump displays we saw were astounding (although none of them were to this level). I loved, loved, loved Obama but it would never have occurred to me to do something that was even a quarter as large as these displays. It's bizarre.

Eugene

(61,937 posts)
18. For zealots, this is rather modest.
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 09:59 AM
Oct 2020

For the basics...

Garishness: check.
All the right flags: check. That Gadsden flag with a rifle is a nice touch.
Yard signs: check.

If they have the funds, they dial this up significantly. Think Christmas or Halloween.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
20. Plus imagine the amount of weapons inside . Lots of economic anxiety , they could be dangerous too
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 10:03 AM
Oct 2020

Not just crazy

ms liberty

(8,591 posts)
22. I think this is a sign of the desperation and the growing realization
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 10:05 AM
Oct 2020

That they're losing all the culture wars they've started. I'm in NC as well. Most of the houses I see in my community are not that bad, but they all do seem to think more is better. It's the yard sign version of an all caps shouting post.

PatSeg

(47,560 posts)
23. Yeah, that's pretty crazy
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 10:06 AM
Oct 2020

Just imagine the amount of time, effort, and money that went into that totally bizarre display. What is going on in the mind of someone who does that? Really terrifying.

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
24. I can only imagine how much these assholes are lowering the neighborhood's propeerty values.
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 10:06 AM
Oct 2020

I feel bad for the neighbors. That's a huge load of crazy right there.

riversedge

(70,273 posts)
30. I wonder if relatives are on Medicare, SS or disability or food stamps. This family spent a
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 10:10 AM
Oct 2020

LOT of money on flags, signs and trump paraphernalia

zeusdogmom

(995 posts)
31. Makes me rather happy I live in a HOA neighborhood with guidelines
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 10:47 AM
Oct 2020

One small sign per candidate. One flag per house on pole attached to house (no yard flag poles) Just around the corner from our subdivision is a house approaching the picture above. Not quite as much as there are "some" city restrictions to political signs - mainly the signs can't be on the strip of lawn between street and sidewalk. But close. The fun part is the guy's neighbor covers his yard with signs for those running with a D behind their name. Both of the men and their families are good, good people - yes even the guy with the Trump signs. (Don't flame me). Long time active, caring citizens in our community - one of them just hasn't seen the light yet 😃

Jirel

(2,019 posts)
33. Real as can be.
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 10:53 AM
Oct 2020

While the overall Dump support in my area is visibly down, the cult members are doing this crap. There are roadside tent “Patriotic Stores,” and the remaining culties seem to be collecting all the signs and flags that their former fellow cult members would fly, and jamming them all on their own property. Huge trucks are decorated with multiple flag poles, etc.

MontanaMama

(23,334 posts)
44. The only good thing about this
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 11:39 AM
Oct 2020

is knowing who the crazy people are in your neighborhood. They’re signaling it loud and clear.

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,335 posts)
50. Looks like my sister in law's house.
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 11:49 AM
Oct 2020

My sister in law seriously thinks they are turning Illinois red.

She posts non stop “walk away” memes on Facebook.

I refuse to visit at this point. And it may be permanent.

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,335 posts)
71. Democrats, especially African Americans, from the look of it who "saw the light" and walked away
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 01:09 PM
Oct 2020


You know, Candice Owens and the like.

That’s alright, I “walked away“ from remodeling her bathroom and installing her air conditioning for free. She already got one bathroom out of us. That was in 2008 when I realized what a loon she was - I happened to turn on the tv and it was on CSPAN showing President Obama’s first Correspondents Dinner. She freaked out and ran out of the house saying something about having to see that in her own house then peeled out of her driveway. I was like “is she serious?” My partner said she thinks Obama is the anti christ.

She “loves” her brother and me. She just doesn’t think we should have the same rights as everyone else.

I can’t even anymore. The whole family walks on eggshells around her. I’m sick of it.

stopdiggin

(11,337 posts)
53. There's a house like this in every town
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 12:07 PM
Oct 2020

in this country. (there might be more now w/ the cult, I haven't done the figures)
And, yes, the neighbors pretty much walk on the other side of the street. And the cops are well aware of who these fruitcakes are.

bullwinkle428

(20,629 posts)
54. They obviously purchased everything in their local "Trump Shop". I posted
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 12:08 PM
Oct 2020

something a week or two ago about one of these in my own city. This guy even bought the flag with Chump as Rambo, with the huge muscles and machine gun, covering his 1st-floor window.

Ford_Prefect

(7,917 posts)
57. 83rd district of the NC legislature. A VERY Red part of the state. Pittman is a RW wet dream.
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 12:10 PM
Oct 2020

They think Trump is the Sign of the 2nd Coming or the Rapture and his un-election would be The Apocalypse. They talk that way down there too.

From WIki page on Pittman:

Controversial statements
On March 22, 2017, Pittman posted a newsletter on his Facebook page, giving his constituents an update on his activities. Numerous constituents posted comments, and Pittman responded with controversial statements.

On June 15, 2020, the NC lawmaker posted on his Facebook page calling Seattle BLM protesters 'thugs' and 'vermin' and suggested police 'shoot' those resisting arrest.[13]

U.S. Supreme Court "opinion"
In response to a commenter's criticism of HB 780, Pittman posted a comment on April 11, 2017, stating that North Carolina should uphold traditional marriage "in spite of the opinion of a federal court that had no business interfering."[14][15]

Lincoln-Hitler comparison
Pittman's post in reference to the U.S. Supreme Court led to several comments on states' rights and a post telling Pittman that the Civil War was over, the Union had won, and to "get over it". Pittman responded in a post on April 12, 2017, saying: "And if Hitler had won, should the world just get over it? Lincoln was the same sort if [sic] tyrant, and personally responsible for the deaths of over 800,000 Americans in a war that was unnecessary and unconstitutional."[13][14][16] He later deleted the post.[15]

Climate change statement
In July 2012, Pittman issued a controversial statement regarding climate change: "Our climate runs on a cycle. It goes up and it goes down and the Lord designed it that way. And the main thing that causes global warming is the Earth's relationship to a big ball of gas that's burning out there that we call the Sun. And it is the height of hubris for human beings to think that we can have any effect on that."[17]

Summary Execution for Protestors
In a June 2020 Facebook post in response to the national protests sparked by the death of George Floyd, Pittman called protesters "vermin" and "thugs" and opined that if they "resist and attack" police should shoot them. [18]


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Pittman

paleotn

(17,938 posts)
59. Like something out of 1930's Germany.
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 12:12 PM
Oct 2020

Hoi polloi nazis swallowed the propaganda hook just like this nutter. They also reveled in being uber vulgar and trashy. I suppose people never change.

PatrickforO

(14,586 posts)
64. LOL, sorry can't resist another comment.
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 12:44 PM
Oct 2020

This guy's neighbors must just be dancing with joy because of this nut job's display. I'm wondering how his HOA is planning to handle it.

Traildogbob

(8,790 posts)
67. It's a polling site in the south
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 12:48 PM
Oct 2020

Saw a huge billboard today, in NC that said “Trump for America’s People”.
Who might they be referring to as America’s people?
On bright note, my NC residential community has very many extremely Rich summer homes higher up the mountain side, mostly Florida, with Trump signs and flags. Down at the middle slope and base of this community I see a large cluster of Biden/Harris’s signs. The richest and poorest are Trump cultist. The middle working class people economically, are all Biden/Harris. So obvious where the Trump signs are. So you are a no tax rich asshole or a racist white power asshole with Trump yard shit.

 

Tiger8

(432 posts)
70. What will this Trump Cultist do on 11/4?
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 12:54 PM
Oct 2020

Calmly taking down these hundred or signs after a Democratic rout ain't going to happen.

Imagine standing outside this house, at the exact moment Fox News declares Biden the winner? You may hear screams like The Godfather Horse's Head scene....or maybe you just hear gunshots and they randomly shoot up their own house in a fit of self inflicted rage. Not going to go well...

bucolic_frolic

(43,249 posts)
72. I'd bet people like that were very susceptible to the Beanie Baby and Cabbage Patch Doll crazes
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 01:20 PM
Oct 2020

Maybe they think memorabilia is a good investment?

ProfessorGAC

(65,134 posts)
76. One Near My House, Too
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 02:25 PM
Oct 2020

Right on our busiest street.
Even had a tent sent up to sell PINO paraphernalia.
About, 3 days ago; tent gone, 8x6 banner gone, and about a third of the signs gone, and confederate flag gone.
Writing on the wall?

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