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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis can't be fucking real, the republican party is long gone. This is some crazy cult shit.
JI7
(89,260 posts)forgotmylogin
(7,530 posts)Canoe52
(2,949 posts)Zorro
(15,748 posts)uriel1972
(4,261 posts)paleotn
(17,938 posts)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)Theres a big burger joint not far from here. Had a lot of GOP-related signs out front in 2018. Fortunately, losing candidates. But you WONT see me in there, EVER.
I WONT forget. NOT EVER!!!
I wont buy books by crooks (something learned from the Watergate era) and I wont patronize GOP businesses.
dalton99a
(81,566 posts)safeinOhio
(32,713 posts)Yea my team
Screw your team
To the point of violence
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)When did it become unacceptable again? 2020.
NoRoadUntravelled
(2,626 posts)2020 is a very different election year.
magicarpet
(14,160 posts)Celerity
(43,473 posts)Valdai residence, Novgorod Oblast
Cape Idokopas near Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Territory
wnylib
(21,558 posts)was a high ranking communist. Guess he had a change of values
Celerity
(43,473 posts)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
wnylib
(21,558 posts)magicarpet
(14,160 posts)Nice flower vaaaahzzze...
In the second photo down. That looks a bit large for our kitchen table.
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)OneGrassRoot
(22,920 posts)remember seeing it a few months ago.
dweller
(23,649 posts)✌🏻
littlemissmartypants
(22,725 posts)Thank heavens we are not all this crazy.
Hugin
(33,177 posts)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)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)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?
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)stillcool
(32,626 posts)NoRoadUntravelled
(2,626 posts)nt
central scrutinizer
(11,659 posts)Id much rather see 50 signs in one yard than one sign in 50 yards
PatSeg
(47,560 posts)And his bizarre, nutty display only helps Biden.
ColoradoBlue
(104 posts)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.
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)Eugene
(61,937 posts)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.
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)Or maybe North Korean.
Canoe52
(2,949 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)Not just crazy
Efilroft Sul
(3,581 posts)ms liberty
(8,591 posts)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)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)I feel bad for the neighbors. That's a huge load of crazy right there.
bluestarone
(17,012 posts)After RUMP loses!!! Then LOCK HIM UP!
PubliusEnigma
(1,583 posts)riversedge
(70,273 posts)LOT of money on flags, signs and trump paraphernalia
zeusdogmom
(995 posts)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 😃
sinkingfeeling
(51,469 posts)Jirel
(2,019 posts)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.
kwolf68
(7,365 posts)His truck is loaded with stickers too.
Chainfire
(17,587 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,494 posts)KY..........
roamer65
(36,747 posts)You there, Agent Mike?
cstanleytech
(26,312 posts)bsiebs
(688 posts)infullview
(981 posts)BlueJac
(7,838 posts)MontanaMama
(23,334 posts)is knowing who the crazy people are in your neighborhood. Theyre signaling it loud and clear.
world wide wally
(21,751 posts)The Russian flag tells me all I need to know.
colorado_ufo
(5,737 posts)might hesitate to be this guy's neighbor.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,335 posts)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.
maxsolomon
(33,360 posts)Dare I ask?
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,335 posts)You know, Candice Owens and the like.
Thats 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 Obamas 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 doesnt think we should have the same rights as everyone else.
I cant even anymore. The whole family walks on eggshells around her. Im sick of it.
NorthOf270
(290 posts)Scary.
Peccadillo
(25 posts)They bought out the crazy store.
stopdiggin
(11,337 posts)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)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.
getagrip_already
(14,816 posts)wish I had a gif that would post, but alas, just imagery.
Ford_Prefect
(7,917 posts)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:
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
nuxvomica
(12,437 posts)without actually saying it.
paleotn
(17,938 posts)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)Ku Klux Clark?
PatrickforO
(14,586 posts)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)Saw a huge billboard today, in NC that said Trump for Americas People.
Who might they be referring to as Americas 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/Harriss 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.
bucolic_frolic
(43,249 posts)RussBLib
(9,030 posts)that lives there
and their kids
Tiger8
(432 posts)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)Maybe they think memorabilia is a good investment?
DFW
(54,428 posts)Their party has mutated into something that is deadly and very hard to cure.
ProfessorGAC
(65,134 posts)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?
moondust
(20,002 posts)The white house he'll be moving into come January.