Man, I was just harassed when I was ranting about the GQP in my own home...

[BigmanPigman]

from my back door/window in the ground floor apartment which I have lived in for the past 34 years. I rant about the GQP just like any normal Dem does, especially these days living in southern Ca I have never felt that I should curtail my speech and opinions, especially when I am home and no one else is here.

At 8:30 a man of unknown identity was walking past my back door walking into the area where the dumpster is and yelled out, into my door and window, "Shut up you stupid bitch". Then he yelled it again 1 minute later.

This has really pissed me off. A month ago I asked the president of the HOA if I should be careful about my political opinions with 2 new owners since this area is Blue but the new owners' origins are from Red areas. I was told to live as I normally do and if GQP residents/owners don't like it then tough shit.

Should I keep my windows and doors closed when it is 8:30 PM and it's 83° outside so that I don't offend some GQP man now in the perimeter of an anti-GQP rant? How crazy are these cultists?

[LoisB]

1. No. They don't worry about offending us, we should stop trying to be respectful to them.

[BigmanPigman]

3. That makes me feel better...

Thank you!

[LoisB]

9. You are welcome. I am too old and ornery to take crap from them.

[dchill]

2. If you stop, they'll think they moved to the right place.

[BigmanPigman]

4. Deep breath....

that may actually help me to calm down before bed. This has me very irritated, as you could imagine.

[dchill]

5. I've had enough of those situations to know what you mean.

[Tetrachloride]

6. Go "Dark Brandon"

Buy a little American flag. A handwaver.

Every morning and evening, sing one of these whilst raising or lowering the flag from its place of honor.

1. The Star Spangled Banner
2. Here Comes Santa Claus
3. The Locomotion

[patricia92243]

7. At 8:30 pm you might want to talk a little more softly. Little kids trying to sleep etc.

[BigmanPigman]

29. No one under 25 lives here.

These are tiny, 500 Sq foot apts.

[SoCalDavidS]

8. These Assholes Are Everywhere

But be thankful that you live in a Blue State, where shitheads like him are in the minority.

[Meowmee]

10. Do you know for sure he was yelling at you?

Sorry that happened. If it were me I would report it but to who I don’t know. Stay safe. I would not be talking loudly enough for any one to hear me hopefully if there are people like that nearby.

[KS Toronado]

11. Could tell them

"You should look in a mirror when saying that"

[Raine]

12. Sounds like it wasn't political maybe he just wanted you to not be so loud

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he probably wanted some quiet time.

[2naSalit]

23. Before 10pm...

It isn't necessarily a noise issue, maybe a nosey new neighbor,

[Duppers]

13. Yikes.

I told my husband my tongue stays blue because I have to bite it so much. So, I can relate.

[2naSalit]

14. You could...

Tell him to:

Mind his own business,

Just move along,

Stop eavesdropping,

He'll get over it.

Keep being you. If it bothers them enough, they can move.

[GoCubsGo]

20. Yes. This is the correct response.

Just as it is for people who harass one for wearing a face mask.

[2naSalit]

22. Standing in one's home...

One is allegedly free to speak one's mind uninhibited. A passerby can keep on walking and shove it.

[MerryHolidays]

15. It's your home, and you can say whatever you want.

Also, get a camera back there if you can. And put a sign up that there is a camera. The fool will shut up, and, worst case, you have documented evidence if there are further episodes.

[alphafemale]

16. They will do what they want until you make them stop

You are the one that makes them stop.

[Samrob]

17. Just keep ranting facts and truth. They may learn something or they may move. nt

[betsuni]

18. Are you saying you're yelling at the TV at night?

Noise is noise.

[stopdiggin]

19. +1.

I might be misinterpreting, but yes ... If you're annoying people out in the parking lot - chances are it's the noise, not the politics.

[BigmanPigman]

33. No, not the parking lot...

It was the back alley which leads to the dumpster. He heard me through my backdoor/side window which is about 6' from the path he was taking on. Unless you are within 6' of my apt back door facing the alley you would not have been able to hear me. I don't think it was a noise issue as much as a political statement.

[samnsara]

21. just post a sign on the door.. Beware! Crazy Bitch Lives Here

[sarisataka]

24. Who were you ranting at/with

So loudly that someone can hear what you are saying outside? Or are you just yelling at the walls?

[BigmanPigman]

31. I yell at the TV all the time...like I was doing last night.

Nothing like this has ever happened before and I have been yelling at the TV the entire time I have lived here... I live alone so it doesn't offend anyone in my household....except maybe my dog.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

25. Absolutely not!!!!!

You are absolutely within your right to voice your opinion regardless of who it offends, especially on your own property.

Never bow down to these MAGAt's, keep up the good fight.

[GuppyGal]

26. The problem is you don't know who this douche is but he knows where you live

[BigmanPigman]

32. Exactly!!! And he knows which spot I park my car in.

[Sympthsical]

27. So you were screaming in your apartment

To the point it was heard by and disturbed neighbors.

I think I have a different definition of normal. I have never screamed at the walls about politics. Or about anything, really.

That's not . . . healthy, IMO.

But seriously, it's not.

[Xavier Breath]

37. What I was thinking as well. n/t

[haele]

28. Snowflakes gotta snowflake.

They can sure dish it out, but they can't handle it. Sad.

Haele

[budkin]

30. Tell them to go eff themselves

Seriously.

[DavidDvorkin]

34. Was he responding to what you were saying or the volume at which you were saying it?

How do you know which it was?

[Hortensis]

35. Well, BigmanPigman, does your noise meet the standard of being a good neighbor?

We know the answer for how HE behaved. But we can't control others, only ourselves, and this reminds me that someone once said, "When they go low, we go high." Whoever that was, wish she were still around.

We're in trouble. Be part of the solution.

[Catherine Vincent]

36. He could have asked more better than calling you a bitch

Since he called you a name, it probably was a Trumper. My reply would have been "Bite me, ahole".

[llmart]

38. I would have ignored him.

These idiots are just itching for us to engage with them and if you don't, he'll go home and seethe in his own juices of hatred and negativity. Hopefully it raises his blood pressure even more until he has an "episode".

I tell myself they aren't worthy of my attention and my mental health is more important to me than his opinions.

[BigmanPigman]

39. That's what I did

and I continued to rant for about 5 minutes after he said that, just to "show" him I won't back down. I am very stubborn, especially when I think I am within my rights.

Now I am waiting for the other shoe to drop....somewhat nervously too. What do people like this do? I don't hang out with that type.