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niyad

(121,081 posts)
93. I wish I could tell you how I do it, but I honestly do not know. I seem to have
Sun Aug 11, 2024, 06:35 PM
Aug 2024

come out of the box this way. I challenged the teachers (including nuns) in elementary school. I challenged the teachers, the principal, and the school board when I was in high school. In college during the anti-war years, I challenged the suits. When I was nearly mugged in Detroit in 1971, I was annoyed and pissed, thinking about how damned annoying and inconvenient it was going to be, having to replace all my ID. When one of the would-be muggers touched me, I screamed so loud and high-pitched that the neighbors (the would-be mugging occurred right in front of the house where I was visiting friends) ran out, thinking two animals were fighting. The idiots ran off. I have received multiple death threats as a feminist activist. One of my favourite, more recent threats, was a guy swearing that if he ever encountered a Biden voter, he would punch him in the face. I calmly said, "Here I am, do it." He didn't.

Different friends have commented over the years, "Do you have any idea how intimidating you look when you are out in public?", and, "Do you know you have on your "Do NOT even THINK about fucking with me face?".

Can it be taught? I truly do not know. Apparently, I was born a do-not-give-a-shit BIT*H. Why, I have absolutely no idea. One of the songs from "SUFFS" seems to have been created for me, "Great American Bitch". LOVE IT!!@

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No more MAGAt intimidation for me. [View all] Funtatlaguy Aug 2024 OP
I stopped that in 2008, very red Texas. Obama signs in the yard, living on a corner lot had at both streets LizBeth Aug 2024 #1
Not understanding your post. You still do or Funtatlaguy Aug 2024 #3
2008 was first time I put signs up and did it until I moved out of god awful state. LizBeth Aug 2024 #9
Depends on where you live Tree Lady Aug 2024 #23
You stopped being afraid or you stopped putting out the signs? Eliot Rosewater Aug 2024 #4
Husband owned a business, people in town knew it was our house and 2008 LizBeth Aug 2024 #7
Thanks Eliot Rosewater Aug 2024 #15
But people are crazier now than they were then... Trueblue Texan Aug 2024 #77
I ran away in spring of 2017, and you are right on both counts. LizBeth Aug 2024 #85
YES!! And I have been reluctant to talk about it like you. Eliot Rosewater Aug 2024 #2
I use magnetic bumper stickers that don't Funtatlaguy Aug 2024 #5
Of course, why didn't I think of that. Eliot Rosewater Aug 2024 #6
Sure. If you can't find them to buy... Funtatlaguy Aug 2024 #8
I do too. Woodwizard Aug 2024 #63
How about this?... Think. Again. Aug 2024 #10
I ordered a WHITE DUDES FOR HARRIS 🧢 Funtatlaguy Aug 2024 #12
I still wear an N 95 mask indoors everywhere except private property Eliot Rosewater Aug 2024 #14
Love it! Eliot Rosewater Aug 2024 #13
I think the vulnerable seniors in the Villages are feeling the same way. They're feeling safer. nt AnotherMother4Peace Aug 2024 #11
I applaud them flamingdem Aug 2024 #95
It is beginning to dawn on me Tumbulu Aug 2024 #16
Yes, they are. OldBaldy1701E Aug 2024 #24
My concern is (thanks for creating a place for me to say it, again) that while magats and cons in red Eliot Rosewater Aug 2024 #28
I know. OldBaldy1701E Aug 2024 #34
Sent A Very Subtle Message The Other Day ProfessorGAC Aug 2024 #48
Been there. OldBaldy1701E Aug 2024 #50
Rofl Joinfortmill Aug 2024 #80
Love your response. Because I have no skills in that area, I would have niyad Aug 2024 #55
Thank you! cyclonefence Aug 2024 #17
There may be a gender piece in that decision, either way. mahina Aug 2024 #18
I had an "Impeach Bush" bumper sticker on my car skydive forever Aug 2024 #19
In Texas a friend had her bumper sticker covered over catrose Aug 2024 #53
I definitely live in Trump country -- rural county in TN 70sEraVet Aug 2024 #20
I live in deeply red lower Alabama stuckinmobile Aug 2024 #21
Weird, though... Eliot Rosewater Aug 2024 #30
Don't know why stuckinmobile Aug 2024 #47
I bet it's because all Trump's donations are going toward legal bills, not signage. summer_in_TX Aug 2024 #71
Welcome to our DU family. niyad Aug 2024 #46
Thank you Niyad stuckinmobile Aug 2024 #49
It is indeed. It has been my home for over 21 years, and I love it! niyad Aug 2024 #91
North Alabama here GigiLeigh Aug 2024 #60
I live in red city in blue state Tree Lady Aug 2024 #22
YES! In a Blue area of a Red state....... joanbarnes Aug 2024 #25
i have a car sticker but not sure yet to use it et tu Aug 2024 #26
Be safe. Sometimes the art of surprise Joinfortmill Aug 2024 #83
thank you et tu Aug 2024 #90
I'm with you in spirit ecstatic Aug 2024 #27
I will have a post it note on my steering wheel Funtatlaguy Aug 2024 #39
I live in a blue area in a blue neighborhood. Lunabell Aug 2024 #29
I am going to the MN State Fair during the run... ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2024 #31
As far as I am concerned, that is exactly what they are doing. OldBaldy1701E Aug 2024 #35
I am sooooooo going to steal those lines!!! niyad Aug 2024 #92
They are also killers. The Grand Illuminist Aug 2024 #32
true Wiscodoug Aug 2024 #33
Oh gawd, I am there now Racygrandma Aug 2024 #36
Rub poison ivy all over the signs...or something worse. Lucky Luciano Aug 2024 #37
I've put spikes on mine before. Never were stolen. Funtatlaguy Aug 2024 #40
Capsaicin might be a good choice . . . hatrack Aug 2024 #69
Maybe one of the reasons MAGA Repubs imagine it's unlikely when Dems win elections... Beartracks Aug 2024 #38
Yes, Trump says this often. Funtatlaguy Aug 2024 #41
Well, he can't use crowd size as such "evidence" anymore, that's for sure! Beartracks Aug 2024 #45
Totally agree! AmBlue Aug 2024 #54
I'm wearing my Kamala shirt as I sit in the tire shop tulipsandroses Aug 2024 #42
I ordered a sign Woodwizard Aug 2024 #43
Love it. You and I would be great friends. Funtatlaguy Aug 2024 #44
Our complex no political signs etc XanaDUer2 Aug 2024 #51
we're not a CULT Skittles Aug 2024 #52
Yes I have, and agreed - no more intimidation. Good for you. K&R. c-rational Aug 2024 #56
As some of you know from different posts of mine, I don't give a flying niyad Aug 2024 #57
Please offer training seminars!! Sparkly Aug 2024 #59
Yes, a YouTube Ted talk would be great. Funtatlaguy Aug 2024 #87
See post 93. I couldn't give a talk on it when I don't know how I came by it. niyad Aug 2024 #97
I wish I could tell you how I do it, but I honestly do not know. I seem to have niyad Aug 2024 #93
You go, girl! Joinfortmill Aug 2024 #84
Thank you! niyad Aug 2024 #96
It's crazy people in cars that scare the bejeezus out of me (road rage)... Sparkly Aug 2024 #58
I'm a small woman. I was accosted and threatened Demobrat Aug 2024 #61
a few ideas azureblue Aug 2024 #62
Not scared a bit sorrybushisfromtexas Aug 2024 #64
Get a security cam! CaptainTruth Aug 2024 #65
no Kali Aug 2024 #66
Ain't scared. Still giving guff to the Trumpbilly around the corner. czarjak Aug 2024 #67
Good on you canetoad Aug 2024 #68
i live in Durham NC barbtries Aug 2024 #70
Remember you can use magnetic bumper stickers. Funtatlaguy Aug 2024 #74
I would have to remember barbtries Aug 2024 #89
I feel pretty much the same way... slightlv Aug 2024 #72
We shouldn't have to wear political paraphernalia.... KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2024 #73
I live in one of the reddest districts in Texas Trueblue Texan Aug 2024 #75
A truly great OP malaise Aug 2024 #76
I'm not as brave as you are. We have insurance too, but we also have a deductible * Oopsie Daisy Aug 2024 #78
This old gal is close, very close Joinfortmill Aug 2024 #79
Yes! I want to put a Harris Walz flag and sign up, but... Pacifist Patriot Aug 2024 #81
We should all be like this guy here! Emile Aug 2024 #82
Living in Flori-DUH SayItLoud Aug 2024 #86
I'm in a deep red district and yes, I am afraid to display political signs QED Aug 2024 #88
Hooray! Can I get away with that flamingdem Aug 2024 #94
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