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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 07:36 PM Jun 2018

Wore my "IMPEACH TRUMP" tee shirt shopping today, as I usually do.

I was minding my own business when a couple about my age approached and he pointed at my shirt and said "Impeach Trump? What an idiot!"

ME: He sure is! Just one of the reasons he should be impeached.

HIM: No---YOU'RE an idiot!

ME: ( as I stepped closer) But Trump is a lying asshole. Why are you changing the subject?

He fled the scene as his wife scurried to catch up.

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Wore my "IMPEACH TRUMP" tee shirt shopping today, as I usually do. (Original Post) Atticus Jun 2018 OP
All they now do is run away. Cowards Wwcd Jun 2018 #1
Where do I get a shirt? notdarkyet Jun 2018 #2
Several available online. I think mine came from either CafePress or Zazzle. nt Atticus Jun 2018 #5
To get anti dump shirts Peace06 Jun 2018 #39
I wish they would all go hide somewhere again lunatica Jun 2018 #3
that's fabulous. barbtries Jun 2018 #4
When you closed on him he might have had the idea you were oasis Jun 2018 #6
I wasn't threatening. Just letting him see that I was not intimidated by Atticus Jun 2018 #9
Sounds like a typical MAGAt. roamer65 Jun 2018 #7
What part of the country? oberliner Jun 2018 #8
Southern Illinois in a county that voted over 75% Trump. nt Atticus Jun 2018 #10
I bet your shirt gets commented on a lot then! oberliner Jun 2018 #12
There have been some very vile comments, but the most common hostile response Atticus Jun 2018 #14
Ooh, "dealt with?" Tipperary Jun 2018 #41
Of course not. nt Atticus Jun 2018 #44
I live in So. IL AwakeAtLast Jun 2018 #40
Appreciate your intent but don't want to ID myself any more than I have due Atticus Jun 2018 #45
Send me a PM if you want AwakeAtLast Jun 2018 #48
Good on you! TomSlick Jun 2018 #11
I have a tee-shirt that just says 25-4-45. Laffy Kat Jun 2018 #13
Sorry to be stupid dhol82 Jun 2018 #15
Trump should get 25 years in jail ;) mr_lebowski Jun 2018 #17
Ah, light bulb goes off in head. dhol82 Jun 2018 #19
25th Amendment Lars39 Jun 2018 #21
Even better explanation! dhol82 Jun 2018 #22
Link below. Laffy Kat Jun 2018 #24
Have gotten wonderful responses from all dhol82 Jun 2018 #30
Coincidentally, that was the day we and the Soviets encircled Berlin sandensea Jun 2018 #26
That's interesting. dhol82 Jun 2018 #31
Sure thing - and thank you for sharing that. sandensea Jun 2018 #35
I wear my "Canada" tee shirt a lot these days. world wide wally Jun 2018 #16
I'm seriously considering buying a Canadian flag. nt Laffy Kat Jun 2018 #25
Why ask for trouble? You have to be smarter than these people. YOHABLO Jun 2018 #18
"Why ask for trouble?" Sam McGee Jun 2018 #29
Trouble for what? RhodeIslandOne Jun 2018 #33
Asking for trouble? By wearing a t-shirt? n/t pnwmom Jun 2018 #34
Omg, I have seen countless ops and posts here about how even displaying a bumper sticker Tipperary Jun 2018 #43
Lemme see if I have this right---the man I encountered felt compelled to approach and insult me; he Atticus Jun 2018 #46
We ARE smarter. it doesn;t work. pangaia Jun 2018 #36
...... A HERETIC I AM Jun 2018 #20
Almost all TRUMP fans are candy-ass cowards. Still In Wisconsin Jun 2018 #23
Long story Sam McGee Jun 2018 #27
I wear my Women's march t-shirt. IrishEyes Jun 2018 #28
Well, fuck her! dhol82 Jun 2018 #32
I laughed at this woman which annoyed her further. IrishEyes Jun 2018 #38
You inspired me, Atticus...I just ordered one. Lars39 Jun 2018 #37
With you all the way, A. rec, nt. Mc Mike Jun 2018 #42
I'm waiting for this one: CrispyQ Jun 2018 #47
I like that one with the statue...cafe press? Lars39 Jun 2018 #49
Here: CrispyQ Jun 2018 #50
Thanks! Lars39 Jun 2018 #51
 

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)
1. All they now do is run away. Cowards
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 07:43 PM
Jun 2018

Hope this sends them back to their hidey holes in the underbelly of society.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
3. I wish they would all go hide somewhere again
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 07:52 PM
Jun 2018

They used to when it wasn’t popular to be racist assholes.

barbtries

(28,824 posts)
4. that's fabulous.
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 07:53 PM
Jun 2018

i wear political shirts a lot and so far, nothing but good feedback. though in Phoenix last week wearing my circa 2008 Obama shirt, I felt as if people were snickering. the waitress who told me she loved my shirt said let them laugh.

i just know i wouldn't be that on-the-spot the way you were. kudos

Atticus

(15,124 posts)
9. I wasn't threatening. Just letting him see that I was not intimidated by
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 07:59 PM
Jun 2018

his nasty ignorance. That's all it usually takes.

Atticus

(15,124 posts)
14. There have been some very vile comments, but the most common hostile response
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 08:35 PM
Jun 2018

is simply an obviously hateful glare---clearly intended to intimidate. I usually just stop, face them and stare right back with my best "What in hell is YOUR problem?" look. That's all that was necessary for 99% of the "patriots" offended by my shirts.(I have another that reads "Not My President!" )

As for the remaining 1%---they were "dealt with".

Atticus

(15,124 posts)
45. Appreciate your intent but don't want to ID myself any more than I have due
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 01:52 PM
Jun 2018

the nature of some of my neighbors.

TomSlick

(11,150 posts)
11. Good on you!
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 08:04 PM
Jun 2018

It is our civic duty to tell the MAGA folks they are idiots. That may not know and really should.

Laffy Kat

(16,396 posts)
13. I have a tee-shirt that just says 25-4-45.
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 08:32 PM
Jun 2018

Dozens of people have asked me what it means and so far only one person has been ugly about it. They usually either agree or just kind of nod their head, like "now I get it" and then move on. Several have asked me how to order one. I wear it a lot because it's pink and I like pink and, of course, the message.

sandensea

(21,725 posts)
26. Coincidentally, that was the day we and the Soviets encircled Berlin
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 10:10 PM
Jun 2018

thereby assuring Hitler's defeat.

Those little coincidences.

 

Sam McGee

(347 posts)
29. "Why ask for trouble?"
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 10:14 PM
Jun 2018

Why not?

For too goddam long we Democrats have turned the other cheek.

There comes a point when you have to shoot the goddam mad dog.

 

Tipperary

(6,930 posts)
43. Omg, I have seen countless ops and posts here about how even displaying a bumper sticker
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 11:32 AM
Jun 2018

is “asking for trouble.” Amirite?

Sadly, the op seems unaware that his t-shirt bothers them not at all; they are laughing at us when they see we are unhappy.

Atticus

(15,124 posts)
46. Lemme see if I have this right---the man I encountered felt compelled to approach and insult me; he
Tue Jun 19, 2018, 02:02 PM
Jun 2018

was immediately flustered when I responded; he visibly reddened and left in a huff when I persisted and you were not present. Yet, somehow you know he was "laughing at us". Amazing!

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
36. We ARE smarter. it doesn;t work.
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 10:39 PM
Jun 2018

They have to be beaten into the ground so they can never get up.

That is all they understand.

 

Sam McGee

(347 posts)
27. Long story
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 10:11 PM
Jun 2018

The rear end of my F250 is decorated with bumper stickers and decals: Vietnam Veteran; US Army (Retired); Ranger; Airborne; Special Forces; Proud Democrat; Elect a Clown Expect a Circus; Remington; Armed Liberal.

I live in a rural VA county that is overwhelmingly Republican. I take a lot of shit from assholes at the hardware store, grocery, dump site -- just about anywhere I go. I have been threatened with firearms, cursed at, spit at. Fuck 'em.

Just to make certain the message gets across, I added this decal to my rear window:




Of course, I've also added a .45 under the front seat . . . you know, just to be safe.

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
28. I wear my Women's march t-shirt.
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 10:13 PM
Jun 2018

My mom and I marched in different cities but she got us matching t-shirts. I had one woman disapprove of my shirt.

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
38. I laughed at this woman which annoyed her further.
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 11:40 PM
Jun 2018

My mom and I wear our shirts proudly. My mom and stepfather are proud liberals and feminists. They both marched in the women's march.

Lars39

(26,120 posts)
37. You inspired me, Atticus...I just ordered one.
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 10:41 PM
Jun 2018

I live in red state hell, so I expect some pushback, but I have had it!

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