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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOMFG. JESUS H KERIST. SISSY DOODY CRAP.
So I happen to live in Ventnor, New Jersey which is the conjoining town to Atlantic City. Our boardwalk and beaches are contiguous. It was a gorgeous afternoon, and so we decided to take a walk at the shoreline as the tide comes in and out of the beautiful ocean and sky and the warm sun baked us gently and the delicious seabreeze was a boon to my nostrils. It is the kind of afternoon down here for which many of us moved: just simply gorgeous, temperate, calm, and the air filled with life and joy.
And then I saw it: an encampment on the beach in the crowded Area behind one of the lifeguards with a gigantic 8 x 10 foot... not inch... FOOT sign: TRUMP 2020. I will have you know that it ruined my whole fucking afternoon. Despite my better efforts to overcome it, the thought that somebody would have the temerity to bring something like that down to an idyllic beach is so painful and so intrusive that I was tempted, but of course I didnt, to go over and give them as we used to say, a piece of my mind. It was utterly revolting and I hope and pray that the family that brought it gets sick as dogs with COVID-19. I know thats not nice to say, but they sure made me sick. And one good turn deserves another, right? Fuckin-A Right. Aggressive sons of bitches....never mind, I have to make myself a stiff drink and go sulk.
LakeArenal
(28,889 posts)And we will snap our fingers in their face.
Ilsa
(61,720 posts)Paint over it, burn it down, sandblast, etc.
Captain Zero
(6,868 posts)nt
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Nausea rolls over me when I have to drive past the Chump 2020 store about a mile from my home. It's on a main street, and there's no way around it. The huge signs are annoying, but they've just added a life-sized Chump blow-up, complete with blue suit and red tie, to wave at passing cars. Oh, for the want of a BB gun...
There is good news, however. The reason the signs and other junk are so visible is due to the lack of cars in the parking spots. Hopefully, that continues.
kimbutgar
(21,285 posts)It would be vandalized every night.
gristy
(10,667 posts)Hang in there. We must. 4+2 more months.
onetexan
(13,081 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)It really is. What concerns me is, what are these people going to do when he is gone? What are they going to channel all that energy, rage and hatred into?
I felt really angry after reading your story, and I am pretty sure I know how you feel. Why do they need to drag politics in general, and Trump in particular into every facet of our lives. You would think the beach would be one place where you could go to get away from it all and just enjoy a pleasant, relaxing day.
But no, there they fucking are, all up in your face with their insane, cultlike adoration of a man who isn't fit to live free in normal society. It's just so INTRUSIVE, and it seems to be everywhere all the time, just like the man himself.
Anyway, enjoy your cocktail and try to focus on something more pleasant. Funny/Silly movies always work for me.
Kid Berwyn
(15,073 posts)Spoiled fiancé, who mistakenly believes Jim McCay, her fiancé is a coward:
Dont you care what people will think?
Jim McCay, sea captain and heir to shipping line, who unbeknownst to fiancée, has just purchased a major estate for her wedding present:
I cant control what people think. I can only control what I am.
The sign? An enormous notice to the world that the fascist run nears its desperate end. The whole world sees them for what they are.
And you? The world knows that, too. You are the sea captain, Doctor.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)and you know they did it just to piss people off. They're like dogs having to mark their territory. An old guy who lives on the main drag around here has a big Trump sign leaning against his barn door. It's been there since before the election. It just lights me up whenever I see it, and I want to drive the car right through his house. My imagination goes places, you wouldn't believe.
renate
(13,776 posts)For whatever reason, they seem to get off on being disliked instead of liked. Its weird. Maybe it makes them feel powerful or something, but being a thorn in other peoples sides really just deprives them of a lot of potentially enjoyable interactions and ensures that few people will miss them when theyre gone. Sad, really.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,501 posts)Let them wallow in their desperation........
Perhaps you can have a bonfire on the beach in November........
shenmue
(38,506 posts)lambchopp59
(2,809 posts)I believe many Trumpers know their clock is ticking ominously, the jig is up, the plans failed spectacularly and all the MAGA delusions and white supremacist shit are becoming wildly apparent.
But Fox Noise keeps them reinforced, is inciting their louder and louder acts of defiance daily.
I have lived on the shores of a beautiful California lake. One of the few that is safe for swimming precisely because motorboats and other polluting devices are not allowed.
Yet, over the memorial day weekend was a YACHT, motoring along defiant of the environmental reg's, with the biggest "Trump 2020" flag waving in the breeze.
I was sickened, trying to avoid gazing at the blight in our clean, natural lake.
The other observance was a huge, "redneck" pickem'up truck, driving around wildly, throwing out beer cans and trash, bed full of boisterously loud, sexist and obviously drunken dipshits. It also had the same "Trump 2020" flag.
Time and time again I'm observing the worst, most reprehensible acts of stupidity from these freaks. The idiot couple who attempted to paint over the BLM mural in Martinez, Ca just south of us here, have been busted and may serve some jail time.
Just give them enough rope, PC. They'll hang themselves.
PatSeg
(47,770 posts)Someone went to an awful lot of trouble to bring that sign to the beach. What kind of lives do these people live?
DeeDeeNY
(3,357 posts)A sign I saw near me Trump 2020 AND BEYOND !!
will he even live that long, he's in competition with Putin.
Baitball Blogger
(46,780 posts)Someone took a picture of a similar banner on New Smyrna.
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)We need direct action.
Ligyron
(7,645 posts)Don't let them!
The ones that are rational know he'll probably loose but meanwhile they think they're "owning the Libs". It's their last hoorah.
Think how silly those things are going to look Nov 5th, ok maybe the 6th ... well, surely by the end of the month anyway.
Meanwhile, hopefully some enterprising Antifa warrior will deface it or someone from the gungeon will pump it full of bullet holes maybe. Something like that anyway.
HEY! Did you see how they painted that huge Black Lives Matter in yellow letters facing Trump Tower on 5th Ave? See how upset Trump got?
bdamomma
(63,974 posts)to tear down his fucking Taj Mahal yet, everything he touches literally dies.
Mr. Ected
(9,675 posts)For them, it's mission accomplished. The terrorists won.
Luckily, we have them way outnumbered.
Conversely, they have no soul, therefore nothing, nothing is sancrosact. Including the Constitution, referring back to the subject line.
trof
(54,256 posts)Intracoastal waterway, Orange Beach, AL.
Of course we didn't go, but it made local TV news.
yuck
Tommymac
(7,263 posts)Putin Jr. needs to be able to point the MSM to these public displays in case he needs 'to prove' he won even if the vote count tells a different tale.
Gotta build the back story to support the lie that the majority of the public is behind him to supplement any attempt at a coup this fall.
not_the_one
(2,227 posts)Na Na Na Na
Na Na Na Na
Hey Hey
Goodbye
If you are like me, it seems I can think up a lot of witty and insightful comments and/or retorts AFTER the moment is over and I am miles away...
Probably a good thing, since I would more than likely get may ass kicked.
So sad that your moment was ruined by these segments of human excrement. I hear that we have rescheduled our spring cleaning (due to the coronavirus) to the first week of November. We will all be wearing colorful, fun masks, delightful form fitting handgloves, and absolutely REEKING of sanitizer. (Also known as the ballot box boutique chic.)
I typed that sarcastically, but can you imagine how outraged they would be if WE MADE A PARTY OF IT???
madaboutharry
(40,247 posts)that in 2016 put up a big ass (also about 8 feet by 10 feet) Trump sign on his redwood fence. I live in what is called a leafy green neighborhood and every election cycle the guy who lives in that house stinks up the whole place.
QED
(2,754 posts)right below another flag reading
Trump 2020
Stop the Bullshit
I'm not kidding.
The guy's a vet.
CaptainTruth
(6,619 posts)To me it's like seeing a Nazi flag.
Trump is a damn traitor & so is everyone who supports him.
mdbl
(4,976 posts)Disgusting person whoever he is.
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)don't go to Wildwood or Cape May especially the boat docks where are so many flags it would make you sick.