Bumper stickers losing popularity as tolerance, vehicle trends evolve

Journal Gazette ^ | 4/24/05 | Cynthia Hubert

[the OlLine Rebel]

"Bumper stickers, first used in election campaigns after World War II and once a powerful form of political and cultural expression, can still be found in trinket shops and Internet stores. But fewer and fewer of them seem to be showing up on the backs of cars.

"The main reason, observers say, is the increasing political prickliness of Americans. In a divided society, commuters are wary of announcing the way they feel about the president or the war or religion or any other controversial subject."



Obviously these people haven't been in MD.

I generally don't like BS ( ;-) ) on my cars, but I do put them on. Actually, it's harder NOW cuz there are no wonderful CHROME bumpers which were impervious to real damage from taking off even a crappy cheap BS. All bumpers now are PAINTED fiberglass w/uneven surfaces. Difficult even to put ON much less get off BS these days.

[dfwgator]

I have a "Run Hillary Run" bumper sticker....on the front of my car.

[stands2reason]

I keep a lookout for that if you return the favor for me --

My neighbor had a lovely sisal doormat that said GO AWAY.

I've been looking for one ever since. :-)

[stands2reason]

I got that Tee for my brother on Christmas. :-)

[jwalsh07]

LMAO your car must be painted with them, else you wouldn't be offended.

I'm devastated. I'm on my way to get the bumper sticker removal tool right now.

[Docbarleypop]

in highschool i had on my vw westphalia a sticker with einsteins "you can either promote the use of nuclear power for peace or war" then on the other side i had a Go Nuclear/Go Navy. i had quite a few arguments that i was a hippocrit.

[Docbarleypop]

that looks like a duck duck goose game, bush bush bush DOLE, then run!!! :D

[Little Ray]

NRA and SASS on the back window.

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

I don't put bumper stickers on my car because I'm afraid the peaceful, tolerant, warm, loving, humanitarian ,fascist thugs of the "liberal" left will trash my car.

Me too. I know at least one hardcore peaceloving, tolerant liberal at work who would key my car the moment I put a Bush sticker on there.

[RepoGirl]

A VW Westphalia! Oh man, now those were some hippie mobiles if I remember! A few months ago, my hubby and I went over to St. Augustine for the day and got stuck behind some bozo in a vintage VW Bus. The stickers were hilarious--You Can't Hug a Child with Nuclear Arms, Think Globally, Act Locally, etc. Oh, and not to mention all the usual Bush Lied, People Died stickers.

My sister, who I admit is a bit 'odd' used to get into some tiffs in the college town where she lives because she drives an SUV and has her Wicca stickers mixed with her Bush/Cheney stickers. I admit, she's a bit unique-- but its always amusing.