Posted on 09/29/2020 6:05:13 AM PDT by 11th_VA
Dear Dave,
My neighbor across the street just put a giant Trump/Pence flag in their front yard. A week later―the day after the Breonna Taylor grand jury came back—he added a Blue Lives Matter flag to the pole. These people are very kind, perhaps the kindest and most generous people on our suburban block. And yet ... they're Trump supporters? They reject the idea of Black Lives Matter?
I don't know what to do about it. It's like a big middle finger, whether they know it or not. I'd like to put up a Biden sign, or a "Hate Has No Home Here" sign, to at least show the other neighbors, the people who drive by, and the delivery people that we don't share our neighbor's politics. But is that just an escalation? A middle finger to his middle finger? By putting up my own sign, and then seeking affirmation for that sign from strangers on social media, am I adding to the division in this country because it might fray my relationship with my neighbor? Should I instead knock on their door and begin a dialogue?
Am I coward? Am I overthinking this? Please, help!
xoxo Liberal Neighbor
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The guy’s a snowflake.
What a fag.
This person votes........................probably more than once.................
Sounds completely consistent to me. .
A target too big
You'd be an infantile nitwit.
Correct response to neighbors' political messaging:
1. Shrug
2. Move along.
This guy should look in the mirror. But is probably afraid to.
“Am I coward?”
At a minimum. You are also too weird to believe.
Live your life and don’t remain an asshole.
Am I coward? Am I overthinking this? Please, help!
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Yes. Yes.
End your life now. Someone as triggered as you should pull one.
Should I instead knock on their door and begin a dialogue?
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This person likely has Stage 4 TDS.
Why does the author live among normals? The leftists are p!ssed because while many of us can’t protect our properties 24/7 (we have to work & sleep) so we can’t put up the signs/flags, obviously tens of millions of us voted for Trump.
this is gotta be fabricated propaganda
what kind of sissy has to write to esquire magazine for advice on how to live?
we are a society of candy-a**es
The answer is vomit inducing.
Yes.
I think you’re right, check out the reply he receives.
End the terminal anxiety NOW
OFF yourselves
It’s the only solution to revolution
Yes, knock on your neighbor’s door, bring along a plate of cookies or if you know them well enough a bottle of wine or a six pack of beer, and ask to have a dialog about their yard sign.
Sit down with an open mind, without all of the preconceived notions about Trump that you have, and honestly ask them why they support Trump, and what they think of needless police violence and BLM.
You may be very surprised at their answers, and come away if not a Trump supporter, at least a bit better informed as to what you were led to believe about Trump, and what the actual facts are.
And remember, we are all Americans, and we are allowed to hold different political views, which should not interfere with our ability to remain neighbors and friends.
“”The guy’s a snowflake.””
I was going to say the guy is a putz, but your snowflake comment wins!!!
I have a neighbor who has both a Biden sign and a BLM sign in her front yard.
I do nothing about it. I respect her private property and her First Amendment rights.
I suspect that was not Dave’s advice though.
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