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C Moon

(12,188 posts)
Thu May 21, 2020, 03:45 PM May 2020

It's easy to piss off my ultra right wing neighbor.

I wear a mask and gloves to take the trash out.
I drive up to my garage with a mask on.
I walk my pup with a mask on.
Each time, he turns his head and mumbles something to himself.

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It's easy to piss off my ultra right wing neighbor. (Original Post) C Moon May 2020 OP
Good for you! Keep up the good work🙂 MLAA May 2020 #1
They're a brittle bunch, aren't they? gratuitous May 2020 #2
They don't have all they want unless they perceive that the right people are hurting. Solomon May 2020 #19
Yeah. The sad truth. calimary May 2020 #39
They still want gays and blacks deported RhodeIslandOne May 2020 #51
It always is danny1955 May 2020 #64
brittle little snowflakes lagomorph777 May 2020 #72
That's a terrific post. PCIntern May 2020 #73
The "real" snowflakes like to project nt Shermann May 2020 #81
He's secretly mumbling, "Thank you for protecting me from myself." dawg day May 2020 #3
I saw a black woman without a mask this AM but she didn't appear angry.Maybe virgogal May 2020 #6
More often than not it's a case of Idon'tFeelLikeIt-itis. Maru Kitteh May 2020 #55
As a verb "trump" means "to get the better of" does it now mean StClone May 2020 #85
:D C Moon May 2020 #7
And you can mutter, "F*ck off, idjit!" under your breath, and they can't see it! lastlib May 2020 #12
Other than that is he a decent neighbor? I had some pretty virgogal May 2020 #4
Your post made me think of a cousin who argues with me on FB mokawanis May 2020 #5
Exactly! C Moon May 2020 #8
Yeah, they don't want the liability he brings to them w/o a mask. roamer65 May 2020 #11
Yep. That type person is the same that wouldn't care about spreading the flu to them as well. TheBlackAdder May 2020 #15
Ask him if he refuses to shop safeinOhio May 2020 #18
Early on when we were just getting into quarantine or the possiblity of it TlalocW May 2020 #48
I laugh when I see safeinOhio May 2020 #92
I can remember when many of those RW idiots claimed no smoking establishments Bengus81 May 2020 #91
Unfortunately, you can't pick, or unpick, your cousins! RVN VET71 May 2020 #29
You can pick your friends... BunnyMcGee May 2020 #34
"You can pick your nose but you can't pick your family" struggle4progress May 2020 #38
I heard it as: panader0 May 2020 #41
That's the one... SergeStorms May 2020 #46
Unless you're attending an intimate party at the White House RVN VET71 May 2020 #83
But... TlalocW May 2020 #47
You can correct some mistakes. Harker May 2020 #53
I live in a True Blue neighborhood RainCaster May 2020 #9
Get a pair of rubber gloves and wear them. roamer65 May 2020 #10
Go on Amazon safeinOhio May 2020 #20
THIS. roamer65 May 2020 #22
Lol. I have four of those. Maru Kitteh May 2020 #56
Hey, how you doing anyways? All well/better? Maru Kitteh May 2020 #57
Home and feel 90% better. safeinOhio May 2020 #66
Walk outside without it, when they're around make it a point to put in on in front of them. TheBlackAdder May 2020 #13
That's funny backtoblue May 2020 #84
They're such whiners. These memes come to mind: catbyte May 2020 #14
When did ignoring vital public health practices become just one more badge of political identity? sop May 2020 #74
Can you train your dog to wear one too? CaptYossarian May 2020 #16
Brilliant! C Moon May 2020 #21
He's probably saying F-U but in reality... tecelote May 2020 #17
ditto, even in AZ, the majority wear masks saidsimplesimon May 2020 #23
keep it up! that protects you and your family RT Atlanta May 2020 #24
Ordinarily I wouldn't wear a mask to do any of those things. BluesRunTheGame May 2020 #25
Good point. It's a townhouse trash bin, so I don't know who I'll run into while out there. C Moon May 2020 #26
Yeah, you could get cornered by a talkative neighbor. BluesRunTheGame May 2020 #27
I live in a large apartment building. wnylib May 2020 #52
One of mine pulled down my Obama signs twice. gordianot May 2020 #28
That's awesome! Spray glue! Ha! C Moon May 2020 #37
I'd like think that.... Zambero May 2020 #77
It might have been possible if I caught them with my baseball bat. gordianot May 2020 #80
Tell him you find the mask much more comfortable SCantiGOP May 2020 #30
Ooooo!! C Moon May 2020 #36
Love it....it is indeed easy to push the buttons of the trumpians. nt iluvtennis May 2020 #31
this stuff aint over yet , its just begin ing. make your rw neighbor go grrr.:) AllaN01Bear May 2020 #32
If that's so threatening to him PlanetBev May 2020 #33
TRUCK FUMP should be emblazoned on your mask Martin Eden May 2020 #35
Put a giant mask on your house lame54 May 2020 #40
I got a John McCain Navy ship hat to............... MRDAWG May 2020 #42
Yeah well I've got Mitt Romey Signature Magic Underwear! Shermann May 2020 #79
I'm glad you're enjoying the mask! luvallpeeps May 2020 #43
"WHY AIN'T YOU LETTIN' IT JUS' WASH OVER YOU???" Grokenstein May 2020 #44
Every time he sees you in your garb, his johnson gets a teeeennny bit smaller Cousin Dupree May 2020 #45
It's never too early to put up a Happy Holidays yard sign. Hotler May 2020 #49
I see a big Joe 2020 sign in your future :) Squidly May 2020 #50
There you go! C Moon May 2020 #89
I'd wear two. marble falls May 2020 #54
:D C Moon May 2020 #63
Sad masks is even political issue. kevink077 May 2020 #58
I don't walk my dogs with a mask on. cwydro May 2020 #59
Depends on where you live, and how close you are to your neighbors. C Moon May 2020 #61
Pulling it down to your chin allows for contamination. cwydro May 2020 #70
Lol. Sharp depiction of his life: assaults on his beliefs Hortensis May 2020 #60
I think that's the explanation. Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #65
Bingo: Anything that contradicts their mythology is a threat. Hortensis May 2020 #67
I saw that movie on TV in the 70's when I was a kid. Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #69
Trump worshipers and teabaggers are so EASY to trigger. MarianJack May 2020 #62
In my neighborhood, we're all social distancing FakeNoose May 2020 #68
THAT is mind control! bucolic_frolic May 2020 #71
Might be a good idea. I don't wear a mask when checking ecstatic May 2020 #75
I once had a reich wing neighbor... paleotn May 2020 #76
Maybe you can get curtains which look like N95 masks nt Shermann May 2020 #78
Ha ha!!! C Moon May 2020 #82
lol. slowly squirt sanitizer on your hands Demovictory9 May 2020 #86
:D C Moon May 2020 #88
lol TeamPooka May 2020 #90
You would bdamomma May 2020 #87

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
2. They're a brittle bunch, aren't they?
Thu May 21, 2020, 03:48 PM
May 2020

You'd think they'd be absolutely serene. Everything is going their way, they have all they want and more, and according to their hero it's a never-ending upward trajectory to greatness.

And yet . . .

Solomon

(12,305 posts)
19. They don't have all they want unless they perceive that the right people are hurting.
Thu May 21, 2020, 04:42 PM
May 2020

All this bail out the people stuff is killing them!

calimary

(80,700 posts)
39. Yeah. The sad truth.
Thu May 21, 2020, 06:33 PM
May 2020

So then what does that say about THEM? (...besides nothing good, that is...)

danny1955

(13 posts)
64. It always is
Fri May 22, 2020, 05:36 AM
May 2020

I've always said these fools will vote against their own interests as long as guns and god is the GOP stance.
They hate gays and minorities more than they love their families. Pathetic!!

PCIntern

(25,347 posts)
73. That's a terrific post.
Fri May 22, 2020, 09:23 AM
May 2020

Fairly brilliant in its phraseology. Going to borrow it with attribution of course.

You should send that to Time Mag or NYT.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
3. He's secretly mumbling, "Thank you for protecting me from myself."
Thu May 21, 2020, 03:51 PM
May 2020

I live in a town with a lot of cases. Went to the big grocery store today. Most everyone was wearing masks, including the young people. The only people I saw without a mask were angry-faced middle-aged white people.
A couple actually glared at me like I was doing something that insulted them. Fortunately for them, my mask covered my expression.

 

virgogal

(10,178 posts)
6. I saw a black woman without a mask this AM but she didn't appear angry.Maybe
Thu May 21, 2020, 04:03 PM
May 2020

some type of ailment prevents use of masks for some people.

StClone

(11,679 posts)
85. As a verb "trump" means "to get the better of" does it now mean
Sat May 23, 2020, 06:10 PM
May 2020

"spitefulness borne out of fear and ignorance?"

lastlib

(22,981 posts)
12. And you can mutter, "F*ck off, idjit!" under your breath, and they can't see it!
Thu May 21, 2020, 04:23 PM
May 2020

Masks are good for stuff!

mokawanis

(4,434 posts)
5. Your post made me think of a cousin who argues with me on FB
Thu May 21, 2020, 04:00 PM
May 2020

Last week I posted a meme about wearing masks that said anyone who refuses to wear one is stupid. My cousin responded with this idiotic statement "anyone who tells me I have to wear a mask loses me as a customer or a friend, and I won't be back". I told him the meme was directed at people like him and added that any responsible business would be happy to lose him a customer.

roamer65

(36,739 posts)
11. Yeah, they don't want the liability he brings to them w/o a mask.
Thu May 21, 2020, 04:19 PM
May 2020

I can see most businesses requiring them due to liability issues.

safeinOhio

(32,531 posts)
18. Ask him if he refuses to shop
Thu May 21, 2020, 04:41 PM
May 2020

anywhere that has one of those “No shirt no shoes no service” signs? Got ta protect those free dumbs too ya know.

TlalocW

(15,359 posts)
48. Early on when we were just getting into quarantine or the possiblity of it
Thu May 21, 2020, 08:29 PM
May 2020

And they interviewed a woman who was leaving in her car from one of the churches that was, by gum, gonna have services no matter what, she was talking about how she was protected by the blood of Jesus.

She was wearing her seat belt though.

TlalocW

Bengus81

(6,907 posts)
91. I can remember when many of those RW idiots claimed no smoking establishments
Tue May 26, 2020, 07:58 AM
May 2020

would no longer get THEIR business. Yup...big guberment intrusion into their life.

How'd that work out for them??

RVN VET71

(2,686 posts)
29. Unfortunately, you can't pick, or unpick, your cousins!
Thu May 21, 2020, 05:16 PM
May 2020

Spinning off the old truism: "You can pick your friends but you can't pick your family."

panader0

(25,816 posts)
41. I heard it as:
Thu May 21, 2020, 06:37 PM
May 2020

You can pick your friends
and you can pick your nose
But you can't pick your friend's nose.

RVN VET71

(2,686 posts)
83. Unless you're attending an intimate party at the White House
Sat May 23, 2020, 08:31 AM
May 2020

Now live with that image for the rest of the weekend!

RainCaster

(10,691 posts)
9. I live in a True Blue neighborhood
Thu May 21, 2020, 04:18 PM
May 2020

We all wear masks, stay home as much as possible and support each other in any way we can.

Tomorrow (Friday night) we will have our first get together of the summer. All will be wearing masks, bringing our own drinks and we will sit in lawn chairs in family groups at the dead end of our road. There are a few bonehead GOP folks at the other end of the road, but they are 1/2 mile away, and we ignore their stupidity as much as we can.

Maru Kitteh

(28,303 posts)
56. Lol. I have four of those.
Thu May 21, 2020, 11:30 PM
May 2020


What a great idea. I should wear one to Walmart with my goggles, face shield, shin-high boot covers, nitrile gloves and N95.


Pick up some bird seed and leave.





safeinOhio

(32,531 posts)
66. Home and feel 90% better.
Fri May 22, 2020, 07:14 AM
May 2020

No CV-19 according to 3 test.

I love your idea of shopping for bird seed. I was thinking about wearing that gear and going to one of those anti-That Woman covidit rallies in Michigan and passing out free water with labels that say Rick Snyder Fling Water on them.

sop

(9,946 posts)
74. When did ignoring vital public health practices become just one more badge of political identity?
Fri May 22, 2020, 09:46 AM
May 2020

And why are the morons who dress up in military-style costumes and walk around brandishing heavy weaponry suddenly taking offense when others simply choose to wear protective face masks? Are they finally trying to impose their rightwing views on others at the point of a gun?

RT Atlanta

(2,517 posts)
24. keep it up! that protects you and your family
Thu May 21, 2020, 04:51 PM
May 2020

dont know why, but the first thing I thought of from reading your post was this scene from Cheech and Chong's Next Movie....

BluesRunTheGame

(1,586 posts)
25. Ordinarily I wouldn't wear a mask to do any of those things.
Thu May 21, 2020, 04:58 PM
May 2020

But if I could piss off a wing-nut I’d probably have to. Good job!

C Moon

(12,188 posts)
26. Good point. It's a townhouse trash bin, so I don't know who I'll run into while out there.
Thu May 21, 2020, 04:59 PM
May 2020

And honestly, I think I wear just to piss off him and others like him, too.

wnylib

(21,146 posts)
52. I live in a large apartment building.
Thu May 21, 2020, 10:18 PM
May 2020

Most of us are seniors, but I have seen only a couple people beside myself wearing a mask. I wear one every time I need to go out of my apt in case I run into anyone. The halls are not wide enough for any kind of distancing.

There is a laundry room on each floor. I wipe down the machines before using them. Same with the elevator buttons and the doors I need to touch going outdoors and back inside again.

When I have to go to the pharmacy or grocery store, I wear gloves as well as a mask. My skin is dry, made worse by frequent hand washing, so it cracks and splits easily. I still wash them after taking off the gloves, but they are protected while I'm out.

gordianot

(15,226 posts)
28. One of mine pulled down my Obama signs twice.
Thu May 21, 2020, 05:11 PM
May 2020

I got them on the third attempt with a good coating of spray on glue. I heard them cussing by the time I got outside with my baseball bat they were gone. Never had an attempt again on my sticky sign.

Zambero

(8,954 posts)
77. I'd like think that....
Fri May 22, 2020, 11:42 AM
May 2020

the perpetrator showed up in ER with an Obama sign affixed to the grubby paw that made off with it!

gordianot

(15,226 posts)
80. It might have been possible if I caught them with my baseball bat.
Fri May 22, 2020, 12:10 PM
May 2020

Another neighbor who was a local policeman suggested I go out with a gun. Being an avid shooter I will not point a gun at another human being outside my house.

AllaN01Bear

(17,383 posts)
32. this stuff aint over yet , its just begin ing. make your rw neighbor go grrr.:)
Thu May 21, 2020, 05:54 PM
May 2020
i cant stand fear for fears sake , and i cant stand stupidity for stupidities sake . klatoo day the earth stood still legacy. not the horrid 2009 remake

Shermann

(7,358 posts)
79. Yeah well I've got Mitt Romey Signature Magic Underwear!
Fri May 22, 2020, 12:10 PM
May 2020

Nobody knows I'm wearing it though.

I can't really pull off the sagging pants look.

luvallpeeps

(934 posts)
43. I'm glad you're enjoying the mask!
Thu May 21, 2020, 06:58 PM
May 2020

As stifling as they are, you seem to have found the silver lining. That's hilarious.

Squidly

(783 posts)
50. I see a big Joe 2020 sign in your future :)
Thu May 21, 2020, 08:56 PM
May 2020

Might as well go for the full raising of his blood pressure!!🤣🤣

kevink077

(365 posts)
58. Sad masks is even political issue.
Thu May 21, 2020, 11:40 PM
May 2020

I just cannot believe republicans have turned this into...”if you wear a mask you are a commie”. But they did.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
59. I don't walk my dogs with a mask on.
Thu May 21, 2020, 11:51 PM
May 2020

I come nowhere near anyone else.

I don’t wear one alone in my car either. Nor do I wear one to wheel the garbage and recycle out.

That seems like a lot of effort just to annoy a neighbor?

C Moon

(12,188 posts)
61. Depends on where you live, and how close you are to your neighbors.
Fri May 22, 2020, 12:04 AM
May 2020

Our neighbors love our dog, I wear a mask to keep them away.
Plus in Los Angeles, we are told to wear a mask when we are outside.
The car bit: I have it on when I come back from the store (usually pulled down on my chin).

Any other questions?

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
70. Pulling it down to your chin allows for contamination.
Fri May 22, 2020, 08:00 AM
May 2020

Dr. Gupta on CNN has shown how to properly remove a mask.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
60. Lol. Sharp depiction of his life: assaults on his beliefs
Thu May 21, 2020, 11:57 PM
May 2020

everywhere he turns in spite of everything he can do to make his tiny bubble real.

If you were a channel, of course you'd be long blocked, with dozens of others, from the handful he allows. If you were a magazine or newspaper, he would have long ago cut all acquaintances who took you and changed to a medical group that didn't offend by having anything but worthless pap in their waiting room.

We'e also constant living offenses.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,847 posts)
65. I think that's the explanation.
Fri May 22, 2020, 05:49 AM
May 2020

Anything that might contradict their mythology is viewed as a threat to them.

Like when I had giant pick-up trucks tailgating me, at high speed, back when I drove a Prius. (No more Prius, no more of those bizarre incidents.)

The Prius was likely viewed as my acceptance of global warming, which their leaders tell them is a hoax. So I was a threat for "perpetuating" it.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
67. Bingo: Anything that contradicts their mythology is a threat.
Fri May 22, 2020, 07:19 AM
May 2020

And distressing.

Wow about your Prius period.

Reminds me, remember Dennis Weaver in Duel? I didn't know Steven Spielberg's name from Cheerios back in the '70s when I on turned this "whatever-rerun-was-playing" for background noise while I cleaned house. A no-budget movie with an intolerably stupid premise, but instead of flipping to another of my 3 channels, in short order I was glued to the TV yelling at Weaver to just get out of the stupid car. A few times as I recall. Spielberg.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,847 posts)
69. I saw that movie on TV in the 70's when I was a kid.
Fri May 22, 2020, 07:31 AM
May 2020

I was glued to the screen too!

Very simple story, but it was riveting somehow.

It was many years later, long after his fame, that I learned Spielberg directed it. Then I probably had a little confirmation bias while thinking, "I knew that was a good movie!" Lol. It really did keep me engrossed, though.

The Prius incidents didn't happen constantly, but probably about twice a year. It never happened again after I started driving a different Toyota model, though. (It gets decent mileage too, but it's not as strongly associated with being green.)

MarianJack

(10,237 posts)
62. Trump worshipers and teabaggers are so EASY to trigger.
Fri May 22, 2020, 12:08 AM
May 2020

They're stupid and pathetic.

#notmypresident

RESIST

FakeNoose

(32,356 posts)
68. In my neighborhood, we're all social distancing
Fri May 22, 2020, 07:28 AM
May 2020

... but I don't see anyone wearing a mask while walking their dog. Everyone wears one in the grocery store or other kind of store, because those are enclosed places. But walking outside, riding a bike, doing yardwork - these are things people do on their own. Why is a mask needed? It's not any kind of political motivation either, we're all/mostly Democrats in Pittsburgh.

bucolic_frolic

(42,676 posts)
71. THAT is mind control!
Fri May 22, 2020, 09:20 AM
May 2020

Rub it in. You are creating doubt in his rigid mind. Such bludgeonings can pay off.

Keep up the good work!

ecstatic

(32,567 posts)
75. Might be a good idea. I don't wear a mask when checking
Fri May 22, 2020, 09:46 AM
May 2020

the mail or taking out the trash. I tend to let my guard down when I'm in or right outside my home, but 2 weeks ago I had a surprise face to face encounter with a neighbor who came by as I was pulling out my garage. And of course, we were both maskless. Smh. Then he ambushed me again a few days later.

Anyway, you never know when someone is going to pop up unexpectedly so it's a good idea to be prepared. Especially, it seems, when right outside your home.

paleotn

(17,781 posts)
76. I once had a reich wing neighbor...
Fri May 22, 2020, 10:09 AM
May 2020

I usually greeted him with the one finger salute and he would respond in kind. Needless to say, we didn't speak much. Didn't bother me in the least. Life is too short for ignorant fucks.

bdamomma

(63,658 posts)
87. You would
Sat May 23, 2020, 10:02 PM
May 2020

think he would say thank you for you protecting him and yourself, but NO they are too busy infecting others without taking the right precautions.

They are too busy yelling it is their right to not wear them, ask them if they would give up a stretcher in a hospital and save a life.

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