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Locut0s

(6,154 posts) Sat Aug 24, 2013, 04:18 AM Aug 2013

That right wing vibe...

During my camping trip there was this one family about 4 or 5 spots up from me that gave me what I'm calling the conservative willies / vibe. First thing I noticed when I walked past his site were 2 very large and prominent bumper stickers on the back of his large black Ford F350 truck. A quick look showed they were support our troops ribbon stickers. Then as I walked by and looked at their site the guy standing there gave me the most unwelcome stare. The next day as I walked by his site I noticed he'd hung up a large Canadian flag at the back of the site, and the day after that he'd moved the flag to the front of the site to make it more prominent. I also got a quick glimpse of the family sitting down to dinner. I don't know what it was but somehow the whole family had that strict hyper "groomed" look to them. Any one of these by themselves wouldn't mean much, together as a package they gave me the willies.

Ever get that kind of vibe off someone just from small clues like this?

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That right wing vibe... (Original Post) Locut0s Aug 2013 OP

Or am I being paranoid? ;) lol. nt. Locut0s Aug 2013 #1

i got those Twilight Zone Vibes a few times olddots Aug 2013 #2

bumper stickers are a pretty good sign steve2470 Aug 2013 #3

Kinda. Mostly due to a lot of little cues than a few big ones Populist_Prole Aug 2013 #4

Locut0s

(6,154 posts)

1. Or am I being paranoid? ;) lol. nt.

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Sun Aug 25, 2013, 02:31 AM

Aug 2013

olddots

(10,237 posts)

2. i got those Twilight Zone Vibes a few times

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Sun Aug 25, 2013, 03:18 AM

Aug 2013

once was at a camping site and the other time I was tending bar and someone went evangelical on me . I kind of humored my way out of the situations by acting goofy ( or goofier than normal )

steve2470

(37,457 posts)

3. bumper stickers are a pretty good sign

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Sun Aug 25, 2013, 03:26 AM

Aug 2013

Of course, someone could be driving someone else's car/van/truck. I just assume people are conservatives until I know otherwise. It saves me much grief, because I'm not into debating ignorant fools.

Populist_Prole

(5,364 posts)

4. Kinda. Mostly due to a lot of little cues than a few big ones

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Sun Aug 25, 2013, 02:29 PM

Aug 2013

"Hyper groomed look". I like that term you coined. I can think of so many I've run across who sens out that vibe: Stilted in appearrance and body language that you know they're so tight that they could crack open walnuts between their ass cheeks.

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