Neighbors are repubs and had their signs stolen and I was a good neighbor.

I walked into the freaking belly of the beast (local Repub HQ) and got them another sign. I was going by there anyway.

I wanted to show that most Dems have depth of character.

But I mostly wanted to be a good neighbor.
We've had four signs stolen so I know how it sucks.

Any thoughts?
Questions?

And btw I also canvass and volunteer for Kerry/Edwards everyday for 2 hrs or more.

And I did tell the Republican people that I was a Democratic Kerry voter getting a sign for my neighbor.

I hate the antagonism * and Hate radio has brought and I want it to stop.

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I think you should not have done it; I would not have. But I do think highly of you that you did. Plus, hey, these are your neighbors - no matter who's in the White House, you have to live near each other.

Who ever said it was a bad thing? I'm proud of it!

Congratulations on being a good memember of society!

:hi:

Been lurking for months, don't know why I didn't just register and start posting long ago. Glad to finally be posting!

lurked for over 6 months before registering

:hi:

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

I bet the people at repub hq were more than a little flustered by your act of grace.

But believe me I did a gut-check the last minute before doing this.

I believe in that you reap what you sow, you sow care and it shall be shown to back to you later. They sow hate, and hate will be shown to them. I had a sign stolen last night, although I think it was a pro-kerry friend playing a joke on me, knowing I had 10 more in my trunk. I doubt any of my fundie/freeper neighbors would do what you did.

ALERT ALERT

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You are better than I would be. I might feel bad, but I am not going to that hell hole.

You showed real character in doing that. Not a lot of people would've gone that far.

I'm glad some people are keeping their sense of decency. After all, regardless of who wins the election, you will still be neighbors.

you'll be gone for a few days.

Election's over next week... but you're going to be neighbors for a while, I'd guess.

Plus, it shows that you weren't the one who trashed their sign, and that you're the bigger man.

Naw I'm just kidding. That showed a lot of integrity. I know I would not have been able to do the same.

i am with you in this. i have children that are being ostrasized for this very reason. my children insist on taking the higher road and my oldest isnt willing to pull himself out of this yet cause he feels he has something to give to these people. to not hate so much as they profess their christianity

i am proud of what you did. so how did your neighbors react to you giving them the sign. and did it make the hq people sit back a bit

In a good way.

People at Repub-HQ weren't TOO bad.

If nothing else, you've demonstrated real compassion. They will remember it...just keep reminding them 'Liberal' is not a bad and evil thing to be! :)

Every Shrub sign that goes up in our neighborhood gets stolen or defaced if left out over night. My next door neighbor's sign got defaced and then stolen. They're an older couple and have been good neigbors. I got theirs replaced but only theirs... the other folks in the area will have to fend for themselves.

It was creepy walking into shrub HQ - the woman there asked me to volunteer as soon as I asked to buy a sign. I explained the situation and she gave me a sign but she almost made the sign of the cross when I told her I was a Kerry supporter.

cuz MN is a battleground state - and it really effing galls me every time i have to remind myself of that ... this is NO LONGER the MN I know and love.

and I agree, I hate the antagonism too.

I have Repub neighbors, we mostly joke about it (my car's Kerry sticker vs. their car's W sticker) but we also both know it's deadly serious.

I promise to be nice to them even after Kerry creams * on Tuesday.

BTW, that was quite right of you to do such a thing.... No pun intended. ;-)

We need to find a way back to unity. I think Kerry will try by having a non-partisan cabinet (well, at least a token Republican or two). We need to try too.

Things should go back to relative normal back here when the election is over. But I'm not sure I will look at some people the same way again. It's going to take a while to forgive and forget. But I went to school with a couple of them, and the place we all hang out reminds me of Cheers (only Republican), so I don't want to stop going there.

Like you, I went into Bush headquarters, but I did it because I'd just had a fight with one of my Republican friends over politics. My idea of a peace offering was to give him a Bush button. Belly of the beast, indeed. While I was there, I picked up their one lame brochure and looked in vain for issue papers (there were none) and smiled at the gray-haired lady behind the counter.

I kept wondering if they could tell I was Dem. Felt like I had an "L" for Liberal on my forehead.

Man were they stocked with buttons, signs, t-shirts, golf shirts and all manner of paraphanelia. There was one of those over-compensatory "mine is bigger than yours" Bush signs out front. And the HQ was clean! Kerry HQ was a stained and understocked mess at that point, and I had to fight to get one lousy button. I marveled at their splendor.

My only other close encounter with things Republican happened when I wandered over to the Bush booth at our State Fair. I bought a flip flop button, hung it next to the Kerry/Edwards button, and waited for the inevitable.

"HEY! What's that supposed to mean?! What are you, a fence-sitter?" I just gave the guy behind the booth a Mona Lisa smile and replied, "The flip-flops I'm referring to don't belong to Kerry." I wish I would have had a few Bush flip-flops memorized at that point, but alas, I was new to the political game and woefully unarmed. Even so, I enjoyed that little excursion.

When it's all said and done, these folks are our neighbors. If we stop caring about our neighbors, friends or co-workers when we disagree with them, then we are finished.

...I would have found it hard walking into the headquaters. You showed you were above their pettiness and bigotry.

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Well done. I am so proud that you are a Democrat! When people see you, as a representative of our party, acting in accord with the Golden Rule, it can only yield good things. Thank you for your integrity and your thoughtfulness.

Way to Go!

You obviously have a lot of class. I don't know if I could stand to actually enter Republican headquarters.

I would NEVER do anything that could aid and abet the enemy, and that is EXACTLY what they are. . . Nice people? I don't give a shit. Nazi members voted for Hitler, and the end result was the same, no matter whether the voter(s) was nice or not. . .

Well done. A living example of our determination to win, and to win rightly.

People, look at this example of graciousness. Alphafemale knows we are one people, and that we have to acknowledge each other and each other's beliefs. Lets return the liberal/conservative conflict to its proper place ... let us resume rational discourse between folk of conflicting views who are nonetheless bound together by our common heritage.

After Kerry wins, he must govern ...at some point we have to quit demonizing the republicans, and they have to quit demonizing us.