This is getting out of hand

During the campaign, I had Obama signs ripped out of my yard and even set on fire. But the crap that's been going on since Obama was elected is getting scary:

The Nashville schoolteacher was picking his daughter up from school. At a stop sign near the Belmont campus, a larger vehicle pulled up behind their car, and the driver began honking and gesturing angrily toward the right bumper and its Obama/Biden '08 sticker.

"I raised my hands palms up and shrugged. He then eased up behind my car so I could only see the grille of his SUV and blew his car horn, nonstop," Duren said.

Duren eased through the intersection and continued on his way home. The next thing he knew, the SUV was closing in rapidly in his rear-view mirror, accelerating straight toward him, the driver still flipping him rude gestures and pointing at the bumper sticker.

The other driver, identified by Metro police as 70-year-old Nashville retiree Harry K. Weisiger, accelerated and bashed into the bumper, directly over the Obama sticker. Duren tried to calm his frightened daughter as he pulled to a stop and prepared to get out of the car and deal with what he thought was a routine fender bender.

But the other driver wasn't finished. He rammed the car again and started pushing it off the road, while the little girl inside screamed in terror. After a few more pushes, the SUV accelerated away, leaving a shaken Duren to call 911 and try to reassure his daughter. --Story.

Isn't the whole idea of a Republic one where we can voice our opinions and not have to fear reprisals?

During the campaign, I had Obama signs ripped out of my yard and even set on fire. But the crap that's been going on since Obama was elected is getting scary

br0kenrabbit

Seriously?

It's really troubling when you have to fear for your safety because you support a specific politician.

WOW

wtf that is really messed up i for one would just start speeding away or just fire a random gun shot

That's democracy for you - express your freedomby setting other people's stuff on fire...

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During the campaign, I had Obama signs ripped out of my yard and even set on fire. But the crap that's been going on since Obama was elected is getting scary

Pixel-Pirate

Seriously?

It's really troubling when you have to fear for your safety because you support a specific politician.

Yes. They set my Obama sign on fire. They got to see the end of my 12-guage and the inside of a jail cell thereafter, however.

Funniest thing is they lost their job over it and now the house next to me is for sale. Not my loss.

That is what's known as an idiot.F1_2004

an idiot on stupid pills=P

That is what's known as an idiot.F1_2004

Should've used the nObama sticker

[QUOTE="F1_2004"]That is what's known as an idiot.narutoisapirate

an idiot on stupid pills=P

mmmm, delicious stupid pills... :)

Hopefully the idiot in the SUV will be given a chance to calm down in jail. Inexcusable behaviour.

It's worrying to have these cases of dogmatic hatred just because of other people's political alignment.

It is sad. Even if you don't like the current president you still have to respect them. Attacking people for being supporters is :( .

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During the campaign, I had Obama signs ripped out of my yard and even set on fire. But the crap that's been going on since Obama was elected is getting scary

br0kenrabbit

Seriously?

It's really troubling when you have to fear for your safety because you support a specific politician.

[QUOTE="Pixel-Pirate"]

[QUOTE="br0kenrabbit"]

During the campaign, I had Obama signs ripped out of my yard and even set on fire. But the crap that's been going on since Obama was elected is getting scary

br0kenrabbit

Seriously?

It's really troubling when you have to fear for your safety because you support a specific politician.

Yes. They set my Obama sign on fire. They got to see the end of my 12-guage and the inside of a jail cell thereafter, however.

Funniest thing is they lost their job over it and now the house next to me is for sale. Not my loss.

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[QUOTE="br0kenrabbit"]

During the campaign, I had Obama signs ripped out of my yard and even set on fire. But the crap that's been going on since Obama was elected is getting scary

Seriously?

It's really troubling when you have to fear for your safety because you support a specific politician.

Yes. They set my Obama sign on fire. They got to see the end of my 12-guage and the inside of a jail cell thereafter, however.

Funniest thing is they lost their job over it and now the house next to me is for sale. Not my loss.

Some people get too infatuated with their political allegiance. Heck, up here in the middle-of-nowhere in Canada there were people posting the "Why so socialist?" Obama pictures all around high school and university groundsSetsa

Any political party is going to have extremists. Always have, always will.

I would of love to see you chase them down the street with that. clyde46

I didn't chase them, I just stood in the doorway to my house pumping slugs into the ground. I saw who they were, I wasn't going to get all sweaty.

I had an Obama shirt on once and was walking through the mall, a bunch on marines stopped right infront of where i was walking and called me the F and P word like "look at that F kid with that P on his shirt, go home you F!!" It didnt really phase me too much because it takes ALLOT to get me the slightest angry, but wth man, marines? How can arrogant people like that be defending our country? If that's Americas face on the front lines no wonder everyone hates us. :?

I had an Obama shirt on once and was walking through the mall, a bunch on marines stopped right infront of where i was walking and called me the F and P word like "look at that F kid with that P on his shirt, go home you F!!" It didnt really phase me too much because it takes ALLOT to get me the slightest angry, but wth man, marines? How can arrogant people like that be defending our country? If that's Americas face on the front lines no wonder everyone hates us. :?

KittenNipples

I'm pretty sure no one standing before our troops on the front lines takes the time to find out how arrogant they are or what political party they ally with. And to be honest, if they risk their lives for our freedom, I think they deserve to be arrogant.

I had an Obama shirt on once and was walking through the mall, a bunch on marines stopped right infront of where i was walking and called me the F and P word like "look at that F kid with that P on his shirt, go home you F!!" It didnt really phase me too much because it takes ALLOT to get me the slightest angry, but wth man, marines? How can arrogant people like that be defending our country? If that's Americas face on the front lines no wonder everyone hates us. :?

KittenNipples

Isn't the whole idea of a Republic one where we can voice our opinions and not have to fear reprisals?

br0kenrabbit

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[QUOTE="Pixel-Pirate"]

Seriously?

It's really troubling when you have to fear for your safety because you support a specific politician.

McJugga

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I had an Obama shirt on once and was walking through the mall, a bunch on marines stopped right infront of where i was walking and called me the F and P word like "look at that F kid with that P on his shirt, go home you F!!" It didnt really phase me too much because it takes ALLOT to get me the slightest angry, but wth man, marines? How can arrogant people like that be defending our country? If that's Americas face on the front lines no wonder everyone hates us. :?

chesterocks7

I'm pretty sure no one standing before our troops on the front lines takes the time to find out how arrogant they are or what political party they ally with. And to be honest, if they risk their lives for our freedom, I think they deserve to be arrogant.

I think its more horrid when a Marine does such a thing than a regular civilian, to be honest. The act of them swearing and threatening another American for their political standing is one of the most dishonorable things they can do since their job is to protect such freedoms.

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[QUOTE="KittenNipples"]

I had an Obama shirt on once and was walking through the mall, a bunch on marines stopped right infront of where i was walking and called me the F and P word like "look at that F kid with that P on his shirt, go home you F!!" It didnt really phase me too much because it takes ALLOT to get me the slightest angry, but wth man, marines? How can arrogant people like that be defending our country? If that's Americas face on the front lines no wonder everyone hates us. :?

THE_DRUGGIE

I'm pretty sure no one standing before our troops on the front lines takes the time to find out how arrogant they are or what political party they ally with. And to be honest, if they risk their lives for our freedom, I think they deserve to be arrogant.

I think its more horrid when a Marine does such a thing than a regular civilian, to be honest. The act of them swearing and threatening another American for their political standing is one of the most dishonorable things they can do since their job is to protect such freedoms.

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[QUOTE="KittenNipples"]

I had an Obama shirt on once and was walking through the mall, a bunch on marines stopped right infront of where i was walking and called me the F and P word like "look at that F kid with that P on his shirt, go home you F!!" It didnt really phase me too much because it takes ALLOT to get me the slightest angry, but wth man, marines? How can arrogant people like that be defending our country? If that's Americas face on the front lines no wonder everyone hates us. :?

THE_DRUGGIE

I'm pretty sure no one standing before our troops on the front lines takes the time to find out how arrogant they are or what political party they ally with. And to be honest, if they risk their lives for our freedom, I think they deserve to be arrogant.

I think its more horrid when a Marine does such a thing than a regular civilian, to be honest. The act of them swearing and threatening another American for their political standing is one of the most dishonorable things they can do since their job is to protect such freedoms.

Attacking people because of a certain political support on their vehicle is extremely stupid.rockguy92

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I had an Obama shirt on once and was walking through the mall, a bunch on marines stopped right infront of where i was walking and called me the F and P word like "look at that F kid with that P on his shirt, go home you F!!" It didnt really phase me too much because it takes ALLOT to get me the slightest angry, but wth man, marines? How can arrogant people like that be defending our country? If that's Americas face on the front lines no wonder everyone hates us. :?

chesterocks7

I'm pretty sure no one standing before our troops on the front lines takes the time to find out how arrogant they are or what political party they ally with. And to be honest, if they risk their lives for our freedom, I think they deserve to be arrogant.

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[QUOTE="KittenNipples"]

I had an Obama shirt on once and was walking through the mall, a bunch on marines stopped right infront of where i was walking and called me the F and P word like "look at that F kid with that P on his shirt, go home you F!!" It didnt really phase me too much because it takes ALLOT to get me the slightest angry, but wth man, marines? How can arrogant people like that be defending our country? If that's Americas face on the front lines no wonder everyone hates us. :?

0Tyler0

I'm pretty sure no one standing before our troops on the front lines takes the time to find out how arrogant they are or what political party they ally with. And to be honest, if they risk their lives for our freedom, I think they deserve to be arrogant.

I'm not saying they were justified in doing that. But if they were marines who saw combat they could also have been mentally shaken up. There are so many possible reasons they acted that way that simply calling them arrogant probably isn't very accurate. No one is more directly influenced by a president's foreign policy than our armed forces.

I'm not saying they were justified in doing that. But if they were marines who saw combat they could also have been mentally shaken up. There are so many possible reasons they acted that way that simply calling them arrogant probably isn't very accurate. No one is more directly influenced by a president's foreign policy than our armed forces.chesterocks7

Yes. They set my Obama sign on fire.br0kenrabbit

[QUOTE="chesterocks7"]I'm not saying they were justified in doing that. But if they were marines who saw combat they could also have been mentally shaken up. There are so many possible reasons they acted that way that simply calling them arrogant probably isn't very accurate. No one is more directly influenced by a president's foreign policy than our armed forces.Sajo7

I don't know how his decisions in office have affected our troops aside from two of my uncles and one cousin being sent into Afghanistan. All I'm saying is that there are a lot of different factors that could have played into the way those marines acted. While their actions were not appropriate, judging them without knowing the reasons behind it is very immature.

I am noticing a lot of people acting crazy because Obama is president. I dont remember people in such a large number acting like drunken teenagers when Bush was pres. Yes, people disagreed with him, but i dont remember a large number of democrats reaching a level a lot of republicans are at now. And then you have jokes like Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck feeding the "hungry" with their "nonsense." As for Palin, why cant she just stay out of the spot light?Fuhgeddabouditt

Do you live in the US cause you just blew my mind with that statement. I almost laughed when I read that. There were so many riots going on under bush and so much damage being caused do to said riots. Do you even remember The guy who went around slashing republicans tires at an event?

Ment to say elections day.... in 2004

[QUOTE="Fuhgeddabouditt"]I am noticing a lot of people acting crazy because Obama is president. I dont remember people in such a large number acting like drunken teenagers when Bush was pres. Yes, people disagreed with him, but i dont remember a large number of democrats reaching a level a lot of republicans are at now. And then you have jokes like Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck feeding the "hungry" with their "nonsense." As for Palin, why cant she just stay out of the spot light?hkmp5a2

Do you live in the US cause you just blew my mind with that statement. I almost laughed when I read that. There were so many riots going on under bush and so much damage being caused do to said riots. Do you even remember The guy who went around slashing republicans tires at an event?

It's common for liberals to ignore what their party has done in the past when the Republicans are on the news today.

[QUOTE="Fuhgeddabouditt"]I am noticing a lot of people acting crazy because Obama is president. I dont remember people in such a large number acting like drunken teenagers when Bush was pres. Yes, people disagreed with him, but i dont remember a large number of democrats reaching a level a lot of republicans are at now. And then you have jokes like Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck feeding the "hungry" with their "nonsense." As for Palin, why cant she just stay out of the spot light?hkmp5a2

Do you live in the US cause you just blew my mind with that statement. I almost laughed when I read that. There were so many riots going on under bush and so much damage being caused do to said riots. Do you even remember The guy who went around slashing republicans tires at an event?

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[QUOTE="Fuhgeddabouditt"]I am noticing a lot of people acting crazy because Obama is president. I dont remember people in such a large number acting like drunken teenagers when Bush was pres. Yes, people disagreed with him, but i dont remember a large number of democrats reaching a level a lot of republicans are at now. And then you have jokes like Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck feeding the "hungry" with their "nonsense." As for Palin, why cant she just stay out of the spot light?Fuhgeddabouditt

Do you live in the US cause you just blew my mind with that statement. I almost laughed when I read that. There were so many riots going on under bush and so much damage being caused do to said riots. Do you even remember The guy who went around slashing republicans tires at an event?

I have to disagree with that as well. The rioting was so ovderdone and used by hardcore democrats it praticly became the new trendy thing to do. I can't believe your going to say that republicans are acting worse campared to years of what has been done to the cities and the people caused by rioting or just morons in general.

Damn.

People got to grow up man. >_>

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[QUOTE="Fuhgeddabouditt"]I am noticing a lot of people acting crazy because Obama is president. I dont remember people in such a large number acting like drunken teenagers when Bush was pres. Yes, people disagreed with him, but i dont remember a large number of democrats reaching a level a lot of republicans are at now. And then you have jokes like Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck feeding the "hungry" with their "nonsense." As for Palin, why cant she just stay out of the spot light?Fuhgeddabouditt

Do you live in the US cause you just blew my mind with that statement. I almost laughed when I read that. There were so many riots going on under bush and so much damage being caused do to said riots. Do you even remember The guy who went around slashing republicans tires at an event?

Acting like idiots is worse than vandilism? Theres def. no bias in that statement.