Bumper Stickers & Cultural Wars

[futurebeachbum]

I don't put bumper stickers on my car. They ruin the paint job. That is why my "SoWal" sticker is attached to a refrigerator magnet. Oh, and besides all that, I think they are for the unthinking, uninformed, stupid and any other derogatory phrase or word you can think of and they sometimes make my mind go where it shouldn't at that point in time.

That's one of the advantages of still having chrome bumpers..Stickers don't hurt them..

I amazed that no one mentioned "peregrinations" from the article. I've made that my word of the day.

 

[Matt J]

On a purely observational note, why would you use vocabulary way over the target audiences head to chastise them about their uneducated ways?

 

[walk the walk]

Good point. I am sure every president has experienced this....every elected person really. Takes a real strong personality to stick up for what he/she believes in the face of all "the jokers and clowns".

I've often wondered why anyone wants to run for office...any office.

Narcissism is the personality trait of egotism, vanity, conceit, or simple selfishness. Applied to a social group, it is sometimes used to denote elitism or an indifference to the plight of others.

 

[Kurt]

SoWal stickers don't hurt a thing. Most I see are on glass anyhow.


The only thing crass bumper stickers or t-shirt slogans tell me are that the person sporting them had bad parents or genetic defects.

 

[scooterbug44]

SoWal stickers don't hurt a thing. Most I see are on glass anyhow.

SWGB had the genius idea of taking the magnets from the covers of the
$%&#%*&#* phonebooks and adding Sowal stickers. Great for fridges etc. and no residue.

 

[Matt J]

SWGB had the genius idea of taking the magnets from the covers of the
$%&#%*&#* phonebooks and adding Sowal stickers. Great for fridges etc. and no residue.

No, someone else had that idea. I just told you about it.

 

[Elephant Child]

It's unfortunate when it gets personal. I'm not a fan of this either. What people are really dissatisfied with is policy. The emotional responses tend to show up when people are stressed. 9/11, the wars, and the recession all trigger this.

Obama is just a politician who promotes certain policies. He was elected by a wide majority. The democrats were given wide majorities in congress via the 2006 and 2008 elections. If people are dissatisfied with what they've done with that power, they can undo it. But there's no need to attack these people on a personal level or inject religion into the discussion.

People who are against the policies of politicians in power should take the high road rather than step down into the muck. "He did it first" isn't the adult response.

Perhaps you might share these views with our President and his Government Folks. To me to put down, insult, and blame a fellow president over and over and over isn't very classy or very presidential..so perhaps Obama's own behavior has opened up these very negative putdowns, etc.

 

[Elephant Child]

SoWal stickers don't hurt a thing. Most I see are on glass anyhow.


The only thing crass bumper stickers or t-shirt slogans tell me are that the person sporting them had bad parents or genetic defects.

Parents can't be blamed for everything...Kurt! And a genetic defect comment seems rather low...usually a bumper sticker or a Tshirt is a person expression their right to free speech...be it postive or negative...don't think his parents or his DNA makeup or lack of any genes has anything to do with it.