Defaced bumper sticker

[bobquasit]

I saw a defaced bumper sticker today. It said:

DEFEND AMERICA: FIRE THE REPUBLICANS!

The "Fire the Republicans" part had been deliberately scratched or scribbled over many times, so that it was almost unreadable. Fortunately we were stuck behind that car at a long light, so I was eventually able to puzzle it out.

There was also a newer-looking bumper sticker next to it that said "MORE TREES - LESS BUSH", so I don't think the car had been bought used by a Republican from a Democrat.

This made me wonder: I've never seen or heard of a right-wing or Christian bumper sticker being defaced, but I've sure heard of lots of Democratic, liberal, and atheistic bumper stickers being destroyed! Not to mention their cars being keyed, their tires slashed, etc. etc. Am I just missing the reports of hostilities on the other side?

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[goddessgrrrrl.livejournal.com]

Let's just say... someone defaced all the Christian/Conservative bumper stickers in the neighborhood I lived in in college. Someone did.

Every time I see a "Mitt in '08" sticker on a car, I get really tempted to break their windshield. Haven't.... yet.

[klyfix.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I'm pretty sure I've seen conservative or Christian stuff defaced in my time, and somebody must have taken down those "Muslims Suck" stickers I saw at Washington Square as they're not around anymore.

Thins is, well, at the moment the conservatives are perhaps feeling threatened and are lashing out. It's only been recently that the flyers noting the number of Iraq war casualties have had "Traitor" scrawled across them.

Thing also is, well, Liberal/Progressive types perhaps are more supportive of free speech even of sorts they disapprove (except maybe for some speakers at some college campuses) while some Conservatives and Christians aren't so inclined to allow speech they see as offensive to survive. I'd never trash a conservative slogan on a bumper sticker on somebody's care, although I suppose I might remove something really offensive that happens to be in a place where there aren't supposed to be stickers and posters in the first place.