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634-5789

(4,212 posts)
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 03:21 PM Sep 6

So, putting up my 10 x 2 Harris-Walz sign.....

...and I have a few neighbors who are MAGAts, and terribly uneducated. The one that 'may' be saved had 2 trump signs in his yard and is the same one who tried to give me a Bible with underlined passages about homosexuality a couple years ago during Pride Week, (We're straight, married forever) because I had a flag out in support for others. I know, crazy thought right?

Anyway, he comes over, tells me that he does not care for such a big flag he would have to stare at until November and I told him I would gladly remove it when he tells me why he loves the racist / homophobic / grifting / traitorous / rapist who cannot even put a sentence together much less not shit his pants and lies constantly.

He stared at me and said that Kamala wasn't a natural born citizen. I said I would take that bet for $10,000 cause I could use the money. He gave me 'the old man wave' as he turned around and went to leave. I stopped him and explained that since he weas such a GOOD Christian that he would have to answer for following an false idol. He kept walking, but by golly, the signs are BOTH GONE!

Not sure if that means anything and here in Illinois we're safe voting wise, but maybe...just maybe I cracked the shell on a dyed in the wool tRumper. Fingers crossed.

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So, putting up my 10 x 2 Harris-Walz sign..... (Original Post) 634-5789 Sep 6 OP
I'm sorry, but 10x2 piques my curiosity. yagotme Sep 6 #1
would love to see a picture of it nt barbtries Sep 6 #3
If it was 10" x 2 ft, that would make sense. yagotme Sep 6 #4
10 feet wide x 2 feet high krkaufman Sep 6 #18
Was rolling "sign" and "2x10" around in my head, and it didn't make sense. yagotme Sep 6 #23
This is it. 634-5789 Sep 6 #10
I get "sorry, we couldn't find that page" n/t ailsagirl Sep 6 #12
Do a search for it on Amazon. Susan Calvin Sep 6 #16
i looked! barbtries Sep 6 #21
I found this. ShazzieB Sep 6 #25
How to clean the advertising and behavioral trackers out of a URL LearnedHand Sep 6 #28
Thanks, this is useful info! ShazzieB Sep 6 #30
You're welcome! LearnedHand Sep 6 #31
Photo from Amazon FakeNoose Sep 6 #26
I'd BUILD THAT FENCE! usonian Sep 6 #27
I don't have a fence, either, but that would fit on the side of my mobile home. ;) mucholderthandirt Sep 7 #35
This one. 634-5789 Sep 6 #9
Didn't come up, found a banner that was roughly 2x8. yagotme Sep 6 #17
IRL barbtries Sep 6 #2
In my neighborhood Freddie Sep 6 #5
Is "Kamala is not natural born" a thing the way it was for Obama? LAS14 Sep 6 #6
Maybe she's Ceaserian. usonian Sep 6 #32
Who knows where they hear this foolishness. 634-5789 Sep 7 #34
Cults have enormous ability to hold in contradiction, since they are fed enormous amounts of lies. usonian Sep 6 #7
You nailed it malaise Sep 6 #13
It is 2024, you can support LGBTQ+ rights without having to announce you are straight. Voltaire2 Sep 6 #8
I'm fully aware. 634-5789 Sep 6 #15
A banner? Nice! CoopersDad Sep 6 #11
Yes. except mines black 634-5789 Sep 6 #14
Thank you for doing your part! Great story. Much appreciated. ancianita Sep 6 #19
We have our Harris/Walz sign up. So far we are the only ones. We live a few miles out of Portland, Oregon. mommymarine2003 Sep 6 #20
Knowing that area a bit, that was a brassy move! Kudos. erronis Sep 6 #24
I assume you mean Northern Idaho. Hayden Lake is not too far away, but I don't know how active the Aryan Nations Is/are mommymarine2003 Sep 6 #33
You're a far better person than me. paleotn Sep 6 #22
We're surrounded by idiots. Ligyron Sep 6 #29

yagotme

(3,687 posts)
4. If it was 10" x 2 ft, that would make sense.
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 03:33 PM
Sep 6

Not 10'x2'. Or 10"x2". Perhaps OP is not a wood butcher (carpenter).

krkaufman

(13,605 posts)
18. 10 feet wide x 2 feet high
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 05:08 PM
Sep 6

More a banner than a “sign.” Saw similar pro-Trump banners in my hometown last weekend, installed at ground level, including one where the homeowner had two such banners arranged as a “V” with each banner at a 45-degree angle to the street.

yagotme

(3,687 posts)
23. Was rolling "sign" and "2x10" around in my head, and it didn't make sense.
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 05:23 PM
Sep 6

Went to Amazon, looked up what he was describing, and found 18"x10ft banner. That made sense.

634-5789

(4,212 posts)
10. This is it.
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 04:49 PM
Sep 6

Amazon: Harris Walz 2024 Kamala Harris Tim Walz Waltz For President VP Banner Yard Sign Flag Yard Sign Flag Gate Decor 120" x 20"

LearnedHand

(3,826 posts)
28. How to clean the advertising and behavioral trackers out of a URL
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 06:45 PM
Sep 6

Last edited Fri Sep 6, 2024, 07:41 PM - Edit history (1)

1. Paste your URL into a text editor or something similar. You can also take this step in a DU post while composing but before you post it.
2. Locate the question mark near the start of the URL.
3. Select and delete the question mark and everything after it.
4. Copy the clean URL and paste it to DU.

Your clean URL: https://www.amazon.com/President-Outdoor-Decorations-Advertising-Hanging/dp/B0DCG6W48Y/ref=sr_1_3

ShazzieB

(17,953 posts)
30. Thanks, this is useful info!
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 07:35 PM
Sep 6

I did try to clean it up, but I didn't know where to cut it off and couldn't get it to work. Now that I know to look for the question mark, I will be able to fix things like this.

FakeNoose

(34,705 posts)
26. Photo from Amazon
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 05:59 PM
Sep 6


This is nice! I can't do something like this because I don't have a fence in the front
But I really like it.

634-5789

(4,212 posts)
9. This one.
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 04:48 PM
Sep 6

Amazon: Harris Walz 2024 Kamala Harris Tim Walz Waltz For President VP Banner Yard Sign Flag Yard Sign Flag Gate Decor 120" x 20"

barbtries

(29,406 posts)
2. IRL
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 03:30 PM
Sep 6

you had the conversation i fantasize about having with my lifelong friend, who persists in shitting on my fb posts and tells me that all the news i get is "fake." Something that came from the WP.

i just delete them and sigh. She still called me on my birthday and we had a stilted fair weather clear roads conversation while the elephant in the room farted away.

Freddie

(9,502 posts)
5. In my neighborhood
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 03:34 PM
Sep 6

3 Trump signs, one Harris sign (me). Been up 5 days, no one has tampered with it. The nice couple next door said they’re going to put up a Harris sign as soon as they get it.

LAS14

(14,256 posts)
6. Is "Kamala is not natural born" a thing the way it was for Obama?
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 03:55 PM
Sep 6

I haven't heard that particular lie until this post.

634-5789

(4,212 posts)
34. Who knows where they hear this foolishness.
Sat Sep 7, 2024, 02:49 PM
Sep 7

When she was first nominated, one of the local yokels said the same thing. Some stupidity about her being a Jamaican. Just uneducated stupidity.

usonian

(12,278 posts)
7. Cults have enormous ability to hold in contradiction, since they are fed enormous amounts of lies.
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 04:00 PM
Sep 6

But one of the ways people break loose from cults is when the contradiction just takes too much brainpower to contain.

And those aren't terribly powerful brains, given their descent into cult thinking.

What has been blindingly obvious to us is just starting to penetrate the great wall of ignorance.

Best case: we are seeing a tipping point.

Tolerance for a doddering, incoherent, constantly lying and contradictory old uncle can last only so long.

Laura figured it out long ago.

634-5789

(4,212 posts)
14. Yes. except mines black
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 04:54 PM
Sep 6

Amazon: Harris Walz 2024 Kamala Harris Tim Walz Waltz For President VP Banner Yard Sign Flag Yard Sign Flag Gate Decor 120" x 20"

ancianita

(37,657 posts)
19. Thank you for doing your part! Great story. Much appreciated.
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 05:13 PM
Sep 6

You have an amazing truth-pitch, and you've forced the guy on a bet to face the lies he believes.
Good on you!

mommymarine2003

(284 posts)
20. We have our Harris/Walz sign up. So far we are the only ones. We live a few miles out of Portland, Oregon.
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 05:13 PM
Sep 6

However, the eastern part of Multnomah County is more conservative. There are several Trump signs including one who decided to use an old Trump/Pence sign with "Pence" covered and Vance, J.D. written in. "Vance" blew off the other day, so now they have used white paint over "Pence". It looks classy. There are other Democrats in our neighborhood, but they feel uncomfortable putting up signs. We were the only ones that had a Biden/Harris sign four years ago.

I bought my husband a "Harris/Walz camo hat. He wore it to the local grocery store and happened to pass by a man wearing a Trump hat and a t-shirt with "I'm voting for the convicted felon." They both stared each other down, but no words were said. We were in Eastern Washington last week (Spokane area), and I saw my first "Republicans for Harris" sign. We also spent a day on Lake Coeur d'Alene, ID and a mini-Trump parade drove by the beach on the adjacent road. My husband was pleased to have other men, besides himself, approach the parade and tell them off in assorted ways. I want to believe that there are many Republicans who have had enough of Trump.

mommymarine2003

(284 posts)
33. I assume you mean Northern Idaho. Hayden Lake is not too far away, but I don't know how active the Aryan Nations Is/are
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 09:41 PM
Sep 6

anymore. It has been many years since I lived in Eastern Washington (Pullman/Washington State Univ.)

paleotn

(18,767 posts)
22. You're a far better person than me.
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 05:23 PM
Sep 6

That's not hard. I don't tend to be terribly nice anyway....particularly when the fate of the fucking Republic is at stake.

"You don't care for my big flag you'll have to stare at until Nov.? Go fuck yourself. Oh, and it ain't coming down in November, you ignorant fuck! "

Ligyron

(7,823 posts)
29. We're surrounded by idiots.
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 06:48 PM
Sep 6

There's a lot more of them than I ever imagined. Where were these people hiding that I didn't notice them?
I know some of them seem perfectly normal until you get into politics with them, like my step daughter. I ask myself where we went wrong raising her that she embraces such lunacy.

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