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Tarzanrock

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67. Last week I was returning from the Von's supermarket on the bus.
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 01:55 PM
Dec 2024

The bus stopped to pick up a sole woman passenger. It was this really obese elderly white woman who had one of those 4 pronged roller walking machines the expensive kind which will fold into a cushioned seat to sit upon. I'd guess that this woman weighed close to 300 lbs. She was dressed in what I would say would be a rather expensive "smock" type dress which covered her from her neck down to her ankles. The pattern on that "smock" outfit was linear, colorful, conservative and attractive -- it caught my eye and I considered it to be in quite good fashion taste. She was wearing this bizarre camoflaged colored baseball hat which had a logo on the front of its hat panels which said, of all things: "Billionaire Boys Club." I thought that to be really weird until I saw that on the cushion of her expensive walking machine upon which she had prominently displayed a "Trump/Vance" bumper sticker affixed to the seat cushion of that walking machine. I noticed it because it was the first such "Trump/Vance" bumper sticker I had seen here in California. I also noted that on the back rest of that walking machine that she had similarly affixed another "Trump/Vance" bumper sticker where it was likewise prominently displayed - both on the front of that back rest cushion and on the rear of that back rest cushion. She also had affixed to that walker several real pro-Israel stickers depicting the Star of David and pro-Netanyahu support. Outside of that nice "smock" she was wearing -- she had no jewelry which she was wearing: no necklace, no earrings, no wedding ring, no watch and no bracelets of any kind. I surmised that she was some elderly white woman who was in her 70's who was living on social security or some small pension in one of the apartment buildings in Los Angeles. I was real puzzled by her rather public display of all that rightwing shit and I wondered whether she had any understanding whatsoever that the professed goal of the Republican Party was to gut her Social Security and Medicare. My best guess was that she was likely relatively uneducated and had spent years watching that rightwing shit on Fox News and on other rightwing news and radio and on social media like Facebook. It dawned on me that there are tens of millions of dumbass, white women just like her out here in society who will never change as long as they are subjected to that military style psy ops rightwing propoganda which is promulgated on Fox News, social media like Facebook and other righwing news outlets and radio.

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Wearing Trump gear [View all] USAFRetired_Liberal Dec 2024 OP
The cult must show its loyalty. Irish_Dem Dec 2024 #1
On the other hand it's convenient when assholes self-identify. Jack-o-Lantern Dec 2024 #86
Yes it is helpful to identify people who wish you were dead. Irish_Dem Dec 2024 #90
I agree. Unless Larry David does it: mucifer Dec 2024 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Dec 2024 #45
Petsonally, I'm grateful for the warning they give me about who I'm about to deal with... Think. Again. Dec 2024 #3
Exactly! niyad Dec 2024 #31
Yes, maga wearing insignia of the fool's gold deity are not the ones READY to "move on and unite". . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2024 #42
In a way they are. But what they want soldierant Dec 2024 #83
It's become a lifestyle underpants Dec 2024 #4
I stole this from DU member Bluetires, great shirt for the Dems. Beachnutt Dec 2024 #5
I don't know who said it but I like the phrase "people have exchanged their freedom for a red hat"...nt mitch96 Dec 2024 #41
Hannity mocked Obama as "The Chosen One" Liberal In Texas Dec 2024 #6
Cults love uniforms. GoCubsGo Dec 2024 #7
Exactly. Tribal on steroids. That's cults. paleotn Dec 2024 #16
He's constantly "merching" them with new items - sneakers, guitars, trading cards... Dennis Donovan Dec 2024 #8
He sells it to them. LisaM Dec 2024 #9
I thought of a shirt that... augyboston Dec 2024 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author Beachnutt Dec 2024 #13
My landlord has had Trump crap on his lawn since 2016. bluedigger Dec 2024 #11
My T shirt says OhioBack2Blue Dec 2024 #12
We should be glad they do that eallen Dec 2024 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2024 #22
i dont understand what all that bling is about. AllaN01Bear Dec 2024 #15
It's what social media is about johnnyfins Dec 2024 #19
Tribal identity gone wild. paleotn Dec 2024 #21
Hint: Prison orange jumpsuit futures!! Grins Dec 2024 #17
They're being drained. Shelling out their last dimes for cheap garbage. paleotn Dec 2024 #18
Sheep are made to be shorn . . . hatrack Dec 2024 #91
Tens of milions of the Turd's supporters who voted for the Turd live paycheck to paycheck. Tarzanrock Dec 2024 #20
Losers are trying to prove that they're actually winners. Monsieur_Grumpe Dec 2024 #23
In our very Red town, phylny Dec 2024 #24
I like it. It shows me who to avoid. It also lets me know who are the utter dumbasses Scrivener7 Dec 2024 #25
It's like the stripe on a skunk's tail DBoon Dec 2024 #58
I don't see a problem here. ... littlemissmartypants Dec 2024 #26
I see it as an in-your-face display of dominance. A reminder they're the dominant demographic chia Dec 2024 #27
Shun them. Joinfortmill Dec 2024 #28
"It is like they do it hoping to rile people up or get into an argument." Intractable Dec 2024 #29
Just makes it easier to spot that cult of losers and know who to avoid!! InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2024 #30
Expressing MAGA until it really hurts Kid Berwyn Dec 2024 #32
I'm really groovin' on that chimney suit! CrispyQ Dec 2024 #34
Bricks for Brains to Build a Wall Kid Berwyn Dec 2024 #36
Wonder how many times they've been invited to Mar-a-Grifto. Vinca Dec 2024 #47
Further evidence of the myth of white supremacy right there... Ocelot II Dec 2024 #57
Guilty. I proudly wore this tee-shirt after Obama was elected. CrispyQ Dec 2024 #33
Luckily, I don't get out much The Madcap Dec 2024 #35
I especially hate Traildogbob Dec 2024 #37
I must be lucky, because despite living in red SW Ohio, I think I've seen one MAGA hat these past 8+ years. Xavier Breath Dec 2024 #38
I live in eastern Ohio within 15 minutes of West Virginia and 30 minutes doc03 Dec 2024 #77
We have a guy in my town Loryn Dec 2024 #39
Probably ( not probably it is the worse) one of the WORSE curses that ever overtook our countryt. BUT bluestarone Dec 2024 #40
Where I live, oversized Trump flags and signs continue to blight the landscape. The MAGA cult revels in obnoxiousness. Borogove Dec 2024 #43
They also can enjoy the safety of knowing Democrats aren't going to assault MadameButterfly Dec 2024 #55
This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Dec 2024 #44
On the plus side, it makes it easy to spot an idiot. Vinca Dec 2024 #46
Trump gear Uhggg hydrolastic Dec 2024 #53
MAGAts are a terminally unimaginative lot, stuck in some stage of their childhood. Wearing clothes that signal your Martin68 Dec 2024 #48
Unite? NOBODY believes that is possible if they are rational. NoMoreRepugs Dec 2024 #49
Reactive abuse AncientOfDays Dec 2024 #50
I Really Expected To See Some Tr**per's Wearing Red Santa Hats With..... global1 Dec 2024 #51
By wearing Trump gear they are identifying themselves as brainwashed morons Ocelot II Dec 2024 #52
There is plenty of good counter gear for Liberals out there True Dough Dec 2024 #54
I like the "mark of the beast" one..gonna look that one up Deuxcents Dec 2024 #78
Their only real ambition is triggering liberals. travelingthrulife Dec 2024 #56
Comrade Caligula inspires the rabble. usonian Dec 2024 #59
When i see that hurple Dec 2024 #60
The thing is they're happy to criticize you, but it's ok when they do likewise. ificandream Dec 2024 #61
Finally DENVERPOPS Dec 2024 #62
I particularly love when they display their total lack of any awareness of irony. bluesbassman Dec 2024 #63
There is a trump "store" near my office Danmel Dec 2024 #64
Money No Object Falcon101 Dec 2024 #82
It's another way for them to say Martin Eden Dec 2024 #65
Trump gear bernieb Dec 2024 #66
Last week I was returning from the Von's supermarket on the bus. Tarzanrock Dec 2024 #67
And they call us "the radical left" Deuxcents Dec 2024 #79
they always project paulkienitz Dec 2024 #68
I have 2 anti dumpt shirts from his first reign of terror and will only wear it in my house ! kimbutgar Dec 2024 #69
People display their Trump stuff because . . . Aussie105 Dec 2024 #70
it is cult behavior Skittles Dec 2024 #71
They are horrible people with empty lives. SunSeeker Dec 2024 #72
Couldn't agree more! and it's all so tacky!! liberalla Dec 2024 #73
'Tacky' is a feature, not a fault. Aussie105 Dec 2024 #75
They have TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME! Emile Dec 2024 #74
Modern day dunce hats. yourout Dec 2024 #76
Look at it this way, it makes it easier to see this new generation of Nazi's easier. cstanleytech Dec 2024 #80
They don't want to unite ornotna Dec 2024 #81
It's a cult. A psychosis. SpankMe Dec 2024 #84
Actually I prefer it. Marcuse Dec 2024 #85
As my mother in law used to say, JDAcme Dec 2024 #87
I've never been so whipped by a politican that I wear their mech past election season krawhitham Dec 2024 #88
They do it just to ReRe Dec 2024 #89
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