# Do I have to restrain myself? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 14, 2004, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212 "2004-10-14T16:24:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sensualips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7c8e57/32.png) [@Sensualips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sensualips)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/1 "2004-10-14T16:24:44Z")
I have this incredible urge to post a sign outside my house with an arrow pointing to my neighbors across the street Underneath the arrow it will say SHEEP\>\>\>\>. The husband is an ex military whatever or reservist. I don’t know because I wisely did not welcome them to the neighborhood when they moved here. He has an american flag with markers under it. Which I thought was touching actually. But worst of all he has a sign stating vote for Bush on his front lawn. I realize he has been brainwashed to “obey his commanding officer” but I just want to humiliate him. No I won’t do it. I know he has the right to his opinion. I know he legally has the right to post his political beliefs anywhere on his property. But it just irks me that he could be so unenlightened. And BRAG about it! ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/2 "2004-10-14T16:26:25Z")
Take comfort that he prob’ly holds similar sentiments about you. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/3 "2004-10-14T16:28:59Z")
I’m appalled by Dubya’s track record and cannort wait to vote for Kerry, but really, I don’t want you on my team. That sort of “my political view makes me enlightened and anyone who disagrees with me does so out of ignorance” attitude isn’t pretty from either side of the political aisle. ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/4 "2004-10-14T16:30:11Z")
You “wisely” did not welcome him to the neighborhood and you want to humiliate him? Just because he put a political sign in his own yard that you don’t agree with? How lovely. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/5 "2004-10-14T16:30:21Z")
Is everyone with an opinion other than our own “unenlightened”? ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/6 "2004-10-14T16:33:16Z")
> [@Sensualips](#): > > I know he has the right to his opinion > > _[snip]_ > > But it just irks me that he could be so unenlightened. And BRAG about it! I know exactly how you feel. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/7 "2004-10-14T16:33:42Z")
Wait, he’s got his country’s flag on the lawn? And he’s showing his support for a Presidential candidate of a major party that’s backed by about half the population? Obviously he must be brainwashed! How else could he do such freaky, unusual stuff? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/8 "2004-10-14T16:38:13Z")
Preach it sister! My way or the highway! I’m right and you’re wrong. Don’t you wish more people could be like us? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/9 "2004-10-14T16:40:14Z")
Damn, I had to check this was still the SDMB. **Sensualips** posts an anti-Bush sheeple thread expecting the usual response, but then gets a pile-on! I am dazed and confused. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/10 "2004-10-14T16:47:47Z")
**Sensuallips** You’re an egotistical, prejudiced moron. You have assumed that just because the man is exmilitary, has a flag on the lawn, and endorses Bush that he is a brainwashed sheep and that he would change his political views if only you could show him the ‘truth’. Your view of politics sound like a Jack Chick tract. You even admit to knowing very little about your neighbor. Yet, you assume he’s a brainwashed sheep. > [@](#): > > . But it just irks me that he could be so unenlightened. And BRAG about it! Somebody is displaying their ignorance and expecting applause for it. But, it’s not your neighbor. ---
**Author:** ![ElectricZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58f4c7/32.png) [@ElectricZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElectricZ)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/11 "2004-10-14T16:56:07Z")
> [@Sensualips](#): > > I realize he has been brainwashed to “obey his commanding officer” but I just want to humiliate him. Looks like you’ve got some suds leaking from the ears yourself, Lips… Don’t forget to rinse. EZ ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/12 "2004-10-14T17:01:21Z")
I hate Bush but I hate your attitude even more. Haj ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/13 "2004-10-14T17:01:27Z")
> [@Sensualips](#): > > I have this incredible urge to post a sign outside my house with an arrow pointing to my neighbors across the street Underneath the arrow it will say SHEEP\>\>\>\>. > > The husband is an ex military whatever or reservist. I don’t know because I wisely did not welcome them to the neighborhood when they moved here. > > But it just irks me that he could be so unenlightened. And BRAG about it! Only if you put one next to it pointing to your house indicating you’re an ass. ---
**Author:** ![Sensualips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7c8e57/32.png) [@Sensualips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sensualips)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/14 "2004-10-14T17:11:16Z")
Ok OK I give. And I thought HE was stupid. “Somebody is displaying their ignorance and expecting applause for it.” I wasn’t expecting applause, just humor. My booboo. “I hate Bush but I hate your attitude even more.” Hate is the reason women should be running this country. It is usually irrational. Well that’ll teach me for expressing my views on such an openminded, tolerant, board. I thought that since I placed it in the PIT I was allowed some leniency. Guess not. “I am dazed and confused” actually I think someone already has that nickname here. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/15 "2004-10-14T17:13:51Z")
> [@Sensualips](#): > > And I thought HE was stupid. Why is he stupid? Simply because he has an American flag and a Bush sign on his property? serious question. ---
**Author:** ![Sensualips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7c8e57/32.png) [@Sensualips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sensualips)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/16 "2004-10-14T17:15:10Z")
Enough already…I guess the answer to my question is yes. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/17 "2004-10-14T17:15:16Z")
> [@Sensualips](#): > > Hate is the reason women should be running this country. It is usually irrational. > > Well that’ll teach me for expressing my views on such an openminded, tolerant, board. I thought that since I placed it in the PIT I was allowed some leniency. Guess not. > “I am dazed and confused” actually I think someone already has that nickname here. What in the wild world of sports are you talking about woman? And what are you doing out of the kitchen? ---
**Author:** ![Sensualips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7c8e57/32.png) [@Sensualips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sensualips)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/18 "2004-10-14T17:17:59Z")
what are you doing out of the kitchen? Actually I burned some boiled eggs to post this. Thanks for the reminder. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/19 "2004-10-14T17:20:19Z")
> [@Sensualips](#): > > Ok OK I give. > > And I thought HE was stupid. Without even talking to him? Oddly enough there are plenty of people who might hold different opinions and ideas then you and they’re not all stupid. > [@](#): > > I wasn’t expecting applause, just humor. My booboo. I guess we’re old fashioned when it comes to humor. We expect humor to be, you know, humorous. > [@](#): > > Hate is the reason women should be running this country. It is usually irrational. So you’re hateful feelings towards your neighbor aren’t rational? I guess that’s the first step towards recovery. > [@](#): > > Well that’ll teach me for expressing my views on such an openminded, tolerant, board. I thought that since I placed it in the PIT I was allowed some leniency. Guess not. When you express yourself as an arrogant self absorbed asshole don’t expect everyone to love you. Hell, if you had a Kerry sign out and your neighbor bitched about you we’d say the same things about him. Marc ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/20 "2004-10-14T17:23:34Z")
> [@Sensualips](#): > > Hate is the reason women should be running this country. “Today the President severed diplomatic ties with Canada. When the Canadian prime minister asked her why she had dones this, the President responded ‘If you really cared about me, you’d know.’ In other news, the bill subsidizing free chocolate for all US citizens remains tied up in commitee.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212.md?page=2)