# What is the point of political yard signs?

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**Created:** [September 17, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-point-of-political-yard-signs/1007392 "2024-09-17T17:05:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/We_re_wolves_not_werewolves)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-point-of-political-yard-signs/1007392/85 "2024-09-19T20:32:07Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot will be relieved to hear that they didn’t massacre anybody while in power.
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> Sure large numbers of people died. And they made the decisions that caused those deaths. But they didn’t personally go out and kill a million people.

On the one hand, we have trying to make sense of incomplete science and often contradictory medical advice in the face of a pandemic unprecedented in modern history while weighing competing economic and societal interests. And on the other hand, we have straight up ordering the cold-blooded murder of millions. Yes, yes, exactly the same thing…I’m done arguing with you. See above for my point on the hysteria and flat out bad faith arguments regarding Trump. Despite his many many flaws, Trump did not massacre people during his presidency. You need to understand this, seriously. It’s tough to have a good faith discussion with you otherwise.

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