Oh my...how rude! I mean come one, how are just a few words such a threat to Republicans (or Dems in another example)? You can choose not to read them, you can choose to reubtt the point made to whomever will listen, but to go ahead and touch the property of someone else by ripping off the sticker altogether is terrible. You are right, this is a reflection on the larger inability to tolerate others and coexist with opinions, driving styles, hairdos, or philosophies different from one's own.

To hear this happening in McLean is ironic. One would think such an educated, money-drenched area would have a little more forebearance for others, would have thicker skin, would have bigger things to worry about, and would have people just a little more willing to look at the big picture.

Being the brat I am, I would plaster my car with the bumper stickers from top to bottom and drive it to McLean just out of spite. Then maybe the people intent on suppressing ideas other than their own would see the insignificance and silliness of the whole situation.

Now, how to get people on the road to chill? I truly think it begins with all people learning and respecting the laws, not just when it's convenient for them to do so. That, or a mandatory shot of prozac before turning on the ignition, ought to do it *SARCASM*

i have lived in mclean for over 20 years and in that time have had a number of left-of-center bumper stickers, none of which have ever been ripped off my car.

I would think the bigger concern here would be allowing the man with "heavily-laced alcoholic breath" to go "in order to get him back in his car and away from us." That seems to pose even more of a threat than an over-zealous, humorless crank.

please, you're asking for it with bumper stickers like that. feel free to put it on your car, just don't be surprised that it gets ripped off. you're baiting people; expect some to take the bait.

Just one more reason for me to stay in Maryland.

That wasn't baiting. But we don't live in a perfect society. Like in every population of statistically large size, there is a bell curve for any given attribute. Confronting a large population with a statement that those at the lower end of the tolerance or self control bell curve do not have the capacity to handle will inevitably result in a transgressing response from that subset of the population. It doesn't make the response right, but it does make it predictable.

I have a "Dog is My Co-pilot" bumper sticker. I had a woman start yelling at me in a park-n-ride lot that my bumper sticker was blasphemous.

This shows that people who get ticked off by bumper stickers usually are not too bright

People put bumper stickers on their car to voice their opinion to people who really don't want to hear it or read it and to get a reaction. If you're going to put some liberal hippie crap on your car, you're going to get a reaction. The reaction of the people you mentioned is ridiculous, but don't say you didn't expect some sort of confrontation over it.

I still laugh out loud every time I see the "Visualize Whirled Peas" bumper sticker. It's just too good.