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Dennis Donovan

(27,492 posts)
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 02:28 PM Dec 20

This is me. Is this you, too?



It's spontaneous. I have no control over it. I see a flag or banner emblazoned with "TRUMP" and *whoop*! Up goes my finger.

Does this happen to you too?
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This is me. Is this you, too? (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Dec 20 OP
Also trucks and any other vehicle with that TRAITOR**'s name on it. niyad Dec 20 #1
Did it last week snowybirdie Dec 20 #2
Absolutely! dweller Dec 20 #3
Maybe.... Bettie Dec 20 #4
Those awful trump stores get that from me. SammyWinstonJack Dec 20 #5
Yes. Me too. yorkster Dec 20 #6
The older I get, the more my middle finger twitches and flies. haele Dec 20 #7
I have the same issue. PittBlue Dec 20 #8
Yep, and I've now added it to Teslas. sinkingfeeling Dec 20 #9
There is one of those disgusting cyberjunks in my neighborhood. I salute niyad Dec 20 #48
Can one flip somenone off with fervor? Prairie_Seagull Dec 20 #10
I do it so often the repetitive action is causing badhair77 Dec 20 #11
There are gloves that help with that. soldierant Dec 20 #30
Same here,... but I'm at the stage of fed up,... magicarpet Dec 20 #12
All day Timewas Dec 20 #13
yep. barbtries Dec 20 #14
Yup MacKasey Dec 20 #15
Whenever I go out. Norbert Dec 20 #16
8 Years now ! Nigrum Cattus Dec 20 #17
My middle finger is shorthand for being too pressed for time to tell them what I really think. Efilroft Sul Dec 20 #18
Yes.... Hope22 Dec 20 #19
I used to then I realized... S/V Loner Dec 20 #20
Pinky finger they don't deserve the very best. Blue Full Moon Dec 20 #21
It does indeed. dchill Dec 20 #22
Same here! Evolve Dammit Saturday #73
Every time! alison_in_nc Dec 20 #23
Same. SunSeeker Dec 20 #24
Neighbor on the corner MissouriDem47 Dec 20 #25
I can't help it. bluescribbler Dec 20 #26
Most definitely. dreamland Dec 20 #27
i just say nothing and just smile and say in my head , you voted for him, tough luck. AllaN01Bear Dec 20 #28
Yes, it is automatic for me. La Coliniere Dec 20 #29
Every time nt MsLeopard Dec 20 #31
Oh,yes. ShazzieB Dec 20 #32
How did you know? rurallib Dec 20 #33
Every damn time Ferrets are Cool Dec 20 #34
Of course...... a kennedy Dec 20 #35
Not just that hurple Dec 20 #36
No but if he could see it I might. MuseRider Dec 20 #37
My husband does every time. I don't swear, etc., but I silently think it in my head. mommymarine2003 Dec 20 #38
It's an involuntary reflex WestMichRad Dec 20 #39
Yep. ....nt Figarosmom Dec 20 #40
Yesterday... spanone Dec 20 #41
I haven't Rebl2 Dec 20 #42
To this very day, a middle finger salute goes to the house w/*rump signs. nt 2 Meow Momma Dec 20 #43
I guess that should now be called... Trueblue Texan Dec 20 #62
I'd like to see the word tRump substituted for dump, crap, shit etc more often. FoxNewsSucks Saturday #83
Also shake my head KitFox Dec 20 #44
MAGAts are nothing more than petty bullies FoxNewsSucks Saturday #81
It's reflexive... 2naSalit Dec 20 #45
Not Exactly DET Dec 20 #46
Absolutely!!! Wiz Imp Dec 20 #47
It has happened MIButterfly Dec 20 #49
I'm in the SF Bay Area... ailsagirl Dec 20 #50
Yep Picaro Dec 20 #51
Co-signed Blue_Tires Dec 20 #52
Yep. Sometimes they get a loud raspberry, too. Diamond_Dog Dec 20 #53
Yep. Also true of the "Blue Lives Matter" flag... regnaD kciN Dec 20 #54
Guilty as charged your honor. Devilsun Dec 20 #55
Just did it today. ChazInAz Dec 20 #56
Every day. Susan Calvin Dec 20 #57
I love LA! BidenRocks Dec 20 #58
LOL!!!! I thought I was the only one! Trueblue Texan Dec 20 #59
Ha hahaha thats me! Emile Dec 20 #60
All.the.time. DiverDave Dec 20 #61
If I see anyone outside cannabis_flower Dec 20 #63
Every time nt drmeow Dec 20 #64
Yep Katcat Dec 20 #65
😳 OMG! I thought I was the only one! maspaha Dec 20 #66
Yes, everytime and trump garb stands. Bluethroughu Dec 20 #67
Yes! rainy Dec 20 #68
Done it a thousand times JMCKUSICK Dec 20 #69
I've done it. I do it. GoodRaisin Saturday #70
I generally do that in my head COL Mustard Saturday #71
As there remains some adolescent in me, I've been doing that for years. NNadir Saturday #72
I walk 2-3 miles in the mornings tavernier Saturday #74
I've had to splint my enigmania Saturday #75
Every rambler_american Saturday #76
DUALS!!......... Goonch Saturday #77
Visceral response UpInArms Saturday #78
Yes, but now because the election is over. JohnnyRingo Saturday #79
That's me. Martin68 Saturday #80
Always. FoxNewsSucks Saturday #82
Oh hell yes. MontanaMama Saturday #84
ME TOO Ladythatvotesblue Saturday #85
I usually just say out loud "Fuck You Trump" OverBurn Saturday #86
Good on you, Dennis.. It's my Son.. he told me so Before the "election". Cha Saturday #87
Oh, hell yes! Been doing that since before the election. mucholderthandirt Saturday #88
It is my wife, and yes, it did surprise me. republianmushroom Saturday #89
I am impressed.. stillcool Tuesday #90

dweller

(25,254 posts)
3. Absolutely!
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 02:33 PM
Dec 20

There’s 2 on the roadside on the way to my daughter’s house , both homemade 4x8 but with a professional looking printed sign on it .
Get the 🖕🏻 both ways 🖕🏻there and back


✌🏻

haele

(13,648 posts)
7. The older I get, the more my middle finger twitches and flies.
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 02:47 PM
Dec 20

Can't help it. Must be the arthritis.

PittBlue

(4,388 posts)
8. I have the same issue.
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 02:52 PM
Dec 20

I keep telling myself that I will stop but it's now an involuntary reaction.

niyad

(120,693 posts)
48. There is one of those disgusting cyberjunks in my neighborhood. I salute
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 05:56 PM
Dec 20

it every tirme I see it.

Prairie_Seagull

(3,817 posts)
10. Can one flip somenone off with fervor?
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 02:54 PM
Dec 20

I scrunch up my face and try to drill, with said finger/s, a hole in my window glass.

Fuck you, you fuckers!

magicarpet

(16,992 posts)
12. Same here,... but I'm at the stage of fed up,...
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 03:01 PM
Dec 20

.... I generally issue a double bird flash - while mumbling obscenities.

barbtries

(29,955 posts)
14. yep.
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 03:15 PM
Dec 20

i may not flip it off. usually i yell fuck you at it. but i do. there is definitely a visceral reaction.

i hate republicans for that, too.

Hope22

(3,112 posts)
19. Yes....
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 03:22 PM
Dec 20

And my state legislator lives a mile down the road and every time we go past it the birds go up! It’s sad but reality!

S/V Loner

(9,138 posts)
20. I used to then I realized...
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 03:24 PM
Dec 20

That an asshole lives there and nothing gives them greater pleasure than getting that kind of reaction. Now I just contemplate putting signs in their yard stating Here Lives a Nazi.

MissouriDem47

(53 posts)
25. Neighbor on the corner
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 03:37 PM
Dec 20

still has her Trump sign out. Every time we go past it she gets the one finger salute and a comment which includes a 4 letter word that starts with a C and end with a T which my wife hates.

La Coliniere

(1,072 posts)
29. Yes, it is automatic for me.
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 04:01 PM
Dec 20

It’s often accompanied with a “fuck you, rot in hell”, depending on who is riding with me.

ShazzieB

(18,927 posts)
32. Oh,yes.
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 04:16 PM
Dec 20

To be honest, it's been a long time since I saw a Trump flag. But I definitely flipped off a few Trump/Vance signs last fall.

hurple

(1,329 posts)
36. Not just that
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 04:39 PM
Dec 20

But if I see someone out in the yard I roll down my window and yell either, "traitor!" Or "nazi!" Depending on my mood.

MuseRider

(34,409 posts)
37. No but if he could see it I might.
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 04:50 PM
Dec 20

I live in the country in a very small community. Sadly my road is filling up but still people with farms. The last house to go up was across the road from us with longhorn cattle. I have still not even met them but......the last remaining thing he put up with all the little thingies that are in the yard was an Amercan flag and a Trump flag. I almost cried on the way up to my house. When I got to my place where I am now I looked out and lo and behold there is a big cedar that covers the entire Trump flag even in a hard wind. Now I am just waiting to see what he ends up doing with it. I doubt he will be able to keep it up under President Musk.

mommymarine2003

(298 posts)
38. My husband does every time. I don't swear, etc., but I silently think it in my head.
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 04:53 PM
Dec 20

When we were headed for Thanksgiving Day dinner at our older son's house last month, we saw a man waving a giant American flag next to the highway. I told my husband to calm down because what nitwit would spend his Thanksgiving all alone on the highway waving a flag. Sure enough, it was a Magat. Our younger son was in his car driving behind us. We had all been in good moods, and then this horrible man almost ruined our day.

Rebl2

(14,960 posts)
42. I haven't
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 05:10 PM
Dec 20

seen dump’s flags around here, but if I did, I likely would do the same. I saw next to no political signs during the election season for that matter.

FoxNewsSucks

(10,841 posts)
83. I'd like to see the word tRump substituted for dump, crap, shit etc more often.
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 11:55 AM
Saturday

Example:
My dog took a giant trump right in the middle of the parking lot this morning. That piece of trump almost didn't fit in the doodie bag!

KitFox

(79 posts)
44. Also shake my head
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 05:12 PM
Dec 20

at the cultish mindset. I live in a blue state but my home is in a rural red county. Any direction I drive I pass huge outlays of Trump crap. One place has 12 huge Trump flags stretched out on the fences. Several other places have made these enormous wooden American flags but bastardized it with Trump and Take our country back on the stripes. One place made a giant wooden “ Trump Won “sign and erected it right at a busy crossroads intersection. All of the other state and local political signs I typically see were removed shortly after election but these Trumpers leave everything up year round. It’s pretty pathetic.

FoxNewsSucks

(10,841 posts)
81. MAGAts are nothing more than petty bullies
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 11:50 AM
Saturday

That's why they do it. Useless pieces of shit.

DET

(1,733 posts)
46. Not Exactly
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 05:18 PM
Dec 20

Fortunately, we don’t generally have Trump flags or other offensive displays of Trump crap around here. So the finger stays put when I’m driving. The only exception was on election day when a pickup truck sporting four huge Trump flags in the bed and multiple Trump stickers drove into the shopping center that I was in. My jaw dropped.

Having said that, the middle finger gets quite a workout at home on the rare occasions when I still watch the news. It’s reflexive at this point.

Wiz Imp

(2,471 posts)
47. Absolutely!!!
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 05:30 PM
Dec 20

Not just Trump flags - anything Trump. Finger is triggered immediately every single time!!!

MIButterfly

(10 posts)
49. It has happened
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 06:36 PM
Dec 20

I thought I was the only one who did that! I don't do it so much anymore; I kind of feel like what's the point? I just shake my head now. I do wish they'd take them down already so I don't have to be reminded of him every time I go anywhere.

ChazInAz

(2,806 posts)
56. Just did it today.
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 07:51 PM
Dec 20

Repeatedly, driving to and from St. Joseph MO. On the way back, I popped into a place just south of St. Joe called The Flea Market. Along with the usual discarded crap and detritus one expects in such a place, a whole corner is dedicated to Trump Trash: garish flags, in-your-face hostile bumper stickers, signs, etc. I noted all the security cameras and refrained from doing what I wanted to do. Flipped the Double Bird and left, mentioning to the owner that I would never buy anything from a place that carried that stuff.

Susan Calvin

(2,153 posts)
57. Every day.
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 08:09 PM
Dec 20

To my unfortunate across the street neighbors. They're also rumored to be crackheads, and appear to be financially unstable. Therefore I have bought a gun. Didn't particularly want to, but I did. I've already taken a couple of lessons, and my licensing class is Sunday.

BidenRocks

(959 posts)
58. I love LA!
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 08:16 PM
Dec 20

There are not any signs I see to flip off. I would in a hot second though.
We save our flippers for stupid drivers.

Trueblue Texan

(3,021 posts)
59. LOL!!!! I thought I was the only one!
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 08:17 PM
Dec 20

And when it's a TR--P sign that's in the yard of an obviously impoverished person, I have to scream, "Stupid motherf*cker! How f*cking poor do you want to be?" It's mildly satisfying for now. Less satisfying will be watching the stupid mofos get even poorer under the coming administration. But if ever we required proof we have it now...you can't fix stupid!

maspaha

(403 posts)
66. 😳 OMG! I thought I was the only one!
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 10:22 PM
Dec 20

So happy to know there are others with this same “reflex syndrome”!

COL Mustard

(6,993 posts)
71. I generally do that in my head
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 02:45 AM
Saturday

But when I do it, I’m really really enthusiastic in my head!!!!

tavernier

(13,284 posts)
74. I walk 2-3 miles in the mornings
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 07:54 AM
Saturday

and I know the houses in our neighborhood with T flags (about 6 amongst several hundred homes). I walk on the side of the street of the unflagged homes but i cut a huge arc to avoid any contact with the T flag property, as if it was highly poisonous and make a “I smell putrid rotting flesh” face.

JohnnyRingo

(19,428 posts)
79. Yes, but now because the election is over.
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 09:28 AM
Saturday

It's an eyesore in many ways. I didn't spend four years with a Biden banner draped across my porch.
I'm not going to fly a Fuck Trump flag either, because I'm not in junior high school.

FoxNewsSucks

(10,841 posts)
82. Always.
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 11:52 AM
Saturday

Yard sign, hat, shirt, bumper sticker....

They all get the finger and/or "fuck you nazi" yelled at them.

MontanaMama

(24,087 posts)
84. Oh hell yes.
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 01:31 PM
Saturday

Any tRmp sign, bumper sticker or flag is getting double middle fingers from me. Got caught flipping off a bumper sticker at Costco last weekend…gave the MAGAt who owned the car a mad over it and it made my day.

Cha

(305,863 posts)
87. Good on you, Dennis.. It's my Son.. he told me so Before the "election".
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 02:39 PM
Saturday

I never see any in my neck of the woods Thankfully.

mucholderthandirt

(1,207 posts)
88. Oh, hell yes! Been doing that since before the election.
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 03:00 PM
Saturday

I've noticed that houses that didn't have Trump signs before have them now. Got bold, by Juniper!

Though one business down the road from me took all theirs off the fence. Likely lost some business, because there are loads of places around here to get propane and those big tanks. The local nursery stopped putting political signs up after Bush's second win. I know for sure they lost a huge amount of business. Serves them all right.

stillcool

(32,812 posts)
90. I am impressed..
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 08:03 AM
Tuesday

I got to do it, but question my sanity at the same time. So glad to have such good company in my choices.

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