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woodsprite

(11,916 posts)
Sat Sep 14, 2019, 06:38 PM Sep 2019

At the Hershey PA RV Show today

Some vendor had set up a Trump display (hats, shirts, 2nd amendment stuff). Very few people visiting when we walked by, but I heard someone say “You don’t see the Democrats hawking their politics at venues like this. Wish ours didn’t. It just puts people off.”

I was thinking “No shit!”

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At the Hershey PA RV Show today (Original Post) woodsprite Sep 2019 OP
Not everything in life needs to be political! VarryOn Sep 2019 #1
I went to a flea market today blueinredohio Sep 2019 #2
We were in Friendly's on Thurs night and a group of badhair77 Sep 2019 #3
Stories like these make me grateful for my very blue BigmanPigman Sep 2019 #4
Sadly we're up to our ears in trumpers. badhair77 Sep 2019 #6
I moved to stay close to my family too. BigmanPigman Sep 2019 #8
You had me at "fashion"..... AJT Sep 2019 #12
I'm here, close to Family CDerekGo Sep 2019 #17
I know the feeling Kaiserguy Sep 2019 #10
I had an aunt who was a "Red Hat Lady'" maddiemom Sep 2019 #11
I have friends who are Red Hat ladies and they seem publicly apolitical. badhair77 Sep 2019 #14
Whenever I see someone wearing a red MAGA hat Mr.Bill Sep 2019 #5
Lol. Great response. badhair77 Sep 2019 #7
I'm stealing this BBG Sep 2019 #15
Cheap Chinese crap they order.... Historic NY Sep 2019 #9
Yeah .. RVs should not be political PhoenixDem Sep 2019 #13
No the asshat himself puts people off. And probably animals, as well. lindysalsagal Sep 2019 #16
 

VarryOn

(2,343 posts)
1. Not everything in life needs to be political!
Sat Sep 14, 2019, 06:49 PM
Sep 2019

In my business, I dont agree with probabaly 75% of my customers. Politics shouldnt permeate everything!

blueinredohio

(6,797 posts)
2. I went to a flea market today
Sat Sep 14, 2019, 07:03 PM
Sep 2019

there were a few booths with Trump shit for sale among other things. I told my husband if they even have one Trump hat for sale they don't get my business.

badhair77

(4,218 posts)
3. We were in Friendly's on Thurs night and a group of
Sat Sep 14, 2019, 07:06 PM
Sep 2019

Red Hat Society ladies came in to eat before the theater. One 70ish woman actually showed up in a red MAGA hat. We can’t even go for ice cream without seeing that nonsense.

BigmanPigman

(51,611 posts)
4. Stories like these make me grateful for my very blue
Sat Sep 14, 2019, 07:11 PM
Sep 2019

area. None of this crap is ever seen around here, thank Dog. I saw a tRump bumper sticker once about a year ago and I laughed out loud. His pick up truck also had NRA stickers on it. I guess that goes hand in hand.

badhair77

(4,218 posts)
6. Sadly we're up to our ears in trumpers.
Sat Sep 14, 2019, 07:22 PM
Sep 2019

There are a few Dems but mostly we’re stuck with people who think the steel mills and coal mines are coming back. And they want all those dark people to go somewhere else, unless they will work for really low wages. I’d leave but I have family here.

BigmanPigman

(51,611 posts)
8. I moved to stay close to my family too.
Sat Sep 14, 2019, 07:30 PM
Sep 2019

Fortunately they moved from one blue area to another that was purple but became blue. Since I have been a starving artist and involved in fashion I live in those pockets where people are more open minded and "different".

CDerekGo

(507 posts)
17. I'm here, close to Family
Sun Sep 15, 2019, 02:22 PM
Sep 2019

but to be honest, they are really stretching their 'Family Ties' to the limits. Much more, and once this house is sold, and MY RV is ready to go, I'm gone. Uh, bye-bye ya'll. You can reach me by my PO Box. If I could ditch my cell-phone I would, but damn I do love that GPS Feature....

I just know where I'd love to eventually 'land' is smack-dab in the middle of #MAGA country, exactly why I hope to find 20 acres of trash land and build in the middle and not have to listen to neighbors and their #MAGA opinions.

Kaiserguy

(740 posts)
10. I know the feeling
Sat Sep 14, 2019, 08:09 PM
Sep 2019

my area is full of them. In 2012 I had my Obama signs stolen several times. Turned out it was a Republican township supervisor who tired a noose around them hung them in trees and told people he was hanging a N------. Made the mistake of telling someone he believed agreed with him, turned out he didn't and he told me about it.

maddiemom

(5,106 posts)
11. I had an aunt who was a "Red Hat Lady'"
Sat Sep 14, 2019, 08:41 PM
Sep 2019

She was very liberal, Trump wouldn't seem to be representative of the way of life they were promoting . Sad.

badhair77

(4,218 posts)
14. I have friends who are Red Hat ladies and they seem publicly apolitical.
Sat Sep 14, 2019, 09:07 PM
Sep 2019

The other ladies seem to ignore her. I had to turn around several times to get a good look at her. The others all had fun hats while miss trump lookalike was chowing down on her fish platter all by herself.

Mr.Bill

(24,303 posts)
5. Whenever I see someone wearing a red MAGA hat
Sat Sep 14, 2019, 07:19 PM
Sep 2019

I ask them if they lost a bet and how long do they have to wear it.

 

PhoenixDem

(581 posts)
13. Yeah .. RVs should not be political
Sat Sep 14, 2019, 08:50 PM
Sep 2019

They are loved by all Americans ... except those who have to follow them on narrow roads for hours at 20 mph

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