12-02-2010, 11:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Starbuck
I'm interested, Laerkin, what does your personalized tag say??
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Originally Posted by Laerkin
Living in Virginia, not far from Fort Belvoir, Quantico, and Dahlgren, there have certainly been a number of hate crimes over the years.
During the Presidential election, two Marines assaulted a woman for simply having an Obama sticker on her car.
I had one on my car at the time and it certainly made me a little more aware of the target I had on my bumper in an area that is highly conservative and religious.
After a minor fender bender where I lost my rear bumper (and thus, my stickers), I recently decided to just throw caution to the wind and make a statement, haters be damned.
My license plate is now personalized and advertises to the world that yes, the owner is in fact a queer.
And I added a rainbow sticker (six little kitties) to my rear windshield.
The only time I've had anyone pause is when a few coworkers saw it (straight, conservative ones). But nothing untoward was said.
Like CTW, I mostly get other folks within the community speeding up or slowing down to take a peek at who's in the car and I smile and wave. I'm sure my "out"ness offends some of the people around here, but I think Virginia could use a little more queer.
On a side note, I do feel more pressure to drive respectfully. When I'm out on the country roads or in small town VA, I feel this odd responsibility to not drive like an asshole lest it gives some redneck one more excuse to hate gays. Is that weird?
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Here is where she answered!!
It seems you missed her response!
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