Some of us might get pumped up at a political rally. Some of us may feel patriotic flipping switches at a polling station. Some of us may work for a campaign and get thrilled at the prospect of making a difference.
And some of us may get all warm and fuzzy feeling inside after committing misdemeanor theft and squelching somebody else’s free speech:
Several days ago, Billy asked his dad if he could take some Obama signs down. He’s 8. We can excuse him for not understanding fully the right to freely support any person and the right to tell the world for whom you plan to vote and the right to try to convince others that “your guy” is the best person for the job. I will consider myself a failure as a mother if he reaches adulthood and thinks stealing yard signs is acceptable, let alone “exhilarating and empowering.”
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Yes, teaching our children Whom we really serve is a tough job. Hang in there – your wee family is so worth it!!
You’re doing a good job. 🙂
No kidding. There is a house down the street that had an Obama sign up early. Then, it dissappeared. They recently replaced it. I wanted to go by and ask if it had been stolen. I don’t support Obama, but this is unacceptable!
aw come on, let him do it.r
Yes, it’s important to protect those signs…even if it pains us to look at them. I want to put a Sarah for President 2012 on my car, but I’m afraid now it would be keyed…then again, the paint is already scratched and chipped anyhow. But the tires…those are still good and I’d hate to be stranded somewhere. Yes, we need to keep the kids from doing onto others as we would have done to us.
I’ll be the bad guy. When my son Will (10) wanted to take down the neighbor’s Obama sign (after he dejectedly took down the NOBAMA sign out of our window) I told him, “No, that is someone else’s property.” “The election is over, why do they still have it up?” “Because they want to rub it in.” It just popped out, I swear.