"Don't tread on me" license plate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I really like real tree.

What is this?

It's like camo, but it's a picture of tree branches/leaves instead of just a silhouette-breaking pattern. It has pictures of parts of real trees, so "real tree".

[Anonymous]

The "tree" is a reference to the Liberty Tree from the American Revolution, as is the "Don't Tread on Me" slogan and flag. However, both have been adopted by the worst elements of the Tea Party. Sad.

[Anonymous]

I mean, don't we all discriminate based on outward experiences? And then make little to no effort actually get to know people?

Just be sure to tell the rest of your neighbors how horrible these new neighbors are.

(good grief, people!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here- The mom didn't seem very "redneck" and her kids were extremely polite. I'm not going to lie though, I have never seen anyone wear or display the "don't tread on me" sign that wasn't racist or very uneducated. Not judge mental as much as uneducated.

DH has a tea party plate. I really like real tree. He went to Yale undergrad/Harvard law. I went to Williams. We didn't vote for Trump, because, as PP indicated, he is the establishment (and because I don't think he is a good role model for our children). DH has guns though. And I am pretty judgmental, especially about people who call others uneducated immediately before misspelling "judgmental".

Oh. And DH isn't white.

Sure...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This will probably be at least a 10-pager.

Here's an 8-pager!
http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/643764.page

OP, what's a real tree (I think) bumper sticker?

It means they (gasp!) hunt live animals! And and EAT THEM!!! They are not vegans; not even vegitarians!! Run for your life OP! Oh, the HORROR!

[Anonymous]

There are parents in our north arlington daycare that are super nice, totally normal, very friendly and have "don't tread on me" license plates on their car. I wouldn't have known they were the pro-gun type based on our many interactions (daycare events, pick up/drop off conversations, the husband and I work in the same industry), and quite frankly, I don't care. At all. They're really nice, why on earth would I judge them based on their stupid license plates??

(DH and I are VERY liberal)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This will probably be at least a 10-pager.

Here's an 8-pager!
http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/643764.page

OP, what's a real tree (I think) bumper sticker?

It means they (gasp!) hunt live animals! And and EAT THEM!!! They are not vegans; not even vegitarians!! Run for your life OP! Oh, the HORROR!

Speaking of eye rolls, it's "vegetarians."

[Anonymous]

Maybe he's a histroy professor? The roots of that saying go back to the American Revolution. Its since taken on a southern confederate, slave owning, redneck loving connotation.

The license plate alone isn't worthy of a thread. I'd need the license plate, husband wearing a wife beater, and a Trump/Pence bumper sticker before I'd start one

[Anonymous]

OP, you should go knock on their door and explain that you are watching them, and are not comfortable with their presumably conservative views. Maybe you can shame them or scare them hiding their opinions. But make sure to take pictures of their license plate first. Someday you may need to use that as evidence to get them and their kids sent to the "re-education" camps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you should go knock on their door and explain that you are watching them, and are not comfortable with their presumably conservative views. Maybe you can shame them or scare them hiding their opinions. But make sure to take pictures of their license plate first. Someday you may need to use that as evidence to get them and their kids sent to the "re-education" camps.

I think avoiding them altogether is the safer option, because if you're involved with them in any way, it just makes you a potential target, especially if they suspect that you might be a progressive. Frankly, they already probably think they're in "enemy territory", and are going to be paranoid and suspicious of everyone they encounter. I'd give them a wide berth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe he's a histroy professor? The roots of that saying go back to the American Revolution. Its since taken on a southern confederate, slave owning, redneck loving connotation.

The license plate alone isn't worthy of a thread. I'd need the license plate, husband wearing a wife beater, and a Trump/Pence bumper sticker before I'd start one

Because the DC metro area and Arlington in particular is just full of men wearing wife beater Ts...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are parents in our north arlington daycare that are super nice, totally normal, very friendly and have "don't tread on me" license plates on their car. I wouldn't have known they were the pro-gun type based on our many interactions (daycare events, pick up/drop off conversations, the husband and I work in the same industry), and quite frankly, I don't care. At all. They're really nice, why on earth would I judge them based on their stupid license plates??

(DH and I are VERY liberal)

Just remember to ask them how they store their guns before agreeing to a play date at their home. Not even joking. You want to make sure they never keep a loaded weapon in the home and that all guns and ammunition are stored/locked away separately. If they bristle at these questions, run for the hills.

[Anonymous]

My neighbor has a Punisher skull bumper sticker. I'd prefer a Don't tread on me license plate honestly.

[Anonymous]

Anyone who identifies with "don't tread on me" is stupid. Not necessarily uneducated, lower class, white. But stupid for sure.

[Anonymous]

You're reading too much into it.

It's tea party movement and/or libertarian.
Do you live under a rock and not realize this?