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Bumper Sticker Space on Subaru Forester at a Premium Hyde Park resident Patty Nielson, aged 55, announced on Facebook that she is running out of room for bumper stickers on the back of her 2007 Subaru Forester. In a strongly- worded post to friends and family, Nielson bemoaned the currently political atmosphere. \u201cEvery week I get a new bumper sticker in the mail from Planned Parenthood\u2026 Greenpeace\u2026 the Alt-National Park Service\u2026. and sometimes the DNC! I can\u2019t take it anymore!!1 I\u2019m so (pardon my French) Damn Angry!\u201d<\/p>\n
What started in 2007 as merely a habit has grown to an addiction for Nielson, an armchair activist. \u201cBack in \u201907, I got a \u2018Republicans for Voldemort\u2019 sticker from my friend Diane” she told the Dealer. .\u201d Shortly after her first sticker, Nielson slapped three different Obama for America magnets on her hatchback. \u201cWell, first I got a simple \u2018HOPE\u2019 sticker for donating $3 in the primary, then a \u2018Yes We Can,\u2019 and finally a classic \u2018Obama Biden 2008,\u2019\u201d Nielson continuedtold the Dealer<\/em>. She added slowly to her collection over the years with a vintage \u201cEndless War or End This War?\u201d tag from the Bush years and aberrant, non-political \u201cMy Rescue Mutt is Smarter Than Your Honor Student\u201d to amass a sizeable collection.<\/p>\n It was in 2016 that she really began to run out of space. She started off the primary season with a hopeful, \u201cBill for First Lady!\u201d but briefly wavered to a \u201cFeelin\u2019 the Bern!\u201d sticker after watching the first debate. \u201cI was back on the Hil train pretty soon though. Seeing someone else\u2019s \u2018A Woman\u2019s Place is in the WHITE HOUSE\u2019 sticker really sold me on Secretary Clinton. GO WOMEN!\u201d<\/p>\n However, as the campaign took a darker turn, Nielson could no longer control her own bumper sticker urges. \u201cWow. October was a big month for me, sticker-wise. First there was \u2018Not This Pussy!\u2019, \u2018This Pussy Grabs Back,\u2019 and then just a drawing of a vagina with cat ears. Then, I went to Caf\u00e9 Press and got some anti-Trump ones. My favorite was \u2018You say Trump 2016. I say nothing! I can\u2019t reason with crazy and I don\u2019t argue with stupid!\u2019 I was running low on space by election day, but I assumed things would calm down pretty quick, and I could stop buying these goddamn stickers!\u201d<\/p>\n History, of course, would prove Nielson wrong. In the early months of 2017 she slowly began to realize her beloved Subaru wouldn\u2019t be able to display every oneall of her political feelings. \u201cI thought about a \u2018Not My President!\u2019 one, but I really just didn\u2019t have the room! I needed space to convince everyone to oppose Betsy DeVos, Jeff Sessions, and Neil Gorsuch!\u201d<\/p>\n Of course, some might question if Nielson\u2019s bumper sticker -activism is worth anything at all. Most people in Hyde Park already agree with many of Nielson\u2019s opinions, and the rest likely won\u2019t be convinced by a metric-ton of permanent vinyl decals. Don\u2019t tell Nielson that, though. She\u2019s saving that last spot for something really exceptional. \u201cI\u2019ve got my eye on a nice \u2018#IMPEACHTHEPEACH\u2019 sticker. That\u2019ll definitely do some good!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Breck Radulovic April 20, 2017 Bumper Sticker Space on Subaru Forester at a Premium Hyde Park resident Patty Nielson, aged 55, announced on Facebook that she is running out of room for bumper stickers on the back of her 2007 Subaru Forester. In a strongly- worded post to friends and family, Nielson bemoaned the currently political atmosphere. \u201cEvery week I get a new bumper sticker in the mail from Planned Parenthood\u2026 Greenpeace\u2026 the Alt-National Park Service\u2026. and sometimes the DNC! I can\u2019t take it anymore!!1 I\u2019m so (pardon my French) Damn Angry!\u201d What started in 2007 as merely a habit has grown to an addiction for Nielson, an armchair activist. \u201cBack in \u201907, I got a \u2018Republicans for Voldemort\u2019 sticker from my friend Diane” she told the Dealer. .\u201d Shortly after her first sticker, Nielson slapped three different Obama for America magnets on her hatchback. \u201cWell, first I got a simple \u2018HOPE\u2019 sticker for donating $3 in the primary, then a \u2018Yes We Can,\u2019 and finally a classic \u2018Obama Biden 2008,\u2019\u201d Nielson continuedtold the Dealer. She added slowly to her collection over the years with a vintage \u201cEndless War or End This War?\u201d tag from the Bush years and aberrant, non-political \u201cMy Rescue Mutt is Smarter Than Your Honor Student\u201d to amass a sizeable collection. It was in 2016 that she really began to run out of space. She started off the primary season with a hopeful, \u201cBill for First Lady!\u201d but briefly wavered to a \u201cFeelin\u2019 the Bern!\u201d sticker after watching the first debate. \u201cI was back on the Hil train pretty soon though. Seeing someone else\u2019s \u2018A Woman\u2019s Place is in the WHITE HOUSE\u2019 sticker really sold me on Secretary Clinton. GO WOMEN!\u201d However, as the campaign took a darker turn, Nielson could no longer control her own bumper sticker urges. \u201cWow. October was a big month for me, sticker-wise. First there was \u2018Not This Pussy!\u2019, \u2018This Pussy Grabs Back,\u2019 and then just a drawing of a vagina with cat ears. Then, I went to Caf\u00e9 Press and got some anti-Trump ones. My favorite was \u2018You say Trump 2016. I say nothing! I can\u2019t reason with crazy and I don\u2019t argue with stupid!\u2019 I was running low on space by election day, but I assumed things would calm down pretty quick, and I could stop buying these goddamn stickers!\u201d History, of course, would prove Nielson wrong. In the early months of 2017 she slowly began to realize her beloved Subaru wouldn\u2019t be able to display every oneall of her political feelings. \u201cI thought about a \u2018Not My President!\u2019 one, but I really just didn\u2019t have the room! I needed space to convince everyone to oppose Betsy DeVos, Jeff Sessions, and Neil Gorsuch!\u201d Of course, some might question if Nielson\u2019s bumper sticker -activism is worth anything at all. Most people in Hyde Park already agree with many of Nielson\u2019s opinions, and the rest likely won\u2019t be convinced by a metric-ton of permanent vinyl decals. Don\u2019t tell Nielson that, though. She\u2019s saving that last spot for something really exceptional. \u201cI\u2019ve got my eye on a nice \u2018#IMPEACHTHEPEACH\u2019 sticker. 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