{"id":1863,"date":"2014-10-26T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-26T11:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/blog\/?p=1863"},"modified":"2014-10-26T07:45:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-26T11:45:00","slug":"a-picture-of-political-intolerance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/a-picture-of-political-intolerance\/","title":{"rendered":"A Picture of Political Intolerance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Free speech in the form of streetside signage apparently didn&#8217;t mean much to the opponents of these candidates:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/pix\/blog\/2014\/YardSignsDown.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/pix\/blog\/2014\/YardSignsDown-small.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>(Picture taken 26 October 2014. Click to enlarge.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you know the party affiliations of Renee Ellmers and Nelson Dollar, then you should be able to guess what candidate&#8217;s sign is crumpled up in the upper right. I&#8217;ll give you three guesses, but you probably won&#8217;t need them.*<\/p>\n<p>These signs had been on Cary Parkway, right at the end of our street. Last night while we were walking the dog, I noticed them thrown into the bushes. I took the picture early this morning.<\/p>\n<p>I get it, if you don&#8217;t like the little yard signs that pop up like dandelions every election season. I don&#8217;t particularly like them, either.<\/p>\n<p>But <strong>if your idea of political activism is to interfere with the free speech of your political opponents, then you&#8217;re part of the problem<\/strong>, not part of the solution.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n*Ellmers and Dollar are Republicans, if that helps.<\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" 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