Turns out my neighbors are racist shitbags and are happy to let everyone know. .

Coyote Starrk · Oct 9, 2020

I walked out of my house just a bit ago to walk my dog only to be greeted by this lovely view.

Sorry for the potato quality. It's obviously night time and I had to do it while walking because I didn't want to be too obvious about it. But yeah your eyes do not deceive you. That is a "Keep America Great" sign complete with tiny caricature of Trump pissing on the name "Pelosi". And the one in the back is hard to see due to the shitty camera in my phone, but it says "Trump 2020" and "Make Liberals Cry Again".

Never interacted with the family that lives there much but going by the times I have seen them the guy is a cop. No idea what his wife does. But the HOA here has clear rules against political signs in their yards, but it doesn't seem to have stopped several shitheels from putting out Trump signs and flags all over their yards. (Texas btw)

Does anyone else have neighbors that are letting the world know how shitty they right now?

El Bombastico · Oct 9, 2020

Two of my neighbors who I used to think were decent enough folk put up huge Trump/Pence flags a couple weeks ago.

If anything, I'm kinda glad that the past 4 years has made these shitbags step out into the open so that I straight up know to avoid them entirely.

Deleted member 22630 · Oct 9, 2020

Report them to their HOA?

GYODX · Oct 9, 2020

Shy Trump voters, amirite?

TaySan · Oct 9, 2020

I would be embarrassed to have a sign like that on my front lawn. Sorr you haveshitty neighbors, OP. At least mine is kind enough to not have anything and I don't talk to them to know where they stand.

Report to the HOA.

PennyStonks · Oct 9, 2020

Few houses down is flying that Trump Rambo picture.

I've seen quite a few Trump signs disappear or change to something less embarrassing since the first debate.

ZeroMaverick · Oct 9, 2020

Vandalize that shit

Tatsu91 · Oct 9, 2020

Coyote Starrk said:
I walked out of my house just a bit ago to walk my dog only to be greeted by this lovely view.

Sorry for the potato quality. It's obviously night time and I had to do it while walking because I didn't want to be too obvious about it. But yeah your eyes do not deceive you. That is a "Keep America Great" sign complete with tiny caricature of Trump pissing on the name "Pelosi". And the one in the back is hard to see due to the shitty camera in my phone, but it says "Trump 2020" and "Make Liberals Cry Again".

Never interacted with the family that lives there much but going by the times I have seen them the guy is a cop. No idea what his wife does. But the HOA here has clear rules against political signs in their yards, but it doesn't seem to have stopped several shitheels from putting out Trump signs and flags all over their yards. (Texas btw)

Does anyone else have neighbors that are letting the world know how shitty they right now?

Put up anti trump signs and bernie signs earlier in the year before he dropped out and people took them down.

Coyote Starrk · Oct 9, 2020

Apocrypha said:
Report them to their HOA?

Already emailed them. I doubt anything happens though. This is like the 5th or 6th house in my neighborhood that has Trump shit in their yard.

daveo42 · Oct 9, 2020

That's nothing.

Plenty of people taking down their US flags and putting up Trump flags and signs everywhere. Been thinking of making custom signs and dropping them in their yard with special Trump slogans or comments like "Here's another sign to let you know I'm a racist" or "Let's KKK the LBGTQ+ away".

Coyote Starrk · Oct 9, 2020

daveo42 said:
That's nothing.

Plenty of people taking down their US flags and putting up Trump flags and signs everywhere. Been thinking of making custom signs and dropping them in their yard with special Trump slogans or comments like "Here's another sign to let you know I'm a racist" or "Let's KKK the LBGTQ+ away".

Yeah one of the houses on the next street over took down their american flag and put up a Trump/Pence "Keep America Great" flag.

Tawpgun · Oct 9, 2020

I'm gonna be that guy

This is just standard political signage. I know Trump is a piece of shit. But these are just brainwashed republicans

JaseMath · Oct 9, 2020

Fuck 'em and vote. Get Trump out of office.

Chrome Hyena · Oct 9, 2020

Pennyfish said:
Few houses down is flying that Trump Rambo picture.

I've seen quite a few Trump signs disappear or change to something less embarrassing since the first debate.

oh god!

I HATE THAT SHIT! I SEE IT AS SOON AS I LEAVE CITY LIMITS!

DrScruffleton · Oct 9, 2020

theres some obnoxious af people in my neighborhood too. One has a Trump flag, thin blue line flag, and a recall gavin newsom sign.

Conkersbadfurday · Oct 9, 2020

Town I live in is really starting to sprout Trump/blue lives stuff all over. It sucks :\

Works is the same way. At least some of these people are actually wearing masks, so that's the silver lining of seeing Trump's name across their dumb faces

Zoe · Oct 9, 2020

Coyote Starrk said:
But the HOA here has clear rules against political signs in their yards,

That's illegal

meowdi gras · Oct 9, 2020

The three neighbors immediately to the east of our house on this side of the street have all hung massive Trump/Pence 2020 banners in their front yards over the past month or so. (One of them has three banners of this sort in his yard alone.) Also, the neighbor one house down from us to the west, same side of the street, put up a Trump sign in their yard a few weeks ago.

I live in bigot hell. 😡

Deleted member 29280 · Oct 9, 2020

I would rather see that than the confederate flags I see everywhere in my area.

UraMallas · Oct 9, 2020

The idea you could report them to the HOA and get results is just... duh. No.

It sucks that your neighbors are shitty. You can't do anything about it unless you have the means to move.

Deleted member 8257 · Oct 9, 2020

Can you at least call HOA? Pretend you're being ignorant. Ask them if you can put up a political sign on your lawn. When they say no, tell them your next door neighbor has 3 signs on his lawn. Dont tell them it's Trump signs, otherwise they wont take any action.

amon37 · Oct 9, 2020

One of my daughters best friends parents are Trump supporters. No flags or yard signs but they went to one of those Trump car parades this weekend. One of these days I swear my daughter is going to talk shit about Trump..lol she's 11.

The are bengladeshi. I think that's how you say it.

Saganator · Oct 10, 2020

Political signs are a hot topic on Nextdoor where I live. Annoying as shit.

It's either illegal for HOAs to ban political signs, or they don't have the balls/money to try that in court. Maybe if it was something absurd, like a structure, you'd have reason to call someone about it.

B-Dubs · Oct 10, 2020

Zoe said:
That's illegal

First amendment applies to the government and government entities, not private ones. HOAs are free to disallow political signs. Most won't want to make a fight out of it due to the cost of paying their lawyer though.

EDIT: Actually, it looks like in Texas they are allowed to limit signage during the height of the election season and not the rest of the year. So whether or not they can enforce the rule is going to depend on how that law is written.

UraMallas · Oct 10, 2020

Yeah, it's definitely not illegal but good luck getting HOAs to come around and police it. They are trying to fix your roofs, man.

Chucker · Oct 10, 2020

I've got some loser neighbor down the street across the road that just put up a big ass blue TRUMP 2020 - NO MORE BULLSHIT flag up recently.

I'm like... if it's no more bullshit that means it was bullshit before right? I'm just glad my 9 year old hasn't seen it so I get to explain what bullshit is.

Zoe · Oct 10, 2020

B-Dubs said:
First amendment applies to the government and government entities, not private ones. HOAs are free to disallow political signs.

Not in Texas

Texas Property Code | Chapter 202. Construction And Enforcement Of Restrictive Covenants

Read Texas laws in a format that is more accessible for screen readers.

www.texas-statutes.com

Sec. 202.009. REGULATION OF DISPLAY OF POLITICAL SIGNS. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a property owners' association may not enforce or adopt a restrictive covenant that prohibits a property owner from displaying on the owner's property one or more signs advertising a political candidate or ballot item for an election:

Coyote Starrk · Oct 10, 2020

ZeroMaverick said:
Vandalize that shit

I would, but like I said I'm pretty sure he is a cop. I'm not going to risk a ticket just because my neighbors are outting themselves as racists.

Night · Oct 10, 2020

I reported a neighbor 2 doors down for having Trump signs and saw that they were gone today.

HoA ftw.

Feep · Oct 10, 2020

Coyote Starrk said:
I would, but like I said I'm pretty sure he is a cop. I'm not going to risk a ticket just because my neighbors are outting themselves as racists.

I would risk the ticket, but if he's a cop, he might just fucking shoot you.

Dalek · Oct 10, 2020

My literal next door neighbor just put up a giant Trump flag on the back of his truck which is parked in the driveway. It's annoying.

I wonder if HOA rules apply to political signs on vehicles as well as signs.

B-Dubs · Oct 10, 2020

Zoe said:
Not in Texas

Texas Property Code | Chapter 202. Construction And Enforcement Of Restrictive Covenants

Read Texas laws in a format that is more accessible for screen readers.

www.texas-statutes.com

Sec. 202.009. REGULATION OF DISPLAY OF POLITICAL SIGNS. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a property owners' association may not enforce or adopt a restrictive covenant that prohibits a property owner from displaying on the owner's property one or more signs advertising a political candidate or ballot item for an election:

You are correct, but there's definite limitations there. From the look of it, they can ban those signs so long as it's 91 days prior to the day of the elections or 11 days after the election has taken place. Beyond that the signs have to be ground mounted and smaller than 4 feet by 6 feet. Beyond that, the HoA can limit the signs all they want.

So OP's neighbor is in the clear, though an argument can be made for the Pelosi sign breaking the offensive content rule given it features someone peeing.

Zoe · Oct 10, 2020

B-Dubs said:
You are correct, but there's definite limitations there. From the look of it, they can ban those signs so long as it's 91 days prior to the day of the elections or 11 days after the election has taken place. Beyond that the signs have to be ground mounted and smaller than 4 feet by 6 feet. Beyond that, and obviously offensive signs (or ones that promote illegal content), the HoA can limit the signs all they want.

So OP's neighbor is in the clear, though an argument can be made for the Pelosi sign breaking the offensive content rule given it features someone peeing.

The HOA would have to have that rule written into the covenants.

Coyote Starrk · Oct 10, 2020

B-Dubs said:
You are correct, but there's definite limitations there. From the look of it, they can ban those signs so long as it's 91 days prior to the day of the elections or 11 days after the election has taken place. Beyond that the signs have to be ground mounted and smaller than 4 feet by 6 feet. Beyond that, the HoA can limit the signs all they want.

So OP's neighbor is in the clear, though an argument can be made for the Pelosi sign breaking the offensive content rule given it features someone peeing.

Yeah that's the one I complained about. There are small kids in this neighborhood that walk around with their parents. They don't need to see that shit.

deimosmasque · Oct 10, 2020

ZeroMaverick said:
Vandalize that shit

Theres a house here that has Republican signs for every race but a Trump one.

Drove by and all the signs were pulled up and his mailbox was on the ground, looked smashed in.

I am not ashamed that I laughed.

RedMercury · Oct 10, 2020

Would be a shame if something happened to them

B-Dubs · Oct 10, 2020

Coyote Starrk said:
Yeah that's the one I complained about. There are small kids in this neighborhood that walk around with their parents. They don't need to see that shit.

Like Zoe says, it's going to depend on how they wrote their bylaws and how they interpret them. At least until the 15th of November.

pixelpatron · Oct 10, 2020

Check for razor blades before ya yank the sign if you decide to.

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Coyote Starrk · Oct 10, 2020

B-Dubs said:
Like Zoe says, it's going to depend on how they wrote their bylaws and how they interpret them. At least until the 15th of November.

Yeah idk. But you would think they would wanna draw the line at signs of people pissing on things regardless of what the sign is about.

Kevers · Oct 10, 2020

My little cousin and her friends drove around and stole all the Trump signs they could find, pretty good stash of them from the picture I saw.

j7vikes · Oct 10, 2020

I hate Trump with a passion but I don't get this whole mentality of all the sign stuff. Never made much sense to me. My parents have multiple Democrat signs in their yard and these have been destroyed, vandalized, whatever. I'm not dumb enough to think in more liberal places that doesn't happen to Trump signs. They get on me for not having a Biden sign (despite me doing multiple things to try and help get him elected) but I guess I don't see the point. We live in Kansas and I hardly think a sign in my yard is turning my very conservative county blue. And I have zero desire for some shithead to see my house and decide to paintball it or fuck up the yard because of my sign.

Call me an awful Dem but I guess I don't truly see the point.

Zoe · Oct 10, 2020

Coyote Starrk said:
Yeah idk. But you would think they would wanna draw the line at signs of people pissing on things regardless of what the sign is about.

As long as people put Calvin decals on their lifted trucks, I don't think you'll see too much progress there.

Mahonay · Oct 10, 2020

My dad's husband is one of the heads of the HoA in our neighborhood and gets any Trump signs spotted here banished into the nether realm. He takes glee in it, I love it.

Night · Oct 10, 2020

j7vikes said:
I hate Trump with a passion but I don't get this whole mentality of all the sign stuff. Never made much sense to me. My parents have multiple Democrat signs in their yard and these have been destroyed, vandalized, whatever. I'm not dumb enough to think in more liberal places that doesn't happen to Trump signs. They get on me for not having a Biden sign (despite me doing multiple things to try and help get him elected) but I guess I don't see the point. We live in Kansas and I hardly think a sign in my yard is turning my very conservative county blue. And I have zero desire for some shithead to see my house and decide to paintball it or fuck up the yard because of my sign.

Call me an awful Dem but I guess I don't truly see the point.

Nah, you're right. I wouldn't put up a sign either for this very reason.

I prefer to play my cards close to my chest.

Bobbyleejones · Oct 10, 2020

I have a few of those idiots in my neighborhood

I let my pup piss and poop on their signs and fences

Volimar · Oct 10, 2020

Kevers said:
My little cousin and her friends drove around and stole all the Trump signs they could find, pretty good stash of them from the picture I saw.

Tell them to be careful. Someone just had their fingers sliced on razor blades for legally moving a yard sign that was too close to the sidewalk.

Einbroch · Oct 10, 2020

j7vikes said:
I hate Trump with a passion but I don't get this whole mentality of all the sign stuff. Never made much sense to me. My parents have multiple Democrat signs in their yard and these have been destroyed, vandalized, whatever. I'm not dumb enough to think in more liberal places that doesn't happen to Trump signs. They get on me for not having a Biden sign (despite me doing multiple things to try and help get him elected) but I guess I don't see the point. We live in Kansas and I hardly think a sign in my yard is turning my very conservative county blue. And I have zero desire for some shithead to see my house and decide to paintball it or fuck up the yard because of my sign.

Call me an awful Dem but I guess I don't truly see the point.

I live in Illinois. My neighborhood, however, is very conservative. Older, larger homes. There are a few Trump signs and no Biden signs.

Two weeks ago, a Black-Latino couple moved in across the street (corner, technically). I can't imagine how they feel seeing Trump signs. So we put up a Biden sign to let them know they're not alone. Also to piss off our annoying neighbors. That doesn't hurt.

I mean, they could be huge Trumpers, but eh.

Coyote Starrk · Oct 10, 2020

Bobbyleejones said:
I have a few of those idiots in my neighborhood

I let my pup piss and poop on their signs and fences

Yeah that's what I'm going to do. Usually I pick up after my dog when he poops in their yard, but not anymore. Is it petty? Yes. Do I care? No.

Burt · Oct 10, 2020

fight fire with fire

suggestions for 18' tall signs to post in your front yard begin here

Bobbyleejones · Oct 10, 2020

Coyote Starrk said:
Yeah that's what I'm going to do. Usually I pick up after my dog when he poops in their yard, but not anymore. Is it petty yes? Yes. Do I care? No.

Shouldn't notice anything since they already placed shit on their lawns

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