Well, that is a surprisingly targeted comment. I mean there a lot of other annoying signs out there from a lot of different candidates.

I also never want to see a COX sign. But the bright yellow CHEN signs really stand out.

All campaign signs are annoying, not just the ones that you are upset about because they don’t wear the same color political jersey as you.

Elections are just popularity contests now; no different than American Idol. None of these useless windbags that got elected actually care about doing work. They only care about shoving their ideology down the throats of the other half of the country that lost.

I get your preferred candidate didn't win, and you're upset by that, but insinuating that Linfeng Chen "bought" his seat without evidence is wrong.

That is a frightfully cynical point of view. Democracy is a contest, of ideas. "Shoving their ideology down the throats..." Who's doing this to you? This isn't the Handmaid's Tale you're entitled to you own opinions.

We have a Republic, not a Democracy.

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This is a silly meme of an argument. Democracy, broadly, is government based upon and responsive to the will of the people. That’s what people are referring to when we talk about preserving democracy. No one is suggesting that we should restructure into a direct democracy.

Just like elections, words matter. Use the correct ones.

And actually, those that advocate for getting rid of the filibuster in Congress for their pet issues are doing just that.

And as far as shoving issues down people’s throats. Let’s start with abortion on the Republican side and gun rights on the Democrat side. So sorry, but there are many authoritarians all too happy to gavage citizens with their garbage.

A republic is a form of democracy - a representative democracy.

We are using the correct word, and everyone knew exactly what was meant by it until like 10 years ago when a bunch of dweebs on the internet pushed up their fedoras and said “actually….”

What does “republic” mean, by the way? What is the principle upon which “republic, not a democracy” is founded? Or is it just semantics?

Right. Republic is what we have not a democracy. The word slip that people use on this issue is annoying at least and is more likely to be nefarious. This country is not founded on the majority determining the rights of the minority: that would be a direct democracy and honestly what one of the two major parties would live to see. The Founding fathers set us up as a Republic to protect the rights of the minority because they knew the result of mob rule and it’s never pretty.

Said with the confidence of a true libertarian.

And your problem is?

LOL ... your edit obfuscates that you called out Linfeng Chen's signs in particular and not all signs.

Looks like somebody didn’t benefit from the education of the Howard County Public School System

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Give it a day or two lol. This probably isn’t your first election and you know the signs don’t immediately go down but they do go down.

I knew there’d be at least one. I hate them all. But that’s what I get for Having Opinions on the Internet.

It was never about the signs or litter. It was always about someone not liking a particular candidate.

No you don't hate signs, you just called out Linfeng Chen only. Then you suggested he won because he "bought" votes... All without evidence.

Sounds a lot like people who claim an election is rigged without evidence...

You then changed your post to backtrack on all of this.

If you just went out and said "I'm upset that Linfeng Chen won" I would respect that a lot more.

Ok

All in favor of adding “Pro-Signs” to the subreddit’s description? Cast your vote! /s

Apparently Chen raises ducks - fun factoid learned heading in to vote