The sight of the homeowner chasing after the man with the signs, snapping candid photos and shouting unintelligibly what he was going to do with those photos was priceless. No one was going to take his freedom of speech and get away with it. Justice was going to be served one way or another.
I cannot think of a better way for Election Day 2008 to have started. Later, as I was filling out my ballot I couldn’t help believing that the older man had missed his calling as a civil liberties activist. I’d never seen someone so ready to protect his rights before. It is a pity that men and women like him aren’t seen as often as their offending counterparts. If he had been an option, I definitely would’ve voted for him.
Article comments
1 - Zedd
Nice.
2 - Cindy D
Dear Stephanie,
Voting for the next president only happens once every four years, and I wanted to get it right. Ladies and gentlemen, I love America.
It's all the rights you'll get aside from chasing people off your lawn when they steal your signs.
...I couldn’t help believing that the older man had missed his calling as a civil liberties activist. I’d never seen someone so ready to protect his rights before. It is a pity that men and women like him aren’t seen as often as their offending counterparts. If he had been an option, I definitely would’ve voted for him.
You can do better. You can defend your rights every day. You can challenge anyone who would take them away--every day there is an opportunity. I hope you do. I hope we all can live up to that example.
Good article Stephanie. But now, as the saying goes. "Don't "just vote."
Is that freedom? Voting every four years?
Is that what freedom is?
3 - jamminsue
Stephanie - great article. I had missed it earlier as I was studying for finals at College.
My two daughters were first-time Presidential voters this election, too; one of them sandwiched voting around her volunteering to support the "Get Out The Vote" program. She could not have been more thrilled to be doing something so important! She took Fall Semester off from College to work for her candidate. The other, like you, got up early to go vote.
For me, it was my 9th presidential election...you are so lucky to have lived at this time!
Keep up your good work -