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I am fascinated by bumper stickers. I will often drive too close to another person's car just so that I can read the damn thing. I like all kinds: left, right, and otherwise. I think I like them because bumper stickers really aren't that different from political cartoons: you have to try to say something deep, pithy, meaningful, and motivational in a very concise space. And like most cartoons, they usually fail-especially the left wing ones, because it's almost impossible to distill complex, highly-nuanced issues down to a few words or images. Right wingers (usually, though not exclusively) have it easier because they (usually, though not exclusively) see the world in more black and white terms. That should make for better stickers, except that right wingers (usually, though not exclusively) have no sense of humor.
I'm often critiquing the bumper stickers I see. Sometimes, this means yelling. Sometimes it means coming up with a response. In that vein, let's start a "dialogue" via that crude, yet compelling medium of the tacky paper. n
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