Yesterday, in one of its frequent solicitations for money, NARAL sent me a bumper sticker saying Keep Abortion Legal. And I found myself reluctant to put it on the car. First of all, I have a personal one-sticker-per-car rule, just so I don’t turn into one of those people. (Yes, Isaac, I mean you.) But more importantly, I am starting, for the first time in my life, to fear the consequences of being outspoken.
I could end up on a list. That could land me invisible and detained. Or dead. Or targeted for death on a website somewhere. And people with guns read those websites.
I honestly don’t know what to do about it. I read enough news every day to know my fears aren’t paranoid. On the other hand, I don’t want to budge an inch in my commitment to freedom.
Stick the blasted thing on your car, for crying out loud, if that’s what you want to say! Nobody’s gonna so much as key your car for it.
Thanks! That’s telling it like it is!
But let’s be clear that the “Colorado 3” who were manhandled by fake Secret Service were “spotted” because of their bumper stickers. I’m SURE you’re right that I shouldn’t censor myself, but it’s not irrational to think twice. They are whittling at our free speech.