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‘Frustrating’: NDP Signs Keep Disappearing from Northern Riding (thetyee.ca)

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There’s a giant Conservative sign up close to the highway by me and the guy’s face has a hole punched clean through it.

As much as I find it distasteful that people interfere with election signs, I find the hyperbole from politicians when this gets reported so over the top.

Like, you ordered a few hundred plastic signs from China, smeared them all over the city, and a couple went missing. In a week you’re throwing them all in a landfill. You’re not losing an election and our democracy isn’t threatened because some of your trash got stolen.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

He had 300 signs and 150 have been stolen. Not really a case of a small handful.

There was a Muslim Canadian woman running in Toronto many years back who not only had her signs stolen but some were put back up weeks after they were supposed to be down leading her campaign (which lost) to be fined for not taking them down. Some people are giant assholes and don't like democracy. Signs on lawns might not be convincing people to vote but it can let you know you might not be the only supporter in your area.