To be offended by these stickers on the back of a van?

It clearly shows the driver is an absolute prat, dickhead or whatever but the word chilling is a bit ridiculous.

Oh I remember the " if it's rocking" one. Didn't feel offended then either lol

I’m delighted he has chosen to mark himself out with these stickers, that way everyone knows to completely avoid him.

I’m also delighted we live in a free country, where freedom of thought and expression are legal.

It is vulgar but not illegal. I’d question the sensibilities of anyone choosing to proudly broadcast that

This . Have better things to worry about in my life

A lot of vans you’re not able to see out of the back windows 🤣
it’s the way they are!

What a loser!!!

really telling on himself there hahah

This 👏🏻

I was recently searching for bumper stickers and had to wade through a pages of this shit before I found any inoffensive ones. I wondered who the hell is buying this utter crap - but since so many are on sale they are obviously popular. I don't seem to see them on the roads - but it does seem like a massive dickhead advert.

Tasteless and misogynistic? Definitely. Would it offend me? No.
Would it bother me enough to make a post on MN about it? Definitely not.

Yanbu. I saw similar on someone’s work van recently. I can’t imagine he gets much work driving round advertising that he’s the world’s biggest knobhead. I actually had a similar thought - it shouldn’t be legal to be so openly misogynistic.

don't need to see out the rear window. lots of vans don't have 1 at all

Not sure it's legal due to his vision.

Can't care anything about the stickers...just if they stopping the driver seeing another car

T4's for the win! (just not this one. Was hoping it was a caravelle but note the side panels)

It wouldn't be if hate speech legislation included women. But it doesn't because we aren't important and, this bit stuns me, the lawmakers appear to believe that because hate speech towards women is so widespread, it would be impossible to police.

That's right; religion, race, gender expression are all treated as protected characteristics for the purposes of hate speech but sex isn't. It's a neat demonstration that the system is in fact the patriarchy. But when women are all LOL 😂 about it, there isn't much hope.

Adults don't use tiny fish emojis in messages. Braindead people do on social media.

It is what the stickers represent that offends me- an attitude towards women that is increasingly common amongst men, particularly younger men. We shouldn't be ignoring it. It is something to be upset and angry about and is an enormous step backwards in the treatment of women in society. Men like him have always existed but their numbers had dropped as it became clear over the last 30 years that attitudes like this were unacceptable and were challenged. That is no longer the case; they aren't challenged any longer, they are seen as much more acceptable again and we'll pay the price for that. Teenage boys and young men often have disgusting very sexualised, abusive, attitudes to women which they share openly.

I'm all for genuine freedom of speech, but this appears to be very much in the territory of hate speech.

If, instead of blatant misogyny, he was displaying nasty and threateningly racist words, themes and pictures on each sticker, not one person would be saying "Well, it's your choice to be offended; he's not doing anything wrong".

I would absolutely be sending this to the police. But I have two daughters and they are growing up in a world with enough misogyny as it is, and shouldn't have to be part of this person's views and "humour" whilst we're driving to the bloody shops or school etc.!

Maybe I'm tripping or something but I can't get what you're trying to say here.

It's just an ironic comment on 'today', depends on your own perspective if you find it funny, don't care, etc and I don't doubt that the 'van' also considered that some would get all 'riled up' by their own dint.

It's a Harry Enfield Van, in your face, easy to look down on but still very descriptive of the 'day'.

That is absolutely vulgar. I’m very laid back as a person, but I’d be sending this to the police as I think that most people would find it offensive.

You're replying to the wrong person. And I'm not interested in your link.

“Is it legal” 😂 my god you must live a sheltered life

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That is the thread with the video I referred to.

@Begsthequestion I am interested that you see the stickers as merely stickers. Although you read their message, you dismiss the driver as a
'twat'. Can I ask if you do not think his attitudes/behaviour as problematic? Or is it perhaps that you don't feel there is anything you can do about it?

You wrote "because I'm an adult, I don't get upset by stickers."

What did you mean then, if you weren't trying to say those of us who are offended by misogynistic stickers are immature?

Just own it.