When I woke up this morning and discovered my yard sign had been vandalized, I did not feel angry. I felt sad.
The word “Suffolk” had carefully and premeditatedly been replaced with the word “Idiots.” Someone felt empowered to deface my property and refer to me in a derogatory fashion.
What happened to me and the pain I felt is emblematic of the larger divisiveness that currently exists in America and the unchecked anger and hatred that people feel emboldened and entitled to express.
It never would have occurred to me when my family moved here almost 40 years ago that I would not be able to peacefully show my support on my own property without being attacked and violated for doing so.
Judith Verno
Water Mill
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