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I work as a cashier and a lady came through the register I had open. She was about in her late 60s, strong make-up and a nice outfit and blazer. On her blazer were several pins, about 2 of them Christian symbols, 2 pins showing her patriotism to the country, and 2 Pro-Life buttons one reading "It's not a choice, It's a child" and the other "Abortion: The Ultimate Child Abuse" with an innocent looking baby on it.

Thankfully she kept her mouth shut and was a normal customer wanting to make sure things got bagged properly, if she had enough money, and went on her way. I kept my mouthshut, not wanting to get written up just after I got a good evaluation that day, but it made me sort of angry that she wore those buttons. I really can't explain why but it made feel as if those buttons made her better than everyone else because she wore her pride on the outside very strongly.

It made me think of creating a shirt that had a list of why the pro-life group isn't as cracked up as it is supposed to be such as pro-life groups shut down programs that help with preventing pregnancy and helping women prepare for motherhood and that they don't do much to help with the already overloaded adoption system. Anyone else interested in the project?
Discussion
The buttons and how they make you feel

Annoyance at people who have to wear buttons or have signs on their cars to prove they are a better supporter than anyone else.

Anything else you can think of

I know that feeling pretty well. I used to work at GameStop, and while it wasn't necessarily the pro-life/pro-choice issues, customers would come in & say things or wear pins like that that would just make me so angry. One time a black guy came in & was asking me about a game called Enchanted Arms, and I was telling him that one of the characters is ridiculously flamboyant (possibly gay, never got that far) and he said "I don't want a game w/ any faggots in it." I stood there staring at the wall and he was like "What?" I then said "I would prefer if you didn't use that word." "What, f*****t? I'm just calling it what it is." I had to try so hard to keep myself from saying "If I called you a n*****, you'd be pretty pissed too, though, wouldn't you?" I didn't, but believe me, these kinds of interactions were daily for me. So good job on supressing the urge & keeping out of trouble. But I do find it amusing that groups like that feel the need to wear their opinions all over their clothes, cars, homes, etc.

My neighbor and I carpool in to school. Since we're not seniors yet, we can't park in the student parking lot, so we park in the St. Thomas parking lot down the road from our school. We regularly see pro-life, pro-abstinence bumper stickers in that parking lot. (And I get stares because I wear a lot of rainbow stuff.)