Did anybody really think with helmets were problematic before the Twitter mod declared that they were problematic?
Show me one person in the whole world worried about the colonial implications of pity helmets before this became the biggest story on the internet. Just one.
The Great Pith Helmet Controversy seems more like PC satire from someplace like 4chan.
Pith helmets had been losing favor in recent decades to slouch hats, but pith helmets have been making a fashion comeback in the last couple years.
Note that all our PC Journo-Listers love colonialist ‘safari-type’ attire for covering the Middle East.