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.
Whatever happens, we have got, the Maxim Gun, and they have not.