Posted on 01/22/2019 4:20:57 AM PST by joma89
Ive noticed many pundits, in the fallout from the Covington boys vs. the Native American incident, saying that the kids shouldnt have worn MAGA hats. Ive seen it said over and over, mainly by people walking back previous vicious comments about the boys and trying to balance it by now saying well, they shouldnt have been wearing the hats.
Others have chimed in, too, for example this member of Congress. I kid you not:
Rep. John Yarmuth ✔ @RepJohnYarmuth I am calling for a total and complete shutdown of teenagers wearing MAGA hats until we can figure out what is going on. They seem to be poisoning young minds. [1/2]
Courier Journal ✔ @courierjournal "It was racism. It was hatred. It was scary." The Native American leader who was surrounded and taunted by Covington Catholic students describes the scene https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2019/01/20/native-american-leader-nathan-phillips-recounts-covington-catholic-video/2630955002/
13.1K 10:28 AM - Jan 20, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy 33.9K people are talking about this Actually, only a few of the Covington boys had on MAGA hatsthe ones more heavily featured in front in the video. But however many wore them, its stunning that weve gotten to the point that wearing a hat in support of a president and making America great is considered a provocation to violence and trouble, and something that should not be done.
It is something like telling Jews in France (or anywhere else) not to wear their skullcaps, although of course a religion is different than a political hat. But both are public statements about a belief (or in the case of religious Jews, an identity and a belief). In Europe, thats what its come to:
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But to countless Jews across Western Europe, these debates featuring high-profile figures, politicians and Jewish community leaders have little bearing on their own personal choice. Not waiting for anyones invitation, hundreds of thousands of them have been hiding their kippahs and other Jewish symbols for years now in Paris, Marseille, Brussels, London, Amsterdam and many other European cities with a large population of Muslim immigrants.
At least a quarter of Europes Jews had resolved not to wear their kippahs or any other Jewish symbol publicly before any of the debates even took place, according to a 2013 survey in nine countries. In that European Union poll of 5,100 Jews the most comprehensive study of its kind 49 percent of 800 Swedish respondents said they refrained from wearing clothing that identified them as Jewish. In Belgium, whose capital city is the seat of the European Union, the figure was 36 percent.
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When civility has broken down and hatred is being fanned, its dangerous to wear any symbol that offends anyone.
And when you are prosecuted for the shoot, the cops will pull your computer and see your posts here. The prosecutor will then argue, and very convincingly, that you wore the hat as bait with the full intention of shooting the lib who you purposely antagonized.
Nifong was not the last of his kind.
No hat and no sticker for me for two reasons.
First, I have never been able to change the mind of a liberal. Not even my eldest daughter who flies into a rage at the mention of the president’s name. There is something missing in their mentality that makes them liberal.
Second, I really don’t want to kill an idiot over a little hat or a bumper sticker.
There are other ways to promote conservatism.
"...anything promoting or displaying personal opinions, beliefs, political and religious affiliations e.g. ballot initiatives, candidate support, marijuana legalization, abortion opinions, sexual preference, religious beliefs, or any type of proselytizing".
A lot of people don't understand that First Amendment rights exist as a compact between the government and the citizen only. They end at the door to private property. I can tell you what to wear or not say as a condition of entering my home and I will not be in violation of the Constitution in doing so. Same goes for employers. They can legally limit an employee's right to "free speech" while on their turf. And in some cases, even when the employee is OFF their turf.
It is amazing to me how many times I have had others argue with me on the basis of misunderstanding these limitations. Nothing of consequence is taught in the schools anymore.
Hmmmm... stealing this and having my wife put it on a shirt...
I wear my MAGA hat in Ames iowa.
I have gotten good comments and none bad.
BUT THE REAL MAGIC OF THE HAT IS WHO IT KEEPS AWAY... ...
I sooooooooooooo can’t wait till somebody gets in my face about my MAGA hat, my Trump shirts, or my *ahem* 17th letter shirts.
“I am sooooooooooooooooo sorry my camouflage MAGA hat offends you. I will stop wearing it because it offends you. I will wear my red one from now on.”
haven’t been able to use it yet.
May I suggest black MAGA hats for those who bear arms? :)
Thanks. Just ordered a red one (BDU) to go with my white one (Dress).
Not much diff, eh? We'd get it. I'D get it.
#AdaptAndOvercome
Nice.
I should get a white one. Or just wait till they start selling KAG hats.
This is my favorite T shirt.
https://www.amazon.com/Best-Waking-Donald-Trump-President/dp/B07DFMBGQ5
Be careful and not where is when you go out to eat.
The well dressed man, or woman.
I have one. I keep it in a display.
The issue i have is that most are made in China (mine is, my aunt bought it for me as a gag because she didn’t know i was being serious in my day 1 support).
Hey one that is made in the U.S. and you’ll be compete !
GET RID OF THOSE PINK PUSSY HATS!
It would be a better idea if they issued about 100 million MAGA hats, and everybody wear one constantly.
Guess again.
“Im thinking lets gather a group of Army Rangers, Green Berets, Recon Marines and Navy SEALs, give em all a MAGA hat to wear and take a walk through Berkely, San Francisco, Greenwich Village or almost anywhere in DC.
Bring it snowflakes!”
It’s way past “push back” time. Give the Marxist Liberal Left, Soros, Deep State Elitists, DNC financed thugs, and their cohorts in the MSM a dose of American reality. American patriots since 1776 have shown the world that We don’t give up our freedom and our country without a big-time fight. We know who will win this one, don’t we!
“When civility has broken down and hatred is being fanned, its dangerous to wear any symbol that offends anyone.”
My Kimber 1911 .45cal ACP w/ 230gr says otherwise.
Since we don’t have real names here, how is that going to happen?
You can run and hide. We’ll stand, thank you.
Pretty close. Note I said 1930s not 1940s.
I think that young man looks so BRAVE in those pictures.
They were there to protest for the right to life of the unborn, and had to stand amidst the profanity and threats of violence from some of Satan’s worst soldiers.
Trump should give them a medal.
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