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I took a trip to Trump country. It was more bleak than I could have imagined
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Yeah, they've been a boogaloo thing for a while.
Unfortunately for me I have always liked Hawaiian shirts
And I'm a white guy, with a shaved head, who works in 911 dispatch so I'm police-adjacent, with some outdoorsy hobbies like hunting and fishing, with a pet malinois (free dog that fell into my lap, didn't go out seeking a super police/military dog breed, but that's the card the universe dealt me)
I'm practically a walking conservative stereotype in just about every superficial appearance, except that I'm not a conservative.
Pisses me off to no end that they've co-opted things like Hawaiian shirts and tiki torches.
Fortunately, unless you’re marching around with the tiki torch, no one is going to think you’re a fascist. It’s fine to set them up in your back yard or campsite, like they’re meant to.
And I imagine/hope that as long as you don't wear any military adjacent gear with the Hawaiian shirt it's fine
Oh sad face, currently wearing my camo painting shorts and threw on a hawaiin shirt while I BBQ. I line up with punk nazi punchers much more than anything in my heart. I'm not gonna let them take my hawaiin shirts away from me! Fuck them.
Good point, I hope.
I feel ya brother. I live in a conservative small town, have a big beard, wear my hair in a high and tight cut, drive a truck and I can go on. I get mistaken by these people all the time as one of theirs. Thing is I couldn't be further from them. My kids godparent (for lack of a better term) is trans. I call myself an equalist because I believe everyone should enjoy the same rights and treatment that I as a white cis male enjoy. It's annoying as all get out that my personal aesthetic is so closely tied to these assholes