Ken WhiteJan 14, 2023

I got more pushback than I anticipated on one argument in my post about the Ninth Circuit decision about the MAGA-hat-wearing-teacher: the idea that a MAGA hat is not self-evidently outside acceptable public conduct.

I certainly have a reaction to seeing someone in a MAGA hat — I figure they’d probably hate me, and I probably wouldn’t care to hang out with them — and I know some people have stronger reactions. But . . .

Show threadKen WhiteJan 14, 2023
…I can’t wrap my head around the concept that openly supporting a former President, who got 75 million votes last time, who is still hugely popular among Republicans, is not only completely acceptable in my social circle or yours, but is completely unacceptable in a way that the law should enforce. It’s just not in the realm of reason. It’s one of the more striking examples I’ve encountered recently of in-a-bubble thinking.
Show threadDarwin WoodkaJan 14, 2023
@Popehat well the dude certainly showed why he needed to be at cultural sensitivity training didn't he
Show threadKen WhiteJan 14, 2023
@darwinwoodka Does supporting a candidate who got 75 million votes, 47% of voters, mean you require cultural sensitivity training? This is exactly what I’m talking about.
Show threadDarwin WoodkaJan 14, 2023
@Popehat I would assume there were other reasons he was there as well. But he insisted on being an asshole about it, too
Show threadKen WhiteJan 14, 2023
@darwinwoodka Would a teacher who wore a Biden hat be an asshole? How about an Obama hat?
Show threadSpicewallaJan 14, 2023

@Popehat @darwinwoodka

Equating a maga hat to a biden hat is a dril tweet.

Show threadKen WhiteJan 15, 2023
@Spicewalla @darwinwoodka If you’re indifferent to context and the course of the conversation.
Show threadSpicewalla

@Popehat @darwinwoodka

It genuinely seems that the context is "american political symbols are anodyne, detached from the ideology of the movements they represent."

Maga represents a movement that includes an organized violent faction, that say a Bush or a Romney hat does not.

Jan 15, 2023 at 1:48amWeb