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 threadKen WhiteJan 14, 2023
….. It’s actually scary to me that some people think that tens of millions of people should be treated as as-a-matter-of-law outsiders. It’s a terrible, terrible way to run a society.
Show threadheather mcdanielsJan 15, 2023
@Popehat
I have to admit, after reading about the decision, I would also be upset at a coworker wearing a MAGA hat at a staff-only cultural sensitivity and racial bias training.
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Show threadheather mcdaniels
@Popehat
For the last 6 years or more, we have been subjected to MAGA hatred, racial abuse, name calling & violence, not just from everyday people, but from officials, police officers, medical personnel, governors, congressmen & the former president. All of them embraced the MAGA concept & most
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