Ever had a negative reaction to a political T-shirt?
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Boris Sprinkler
Dont be scared
AnnaKarpik
Queen of all she surveys
I have a shirt with the Nye Bevan 'lower than vermin' quote on it. Only ever had approving reactions but I wouldn't rock up to the social club when the rugby's on wearing it, nor the card game on Tuesdays.
Funky_monks
Neo-Rustic
Surely it depends on which social club and which variety of Rugby?
Sure if you were down workingman's to watch th' Rugby League, it'd be fine.
AnnaKarpik
Queen of all she surveys
It's the southern jessie sort; people down here think I'm Labour and that's too radical for most of them.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Yeah, I don’t like those, and for the same reason.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
The worst 'political' reaction I got for wearing a t-shirt was when I was in my CBGB's one.
At a European Social Forum and this bloke marches up to me and compliments me on it, it didn't 'look like most CPGB shirts. Are you Peter Manson?' Reader, I could have decked him.
At a European Social Forum and this bloke marches up to me and compliments me on it, it didn't 'look like most CPGB shirts. Are you Peter Manson?' Reader, I could have decked him.
Peter Painter
Well-Known Member
I used to have a great t-shirt with the red and black triangles and the initials FAI In the top left corner and CNT in the bottom right.
Not really a negative reaction (more a disappointing one) but I lost count of the number of people who asked me, "is that meant to mean cunt or something?"
Not really a negative reaction (more a disappointing one) but I lost count of the number of people who asked me, "is that meant to mean cunt or something?"
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ruffneck23
front left
Im currently wearing a t-shirt that says 'Fuck shit government' and no one seems to mind around here
Should've joined the RCP.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Yep, but not like anything that has already been described. Still pisses me off it happened, because I felt VERY threatened.
In the 80s I was on a bus to Finsbury Park. Only spare seat was near the back, on top, in front of a group of young lads. I had a sleeveless 'FREEDOM' t-shirt in rasta colours. On the front was a fist braking a chain. I got so much shit, proper threatening shit from the group of lads who thought I, as a young white guy, should not be wearing that t-shirt. So threatened, I got off the bus early because I was certain I was about to get my head kicked in. Six of them, one of me, and nothing I said placated them. Cultural appropriation or solidarity? I know why I was wearing it.
On a lighter note, at school we aren't allowed to wear politically overt messages. I hated my Head at the time. I went in, in summer, in a Zapatista t-shirt I'd got in Mexico. It was entirely in Spanish and nobody at work spoke Spanish. It got completely ignored all day.
In the 80s I was on a bus to Finsbury Park. Only spare seat was near the back, on top, in front of a group of young lads. I had a sleeveless 'FREEDOM' t-shirt in rasta colours. On the front was a fist braking a chain. I got so much shit, proper threatening shit from the group of lads who thought I, as a young white guy, should not be wearing that t-shirt. So threatened, I got off the bus early because I was certain I was about to get my head kicked in. Six of them, one of me, and nothing I said placated them. Cultural appropriation or solidarity? I know why I was wearing it.
On a lighter note, at school we aren't allowed to wear politically overt messages. I hated my Head at the time. I went in, in summer, in a Zapatista t-shirt I'd got in Mexico. It was entirely in Spanish and nobody at work spoke Spanish. It got completely ignored all day.
Smokeandsteam
Working Class First
No. But I once got harangued by two women in the city centre for wearing a smiths T-shirt with “The Queen is Dead” on. They followed me up the road shouting that she wasn’t dead and what a disgrace I was etc.
I was merely 20 odd years too early…
I was merely 20 odd years too early…
Keep meaning to buy one of those - the version where the words are done in the shape of a rat
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
Ftfy.
Eta Anyway, they couldn't have been that fussy, my brother was apparently a member for a bit.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
mojo pixy
שיר חדש
While working at the Buddhafield festival in 2012 I was wearing an Anaal Nathrakh t-shirt which has on the back "If you want a picture of the future, picture a boot stamping on a human face forever." One of the festival runners came over to personally ask me to take it off, and he made it clear if I didn't I'd be off site.
But he did it so non-violently that I just went with it.
But he did it so non-violently that I just went with it.
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hitmouse
policing yellow and opportunity purple
I once saw someone wearing an "ENOCH POWELL WAS RIGHT" t-shirt, I did indeed have a negative reaction to that.
Can't think of much the other way around, I did once get chatting to someone while wearing my MDC t-shirt and they mentioned their dad was a cop which turned the conversation a bit awkward, but that was a long time ago, can't really remember owt since then.
Can't think of much the other way around, I did once get chatting to someone while wearing my MDC t-shirt and they mentioned their dad was a cop which turned the conversation a bit awkward, but that was a long time ago, can't really remember owt since then.
Mr.Bishie
pickled egg
Is that cos she’s been dead for donks?
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
1979 England v West Indies at The Oval with my dad. We're talking Viv Richards, Joel Garner, Andy Roberts, Michael Holding ... all of my childhood heroes in one place.
My old man got us snide tickets (still got mine somewhere) for a couple of quid outside the ground, which actually worked. There were no scanners then, and the touts were in cahoots with the door-boys, so a nod got you in.
Half way through the morning sesh, some cunt at the front of our stand, stands up and takes his jacket off to show a massive swastika t-shirt and starts pumping his fist. The old man grabbed me by my coat and dragged me out of the stand whilst about 100 black lads converged on dickhead. Thing is, the old bill turned up and the stand got closed so we missed the cricket cos our tickets were fake and we couldn't use them to get back in.
Somehow, dad did a deal with a Rasta geezer in the pub that evening which got us into the next day ....
... West Indies won the test match, which made me very happy!
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
I saw a lad once wearing a leather biker jacket with a Southern Confederate flag on the back of it. He was black, I think someone wasn't paying attention during history classes
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
Didn't forget about him, though
Orang Utan
Acceptable through usage
They’re all a bit naff tbf. A lot naff tbh
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