PTK
Paul Kegan
That's assuming that the US Civil War was ever mentioned in school history classes.
Ever had a negative reaction to a political T-shirt?
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8ball
Maximum Facepalm
I’d have expected you to go with “more lethal spiders”.
Not had a reaction to t-shirts but on a few occasions people have got a bit weird about the SS uniform.
It wouldn't surprise me. There's a hell of a lot of ignorance of history out there in my experience. Also the Confederate flag was allowed to morph into this general symbol of rebellion without all the unpleasantness it was really associated with.
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
I wore some political T-shirts in my teens when my beliefs were a bit more black and white (CND, Solidarnosc, Smoke the Russians out of Afghanistan, etc.) which resulted in some police hassle. Older me is less comfortable reducing my public persona to a slogan when I’d like to think I’m a bit more than just my political leanings. I suppose it depends on the reaction you’re looking for in other people - a Fight? Discussion? Romance? - and the context. It doesn’t help that one person I know who wears his supposedly radical left stance on his chest and calls people “comrade” is a BTL landlord with half a dozen properties but he doesn’t tend to advertise that part of him.
'I was drugged by Doctor Death' never raised an eyebrow but fuck me, the absolute grief I got for wearing a red splotched T.shirt with 'menstruating' across the front (screen printed by me). I kept the original print on my mantlepiece for a while and noticed that several times, various (male) visitors actually turned the print to face the wall!
No one would probably bat an eyelid these days.
Prolly not but in 1977, not so.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Why not?Why would you wear that?
PTK
Paul Kegan
I assumed that the person referred to, with the Confederate flag on their jacket, was British.
PTK
Paul Kegan
How is a the legend "suicide bomber" on a tee-shirt a political message? What is the message it is intended to convey?
ska invita
back on the other side
philosophical
Well-Known Member
Too old for this kind of thing really, but back in the day I’d have liked to have worn a T-shirt with ‘Nothing is obvious’ as the slogan.
Monte
You can't say lavatory without saying tory.
Great to have you on the board Harry.
I'd like to see someone walk around London wearing that with a hidden camera to catch people's reactions
Precisely because of the silence, the isolation, the fucking shame which women have been made to feel about this entirely natural and normal function. And yes, attitudes just like yours, Spy.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
That’s kinda my thinking on it too. Though i guess we shouldn’t be too snobby about young people being earnest
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
It's like making a statement about pollution by walking around with a turd on your head
I’ve had a couple of people clock my jacket with my union logo on it and make a comment. In a friendly but not particularly supportive way.
I have a Red Action Voice of Reason T-shirt that I’ve never really worn out in the wild.
I don’t think anyone knows what my IWCA beanie is about.
I have a Red Action Voice of Reason T-shirt that I’ve never really worn out in the wild.
I don’t think anyone knows what my IWCA beanie is about.
Sounds more like fash or ‘patriots’ than cops.
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
Indeed - that’s all part and parcel of youth before the cynicism sets in.
maomao
普費斯
Could easily have been both.
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