What happened when you wore it from around 2016 onwards?
Ever had a negative reaction to a political T-shirt?
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DaveCinzano
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Well, yeah.
hitmouse
policing yellow and opportunity purple
On a similar note, a friend put the old MUFC antifascists sticker design with a red devil burning a swastika on his car:
Only to learn that the sticker wasn't designed for prolonged exposure outdoors, so after a few weeks in the sun the red bit had really faded while the black was still very recognisably a swastika from the distance, so he ended up having to scrape the whole thing off.
imposs1904
Thread Killa'
It is pretty cringe, tbh.
petee
no gods, no malarkey
you'd have to wear it with a button down shirt leaving just the head visible.
imposs1904
Thread Killa'
I see a few 'Let's Go Brandon' t-shirts and hoodies in my neighbourhood.
plurker
tú no tienes la culpa mi amor que el mundo sea feo
I was told to take off a FUCK THE POLL TAX tee-shirt back in the day. Some of the genteel folk of Chester weren't happy and a passing copper sided with them. I turned it inside out to keep the peace a bit - and avoid a search 
- but the print was still pretty visible
XAT LLOP EHT KCUF it was then
- but the print was still pretty visibleXAT LLOP EHT KCUF it was then
imposs1904
Thread Killa'
In the States you see lots of people wearing cool looking bomber jackets with their union logo imprinted on the back, just walking about doing their everyday business, not coming or going from a march, etc.
Orang Utan
Acceptable through usage
imposs1904
Thread Killa'
imposs1904
Thread Killa'
I was told to take off a FUCK THE POLL TAX tee-shirt back in the day. Some of the genteel folk of Chester weren't happy and a passing copper sided with them. I turned it inside out to keep the peace a bit - and avoid a search
XAT LLOP EHT KCUF it was then
Remember when some random kid got arrested for wearing one of those Inspiral Carpets 'Cool as Fuck' t shirts? How we laughed.
petee
no gods, no malarkey
I'm sorry.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
I had a t-shirt with this image from the Tintin anarcho parody Breaking Free which was well-received in the field
krtek a houby
Sail hatin'
A Lenin t-shirt, celebrating the russian revolution and printed in Irish, got it in Connolly books, then got a lot of grief in a Dublin pub about that. Mostly "communism killed millions" etc
A Jeremy Corbyn t-shirt got in London, comments in the local were mostly "madman/horrible/communist" but maybe they were directed at me and not JC.
Grateful Dead t-shirt back in the 80s, comments in a pub were like "you weren't there/that's when music was best/better than the shite you hear today".
Maybe should stay out of pubs. Or t-shirts.
A Jeremy Corbyn t-shirt got in London, comments in the local were mostly "madman/horrible/communist" but maybe they were directed at me and not JC.
Grateful Dead t-shirt back in the 80s, comments in a pub were like "you weren't there/that's when music was best/better than the shite you hear today".
Maybe should stay out of pubs. Or t-shirts.
8ball
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hitmouse
policing yellow and opportunity purple
I have a Unison hat (well, actually more than one) and once someone tried to snatch my hat off my head, but I can't remember if I was wearing my Unison hat or a non-union related one, and either way I think it was more to do with them being a pissed antisocial twat who thought snatching a stranger's hat would be funny than because they were outraged by trade unionism. I also have a UCU hat I won in a pub quiz once, and I was going to say that I think one of my friends said that they liked it but it didn't go with my sunglasses, but on reflection I think they actually said that about a top I was wearing (similar hot pink colour, no union-related branding though). I've never worn a MAGA hat in Central London, so I've never had any negative reactions on that score though.
Has anyone else not worn a MAGA hat in Central London, and what sort of reactions did you not get if so?
Has anyone else not worn a MAGA hat in Central London, and what sort of reactions did you not get if so?
I have seen someone (American tourist I think) wear a MAGA hat on the tube. No-one said anything but there was quite a lot of sniggering, rolling of eyes etc. Probably the most social I've ever seen the tube tbh.
WouldBe
Dislicksick
I've never worn a MAGA hat in London (or elsewhere) and had no reactions at all.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
Shouting MAGA MAGA MAGA MAGAI've never worn a MAGA hat in London (or elsewhere) and had no reactions at all.
Mega MAGA white supremacist
Mega MAGA white supremacist
So many things to see and do
In the tube hole true
Blonde going back to Romford
MAGA MAGA MAGA going back to Romford
How am I at having fun
I know why you're on your way
To a new tension headache
Jennaonthebeach
Wish I was as perfect as you.
I used to have one that listed how many people every year were killed by the police, and compared it to terrorism (it was much higher). A lot of people didn't like it to the point where i stopped wearing it, and I'd already been scared to wear it anywhere where there was likely to be police officers, like the Tube, central London, any central London station, Westminster in general. I still have it, and its i really good nick (pun!) 15 years later.
_Russ_
Never not Knowingly Misunderstood
I've got an old and quite faded tee shirt with "Communist Party" written on the front and pictures of Karl and his mates in Party hats, its funny how something so benign to me can make someone Im chatting with to so inwardly angry...you can see the eyes shift to my torso and their faces change telling the story of repressed disgust
petee
no gods, no malarkey
petee
no gods, no malarkey
krtek a houby
Sail hatin'
You need the other side to be printed "if you think that's annoying, you should see my posts on urban"
redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
Whereas the quality of most union t-shirts I've got over the years has been shite, the bright pink UCU beanie hats are surprisingly good quality and I do use mine quite a lot.
Also my experience is that most unions seem to massively underestimate the size of their members clothing wise.
hitmouse
policing yellow and opportunity purple
Update on this: the other week a mate who's a Unite rep wore her red Unite baseball cap to the pub and got several comments from friends along the lines of "Jesus, if seen from behind or the sides you really look like you're wearing one of those shitty MAGA hats". This wasn't in Central London, though.
redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
The new UCU tote bags are really good - strong and with good handles so you can carry or put over the shoulder
klang
klang
I tell you, they love me over there, my hats get a tremendous reaction over there, in fact people tell me they've never seen a better reaction to a hat, ever. Wherever i go people tell me that, and the deep state doesn't like it and china doesn't like it, and the msm tell you it's not true, but it's true because people all over the world tell me it's true.
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