Sometimes, You Want to Make a Political Statement

[MineralMan]

But you don't always want it to be 100% transparent. So, I ordered a custom cap on Amazon. It just arrived, and I'll be wearing it occasionally, when there's a reason.

[Silent Type]

1. I'm getting one. Especially like it's blue. I don't wear any of my red hats nowadays.

[MineralMan]

2. It's a custom cap, ordered on Amazon.

There are other places that make custom caps, too.

[Walleye]

3. I know, maga ruined red hats. Which is shitty considering my baseball team is the Phillies

Woke veteran is a very good sentiment.

[rsdsharp]

13. I dunno. I just got a 1949 Kansas City Monarchs cap.

It’s red wool, with white piping on the seams, and an interlocking white KC on the front. I don’t think anybody is going to mistake it for one of Trump’s overpriced Chinese trucker caps.

[Walleye]

47. Oh, that sounds really nice. Wear it in good health.

I hope Pam Blondi doesn’t think it’s a gang hat

[rsdsharp]

52. It is a cap from the last days of the Negro Leagues,

I may be at risk, even though I’m butt white.

[rzemanfl]

45. I didn't wear my red University of Wisconsin hat for eight years

Because of the "W." Now it is benched again. I hate Republicans.

[Walleye]

48. They do tend to ruin everything., The Republicans.

They really are like bullies kicking down your Sandcastle. We know one thing we’re not allowed to have nice things for the next three years anyway.

[rzemanfl]

49. Something will give before three years pass.

This cannot stand.

[Walleye]

50. I agree, I fear real violence from frustration and anger. There's already demonstrations.

Maga seems to be angry and hateful all the time. I don’t know how they can live like that. I guess when they’re among their own kind, they pat each other on the back for their hatefulness. They don’t realize that we haven’t begun to get to full anger yet, and when we do, it’s not gonna be pretty. They will deal with people like me 76-year-old woman, pissed as shit. I don’t think these boys will be able to take it.

[rzemanfl]

51. I think it will happen when a crowd rescues someone from

ICE.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

21. Actually, ... red hats are great for gobsmacking maga if you have steely nerves

1. Wear a generic red hat.
2. maga says some brain-dead thing like "ain't it great!"
3. Make a non-commital response that refers to something specific which you've played out in your mind beforehand.
4. maga makes some bogus claim like "we'll get a tax cut because China will pay the tariffs."
5. "That's why Walmart is raising prices because China pays. Merry christmas."
6. Walk away.

(Easy for me to propose, I'm in Canada, where a red with white hat reminds of our flag.)

[Silent Type]

28. My reluctance to wearing a red hat is that people think you are an a-hole from distance even if it says, "Screw trump."

At least Democrats.

[mitch96]

41. " I don't wear any of my red hats nowadays."..I took a advanced motorcycle course many moons ago

and they gave us red ball caps with a logo of the company and the course name.. I love wearing it b/c I also put a peace sign and rainbow pin on it.. I love it when they think I'm "in their club" until they get close..
Gives me a chuckle...
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[Diamond_Dog]

4. I love it!

[sl8]

5. Nice. nt

[Beartracks]

6. Thank you for your woke af service!

[MineralMan]

7. As I say to everyone to thanks me for my service:

Thank you for paying your taxes!

[NewLarry]

39. Stolen!!!

[Karadeniz]

8. Love it!!! And you look fabulous in it !!!

[MineralMan]

10. Aw, shucks....

[malaise]

9. Love it

Rec

[Ocelot II]

11. Excellent!

"AF" can stand for a couple of things, of course.

[MineralMan]

12. Yes, it can.

I think I'll wear it when we visit the Ft. Snelling cemetery. My wife's father is buried there and we go a couple of times a year. I'm sure there will be other appropriate occasions, too. Maybe I'll be able to tell who gets it 100%.

[Upthevibe]

14. MineralMan ............

[AllaN01Bear]

15. ""

[sheshe2]

16. Love it, MM. 💙

[DENVERPOPS]

17. I am in hopes the Veterans

ALL wake up..........................

and work full time trying to make sure the current members of the Military all wake up also..........

If Trump enables the U.S. Military to be used against the civilians, which he is working on by trying to use some BS reason to enact the Insurrection act, (in spite of the Posse Commatatous Act).......we are in for a military coup take over of this country by Trump and the Republican Party......

[bluestarone]

18. TY!!

This is the kind of an American, EVERYONE can be proud of!!

[nuxvomica]

19. Were you in the Air Force?

Or does "AF" mean something else?

[rubbersole]

23. Usually "As Fuck"...

...but I went to Florida schools and I spend a lot of time on DU. 🤗

[MineralMan]

29. I was in the Air Force, and it does mean something else.

That's the beauty of it, isn't it?

But wait, there's more: In the first place being "woke" is taken by some to be a horrible thing. And if you're a woke veteran, that's double bad. And finally, if you're "woke as fuck," there's no hope for you at all, apparently.

Oddly enough, though, I posted that picture on a nostalgia page for one base I served at. The base existed for only 12 years, and was very, very small. So the guys who were stationed there like to chat with each other. On that page, those old veterans seem to think the hat is cool. So, not all veterans are Trumpers. That's good to know.

[soldierant]

36. I was going to say I loved the ambiguity of it, and suspected that both were intended.

Too bad that "woke MC veteran doesn't have that - plus I can' wear hats without getting headaches. More power to you !!!

[PhylliPretzel]

42. Love the double entredre

you sly ol' fox!

[Hekate]

20. I love this all to bits

As someone else pointed out, we have had to give up our normal red hats, in my case a sun hat that used to spark up several casual outfits. Well there’s always blue.

My husband even has a red baseball-style one given out at his office by a Linux salesman, years ago (it says: Red Hat on the logo) . He loves Linux. But since trump turned up, it sits there.

I like your idea, a lot. Since he’s also an AF veteran, and Woke AF from living with me all these years, I’m going to show him yours.

[TommieMommy]

22. Excellent 👍👍

[Evolve Dammit]

24. Nice choice!

[Aviation Pro]

25. My sig line!

I need one of those.

[rubbersole]

26. Commie City, MM! maga TNT - well done!

I want something similar but it would be sans "Veteran" because I'm not. Thanks for your service and great idea. 👍

[gademocrat7]

27. Love your AF Veteran's hat1

[blm]

30. Absolutely love this!

[CaptainTruth]

31. Nice! I like it!

[Blue Ozarks]

32. Bravo!

Very handsome✌🏽

[countryken]

33. This would work for me.

I am an Air Force veteran. I am also 'woke AF', so that hat would definitely work for me!

[SWBTATTReg]

34. Looking good!!

[Skittles]

35. LOVE IT

Skittles
USAF veteran

[babylonsister]

37. Your statement is perfect! nt

[Alliepoo]

38. Love it!!

And you look very nice in it!

[GiqueCee]

40. Definitely...

... a distinctive fashion statement! Very cool.
I'd buy one, too, but I'm not a vet. When I went for my draft physical in early '66, I got a 1Y instead of a 1A because I was too light for my height. Hard to believe, looking at me now! Then I got a high lottery number.

[Cha]

43. Snappy, MM!

[DFW]

44. I was never in the Navy, but the father/grandfather of some close friends of ours was a somewhat prominent naval officer

Nixon hated his guts, so you know he was a good man.

A limited series of destroyers was named after him, with the first one bearing his name, and his family handed out hats from the first ship to us.



I sometimes get the "thank you for your service line" in the States when I wear it. I think I'll start using that "thank you for paying your taxes" line as a comeback.

[stillspkg]

46. Love it.

Another option is a red hat with the word, ADULT, embroidered on it.

[Permanut]

53. This 79 year old Navy vet salutes you ..

as my contemporary, as my brother in arms (oars, wings?), and as one of the bricks in the foundation of this little community.