Funny you should say that. I saw this cartoon meme yesterday:
Posted on 01/25/2019 8:24:45 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The fundamental offense of the Covington Catholic High School kids wasn’t so much allegedly mobbing, mocking, or getting in the face of an American Indian drummer at the Lincoln Memorial.
It was wearing red Make America Great Again hats. That was the actual, incontestable conduct that created the predicate for the presumption of guilt and all the rest of the grief they’ve been subjected to since.
For much of progressive America, if you are wearing the hat, you are suiting up for Team Racist. You are marking yourself out as a bigot and a goon. Your individuality doesn’t matter anymore, only the cap.
The entire Covington incident might have played out differently if the kids had been wearing red Washington Nationals caps. The imbroglio might not have gotten any attention at all. Even if it did, progressives taking a critical view of the students might have been more inclined to view them as immature teenagers rather than totems of hate.
As an analysis at Vox noted of the Covington incident, “The hats extinguished pretty much any benefit of the doubt a liberal observer might have given these kids.”
Exactly.
Alyssa Milano notoriously tweeted, “The red MAGA hat is the new white hood.” Which would be close to an apt analogy if people donned MAGA hats to carry out hideously violent crimes against African Americans and other people uncongenial to them.
In a similar vein, TV writer and producer David Simon pronounced, “Once a campaign prop, a MAGA cap now fronts for such raw evil.” He makes it sound like a red baseball cap with an embroidered American political slogan on the front is the equivalent of the Totenkopf.
This is, to put it mildly, an uncharitable view of their fellow citizens, who voted by the tens of millions for the guy who invented the red cap.
It speaks to the marketing genius of Donald Trump that he managed to create not just a potent piece of campaign memorabilia, but a cultural marker that will forever be associated with this period of our national life.
The MAGA hat denotes support for him, yes, but also a certain boldness and unwillingness to be bullied that isn’t merely symbolic — people occasionally get assaulted for doing nothing other than wearing the caps.
And why not, if the cap symbolizes only one thing for the Left? As Commonweal magazine columnist Mollie O’Reilly wrote of the Covington controversy, “You don’t let your kid wear a MAGA hat and then act offended when they get taken for a racist.”
Well, there’s the minor detail that your kid might not be remotely racist. It should be incumbent on adults to realize, much though they hate Donald Trump, that not everyone who supports him or wears his political paraphernalia is a hater.
But it is the adults who take the childishly reductive view of this question. When Jamie Lee Curtis regretted her snap condemnation of the students, journalist Victoria Brownworth tweeted at the actress her disappointment: “DID YOU MISS THE MAGA HATS?”
This is why very little outrage has been directed at the venomous, freakishly anti-gay, openly racist Black Hebrews who berated and taunted the students. They weren’t wearing MAGA hats.
And this is why much of the Left didn’t want to relent in the campaign against the students, even after exculpatory video emerged. It wasn’t just that many progressives still took a hostile view of events; they knew for a fact that the kids — at least some of them — had worn MAGA caps. And what else was there to know?
For them, this rendered the Covington students simply political and social symbols to be crushed underfoot. Never mind that each of them was a teenage kid who — even if you think he has bad taste or noxious political views now — has a lifetime ahead of him to grow and change.
They wore the hats, and can never be forgiven.
Uh, no. These murderous thugs (and murderous they are) get away with it because they are black. That's how it works these days.
See how fast Nathan the liar disappeared from the MSM radar..,
So now we say this about rape victims? “Look at the way she was dressed, she had it coming”
Since attire is the new standard of deviancy, does this mean Females that dress like harlots and act slutty deserve to be Raped??
I don’t do photoshop stuff. But it would be GREAT if someone would photoshop a MAGA hat on Lincoln’s head at the Lincoln Memorial.
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We have a two-party system.
If one of those parties (the Republicans) win the White House and if you express support for the President who was elected by We The People in a national election ... then you are guilty of the crime of racism, and your life should be destroyed.
CWII gettin’ hot any day now.
Pussy hats just trigger me and I want to get in those women’s faces and beat a drum. They triggered me so they’re guilty. Ugh! What crap. If you don’t own a MAGA hat now, it’s time to pony up. Be sure to buy it from the campaign too.
Indeed.
This incident is destined to be remembered by all future patriots as “The Smirk Heard ‘Round The World.”
Bring it, progressive scum.
“CWII gettin’ hot any day now.”
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Nope-—it will all be fought on a keyboard.
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no one criticizes black Hebrews....
One group passes out leaflets on major city street corners calling for the justifiable murder of the white race.
Another adds killing nonbeliever black people who are not the true descendants of the black tribe of ancient Israel.
Sick stuff but apparently not as bad as honestly agreeing with the sitting President of the United States and wearing a MAGA hat in public. THAT is extreme.
The big point, which needs to be driven home, is that everyone who is offended by a MAGA hat *is a hater*.
‘’The Hat’’ means ... to the left ... They don’t run the show by determine who and what is racist, bigoted, etc. They hate that hat ‘cause it’s a big Fah-que to them and the power they claim over people’s legitimacy.
I had mine on yesterday, but was open carrying a S & W 357 Magnum, only because my leather bomber jacket was too short to cover it.
I went to Walmart {just like you'd expect a red neck would}, stopped at my local bar for an 8 ounce burger and garlic fried broccoli {no fries} then a couple stops at Home Depot and Loews. I had a real, typical, racist day.
No sour looks that were obvious, no negative comments, but a couple of smiles and thumbs up.
I'm in a demonRAT county but it voted almost 60-40 Trump, so this ain't exactly SF or NY.
When I visit Pittsburgh, I know where I'm going, and have great situational awareness {and always carry more than one gun}.
I have no Death Wish and don't play Mr. Kelsey, but I will wear my MAGA clothes any place I can wear my guns.
No gun, no MAGA, no USS Alaska, there are too many friendly places to visit.
Anyone else see the irony, that the liberals who preach love trumps hate, are the ones who threaten people who have MAGA hats??? Hollywood idiots and others do the doxxing and threaten violence against these kids and violence against the school? These people tell us love trumps hate, as they incite violence and threats against perceived opponents.
Funny you should say that. I saw this cartoon meme yesterday:
I have a white one, a blue one, and my favorite, camo.
Never liked red. Might have to get one, though.
Post a few of these around if you have an opportunity, trigger some Leftists.
bkmk
Despite all the video evidence, the MSM and the Left are still twisting the story as if these kids did something wrong.
They aren’t horrified at all by the harassment of the kids.
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