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MineralMan

(150,641 posts)
Sat May 17, 2025, 12:04 PM May 2025

Sometimes, You Want to Make a Political Statement

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.

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Sometimes, You Want to Make a Political Statement (Original Post) MineralMan May 2025 OP
I'm getting one. Especially like it's blue. I don't wear any of my red hats nowadays. Silent Type May 2025 #1
It's a custom cap, ordered on Amazon. MineralMan May 2025 #2
I know, maga ruined red hats. Which is shitty considering my baseball team is the Phillies Walleye May 2025 #3
I dunno. I just got a 1949 Kansas City Monarchs cap. rsdsharp May 2025 #13
Oh, that sounds really nice. Wear it in good health. Walleye May 2025 #47
It is a cap from the last days of the Negro Leagues, rsdsharp May 2025 #52
I didn't wear my red University of Wisconsin hat for eight years rzemanfl May 2025 #45
They do tend to ruin everything., The Republicans. Walleye May 2025 #48
Something will give before three years pass. rzemanfl May 2025 #49
I agree, I fear real violence from frustration and anger. There's already demonstrations. Walleye May 2025 #50
I think it will happen when a crowd rescues someone from rzemanfl May 2025 #51
As a Red Sox fan, I feel your pain! EOM Grown2Hate May 2025 #54
Actually, ... red hats are great for gobsmacking maga if you have steely nerves Bernardo de La Paz May 2025 #21
My reluctance to wearing a red hat is that people think you are an a-hole from distance even if it says, "Screw trump." Silent Type May 2025 #28
" I don't wear any of my red hats nowadays."..I took a advanced motorcycle course many moons ago mitch96 May 2025 #41
I love it! Diamond_Dog May 2025 #4
Nice. nt sl8 May 2025 #5
Thank you for your woke af service! Beartracks May 2025 #6
As I say to everyone to thanks me for my service: MineralMan May 2025 #7
Stolen!!! NewLarry May 2025 #39
Love it!!! And you look fabulous in it !!! Karadeniz May 2025 #8
Aw, shucks.... MineralMan May 2025 #10
Love it malaise May 2025 #9
Excellent! Ocelot II May 2025 #11
Yes, it can. MineralMan May 2025 #12
MineralMan ............ Upthevibe May 2025 #14
"" AllaN01Bear May 2025 #15
Love it, MM. 💙 sheshe2 May 2025 #16
I am in hopes the Veterans DENVERPOPS May 2025 #17
TY!! bluestarone May 2025 #18
Were you in the Air Force? nuxvomica May 2025 #19
Usually "As Fuck"... rubbersole May 2025 #23
I was in the Air Force, and it does mean something else. MineralMan May 2025 #29
I was going to say I loved the ambiguity of it, and suspected that both were intended. soldierant May 2025 #36
Love the double entredre PhylliPretzel May 2025 #42
I love this all to bits Hekate May 2025 #20
Excellent 👍👍 TommieMommy May 2025 #22
Nice choice! Evolve Dammit May 2025 #24
My sig line! Aviation Pro May 2025 #25
Commie City, MM! maga TNT - well done! rubbersole May 2025 #26
Love your AF Veteran's hat1 gademocrat7 May 2025 #27
Absolutely love this! blm May 2025 #30
Nice! I like it! CaptainTruth May 2025 #31
Bravo! Blue Ozarks May 2025 #32
This would work for me. countryken May 2025 #33
Looking good!! SWBTATTReg May 2025 #34
LOVE IT Skittles May 2025 #35
Your statement is perfect! nt babylonsister May 2025 #37
Love it!! Alliepoo May 2025 #38
Definitely... GiqueCee May 2025 #40
Snappy, MM! Cha May 2025 #43
I was never in the Navy, but the father/grandfather of some close friends of ours was a somewhat prominent naval officer DFW May 2025 #44
Love it. stillspkg May 2025 #46
This 79 year old Navy vet salutes you .. Permanut May 2025 #53

MineralMan

(150,641 posts)
2. It's a custom cap, ordered on Amazon.
Sat May 17, 2025, 12:07 PM
May 2025

There are other places that make custom caps, too.

Walleye

(43,817 posts)
3. I know, maga ruined red hats. Which is shitty considering my baseball team is the Phillies
Sat May 17, 2025, 12:10 PM
May 2025

Woke veteran is a very good sentiment.

rsdsharp

(11,794 posts)
13. I dunno. I just got a 1949 Kansas City Monarchs cap.
Sat May 17, 2025, 12:58 PM
May 2025

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

(43,817 posts)
47. Oh, that sounds really nice. Wear it in good health.
Sun May 18, 2025, 11:08 AM
May 2025

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

rsdsharp

(11,794 posts)
52. It is a cap from the last days of the Negro Leagues,
Sun May 18, 2025, 11:57 AM
May 2025

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

rzemanfl

(31,129 posts)
45. I didn't wear my red University of Wisconsin hat for eight years
Sun May 18, 2025, 06:50 AM
May 2025

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

Walleye

(43,817 posts)
48. They do tend to ruin everything., The Republicans.
Sun May 18, 2025, 11:11 AM
May 2025

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.

Walleye

(43,817 posts)
50. I agree, I fear real violence from frustration and anger. There's already demonstrations.
Sun May 18, 2025, 11:36 AM
May 2025

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.

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
21. Actually, ... red hats are great for gobsmacking maga if you have steely nerves
Sat May 17, 2025, 01:28 PM
May 2025

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

(12,412 posts)
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."
Sat May 17, 2025, 01:49 PM
May 2025

At least Democrats.

mitch96

(15,655 posts)
41. " I don't wear any of my red hats nowadays."..I took a advanced motorcycle course many moons ago
Sat May 17, 2025, 08:54 PM
May 2025

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...
m

MineralMan

(150,641 posts)
12. Yes, it can.
Sat May 17, 2025, 12:41 PM
May 2025

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%.

DENVERPOPS

(13,003 posts)
17. I am in hopes the Veterans
Sat May 17, 2025, 01:12 PM
May 2025

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......

rubbersole

(10,990 posts)
23. Usually "As Fuck"...
Sat May 17, 2025, 01:32 PM
May 2025

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

MineralMan

(150,641 posts)
29. I was in the Air Force, and it does mean something else.
Sat May 17, 2025, 01:58 PM
May 2025

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

(9,286 posts)
36. I was going to say I loved the ambiguity of it, and suspected that both were intended.
Sat May 17, 2025, 06:53 PM
May 2025

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

Hekate

(100,132 posts)
20. I love this all to bits
Sat May 17, 2025, 01:26 PM
May 2025

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.



rubbersole

(10,990 posts)
26. Commie City, MM! maga TNT - well done!
Sat May 17, 2025, 01:38 PM
May 2025

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

countryken

(118 posts)
33. This would work for me.
Sat May 17, 2025, 05:26 PM
May 2025

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

GiqueCee

(3,410 posts)
40. Definitely...
Sat May 17, 2025, 08:22 PM
May 2025

... 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.

DFW

(59,730 posts)
44. I was never in the Navy, but the father/grandfather of some close friends of ours was a somewhat prominent naval officer
Sun May 18, 2025, 01:46 AM
May 2025

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.

Permanut

(7,990 posts)
53. This 79 year old Navy vet salutes you ..
Sun May 18, 2025, 12:23 PM
May 2025

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

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