Why are American internet liberals so obsessed with people wearing fedoras? Are they afraid of gangsters?
@JonasKyratzes one supposes. the slagging isn't because fedoras are ugly, it's the associated politics.
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@chaosprime Well, yeah, but it's still insulting people for how they look, right? The same argument can be applied to lots of insults. -
@JonasKyratzes i'm sure one could argue that. or one could be doing the tedious thing where one mocks people by inferring ludicrous aspie… -
@JonasKyratzes …rulesets from their behavior and positions and then pointing out how they don't follow these rules one made up. -
@chaosprime Ugh, short hair/feminists. There you go. Acceptable? No, just daft. -
@JonasKyratzes the only daft part i see is if one actually believes whatever voluntary identity marker one is concerned with actually maps… -
@JonasKyratzes …1:1 with the politics one has a problem with. i very much doubt anyone speaking of fedora-wearers has this problem. -
@chaosprime It's pretty daft when you're not part of this tiny cultural niche obsessed with hats as symbols for evil. -
@JonasKyratzes yes, in-groups communicating using the symbols they've established shared meaning for are awfully nutty, it's true - 5 more replies
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