A profile in courage

A few random thoughts on the young woman wearing the "America Was Never Great" hat at Home Depot:

• How stupid do you have to be to believe that there would be no backlash to the unadulterated racism of the Trump campaign?  You want to hate people of color?  Fine--but be prepared to be called (deservedly) an asshole for it.  By the way, there's nothing in the U.S. Constitution or your Bible that condones your viewpoint.
• Commenters have said that the hat is a slap in the face to veterans--how exactly is that?  Aren't you the ones always screaming about how our troops fight for our freedoms?  When did free speech stop being one of our freedoms?
• One supposes that those who claim the hat is an embarrassment to "all" Americans never had any ancestors brought over here on slave ships, never suffered institutional racism in all aspects of life in America from housing to jobs to where they can fucking sit on a bus, or any who were lynched for the basest of reasons.
• As for all those who have sent death threats to the young woman--really?  Threatening to kill an American for exercising their right to free speech?  Quite the testament to America's "greatness."
• And calling her a coward? Seriously?  In all likelihood her job is gone (trust me Home Depot will find a way to get rid of her), she's probably a pariah at work (especially with her supervisors), and she's endured all kinds of hatred from the low grade morons who make up Trump's supporters, for having the guts to express her feelings. Yeah, that's the stuff cowards are made of.
• It's not as if Home Depot is exactly some liberal bastion.  It's pathetic CEO, Ken Langone, once threatened to have all his richie rich friends stop donating to the Catholic Church and its charities because Pope Francis had the audacity to point out what anyone with the IQ of a slug or better already knows:  God doesn't take too kindly to greedy assholes.  The horror!

In the end, Home Depot issued a statement saying the hat was "inappropriate," which is the same statement 99.9% of companies would have made under the circumstances.

Left unsaid, of course, is exactly how unhinged Donald Trumps supporters are.  It's a fucking hat, for Christ's sake.  Get over it.

Peace,

emaycee