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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
(12,412 posts)MineralMan
(151,115 posts)There are other places that make custom caps, too.
Walleye
(44,591 posts)Woke veteran is a very good sentiment.
rsdsharp
(11,963 posts)Its red wool, with white piping on the seams, and an interlocking white KC on the front. I dont think anybody is going to mistake it for one of Trumps overpriced Chinese trucker caps.
Walleye
(44,591 posts)I hope Pam Blondi doesnt think its a gang hat
rsdsharp
(11,963 posts)I may be at risk, even though Im butt white.
rzemanfl
(31,339 posts)Because of the "W." Now it is benched again. I hate Republicans.
Walleye
(44,591 posts)They really are like bullies kicking down your Sandcastle. We know one thing were not allowed to have nice things for the next three years anyway.
rzemanfl
(31,339 posts)This cannot stand.
Walleye
(44,591 posts)Maga seems to be angry and hateful all the time. I dont know how they can live like that. I guess when theyre among their own kind, they pat each other on the back for their hatefulness. They dont realize that we havent begun to get to full anger yet, and when we do, its not gonna be pretty. They will deal with people like me 76-year-old woman, pissed as shit. I dont think these boys will be able to take it.
rzemanfl
(31,339 posts)ICE.
Grown2Hate
(2,211 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)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)At least Democrats.
mitch96
(15,790 posts)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
(40,381 posts)sl8
(17,109 posts)Beartracks
(14,544 posts)MineralMan
(151,115 posts)Thank you for paying your taxes!
NewLarry
(148 posts)Karadeniz
(24,742 posts)MineralMan
(151,115 posts)malaise
(295,396 posts)Rec
Ocelot II
(130,268 posts)"AF" can stand for a couple of things, of course.
MineralMan
(151,115 posts)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
(10,167 posts)AllaN01Bear
(29,232 posts)sheshe2
(97,233 posts)DENVERPOPS
(13,003 posts)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
(22,044 posts)This is the kind of an American, EVERYONE can be proud of!!
nuxvomica
(14,047 posts)Or does "AF" mean something else?
rubbersole
(11,174 posts)...but I went to Florida schools and I spend a lot of time on DU. 🤗
MineralMan
(151,115 posts)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
(9,320 posts)Too bad that "woke MC veteran doesn't have that - plus I can' wear hats without getting headaches. More power to you !!!
PhylliPretzel
(217 posts)you sly ol' fox!
Hekate
(100,133 posts)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 theres 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 hes also an AF veteran, and Woke AF from living with me all these years, Im going to show him yours.
TommieMommy
(2,841 posts)Evolve Dammit
(21,743 posts)Aviation Pro
(15,512 posts)I need one of those.
rubbersole
(11,174 posts)I want something similar but it would be sans "Veteran" because I'm not. Thanks for your service and great idea. 👍
gademocrat7
(11,897 posts)blm
(114,581 posts)CaptainTruth
(8,173 posts)Blue Ozarks
(36 posts)Very handsome✌🏽
countryken
(118 posts)I am an Air Force veteran. I am also 'woke AF', so that hat would definitely work for me!
SWBTATTReg
(26,237 posts)Skittles
(171,255 posts)Skittles
USAF veteran
babylonsister
(172,722 posts)Alliepoo
(2,822 posts)And you look very nice in it!
GiqueCee
(3,982 posts)... 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
(318,632 posts)DFW
(60,078 posts)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
(189 posts)Another option is a red hat with the word, ADULT, embroidered on it.
Permanut
(8,318 posts)as my contemporary, as my brother in arms (oars, wings?), and as one of the bricks in the foundation of this little community.