Red Fridays

[waterspyder]

Red Fridays make me really uncomfortable.

I support our military and its endeavours.

I do not support war.

I never want people to get confused about that.

Not to mention the whole thing reeks of propaganda tactic.

So when everyone at work tells me to wear red on Friday, repeatedly, and then asks me why I didn't on Friday, it makes me uncomfortable. I won't go to the gym on Fridays either for the same reason.

Do you think it would be wrong to remind people that not everyone shares the same political beliefs? I think people lose sight of that sort of thing.

Comments

[krueger.livejournal.com]

It's not to support war, it's to show support for our people in Afghanistan who are risking their lives to help another group of people live their's.

It is not a propaganda tactic, and the message of Canadians wearing red on Fridays has brought hope to Canadian solders performing this duty,,,this very long and strenuous duty.

[ironphoenix.livejournal.com]

My quandary is that people see what they want to see, and it's too easy for it to be seen as support for a whole package of things that aren't really part of it at all. Because political parties tend to be driven by perceptions of popular opinion rather than principle, I don't want to make my opinions easily misunderstood or misrepresented. Unfortunately, that makes it hard to express them at all.

[zenten.livejournal.com]

Alot of people say that they wear red to support the war itself. I don't think kerry wants to give that impression.

[corradus.livejournal.com]

Hear Hear. Well put.