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

[parisbaby-2003.livejournal.com]

I get asked sometimes why I'm not wearing red on Fridays. I usually just say something surface-cheerful and meaningless and move away.

Much tougher for you to do, considering you're living in the Capital, where a host of silly and meaningless diversions happen every hour of every day. I have noticed a far larger percentage of sheeple in OT than in TO, where we seem to be far more cynical.

Maybe frame an answer that puts the psychological onus back on the questioner, such as, "I don't need to define just one day a week to support our troops - I wear my red on the inside every day."

Or some dreck like that.

...god, I'm such a cynical bitch...

[waterspyder.livejournal.com]

I still want to know how the troops know who is wearing red or not... and how they distinguish between pro-war red, anti-war red, support our troops rd, and heart health awareness red... all of which advocate wearing red on Fridays.

I don't make good sheeple.