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

[torrain.livejournal.com]

I do not think that it would be out of line *at all*, especially since I keep getting the impression that the distinction between "support these people doing dangerous work" and "support the specific dangerous work that these people are doing" seems to be getting lost.

If anyone asks you, can you can say that you feel it's inappropriate to advocate particular political beliefs when you're in the role of a public servant, and that you prefer to keep your personal support for the military out of the workplace?

(If anyone asks you next Friday, you could point to your poppy if you wear one.)

[waterspyder.livejournal.com]

I do wear poppies... if I could find someone to sell me one.

Actually, that's not a bad idea. Wear the poppy on Fridays. No one has ever mistaken the poppy as a pro-war tool (to my knowledge).

[torrain.livejournal.com]

*tips hat* Both the Tim Hortons' I've been in this week have them. If you can't pick one up by Monday, let me know and I'll grab you one.

Dulce et decorum est, and so forth.