When Political Caps Go Wrong

I think I’ve mentioned before how I currently roll around town wearing a red baseball cap with the words ”Make America Think Again” written on it. It’s just my way of showing my disgust at what is unfolding on the other side of the Atlantic. I have been rather surprised at how many people have noticed it: when I’m out and about, I get complemented on it fairly regularly, often by people with American accents. Once or twice, though, people have misread it. The problem is, if they only catch a glimpse of my cap, they can think that I actually back Trump! I then have a massive problem trying to get them to look at my hat again in an effort to make it clear that I am not, in fact, a MAGA-supporting imbecile. It happened earlier today: I was up in Camden, believe it or not, when a guy passed me on a bike coming the other way. He must have caught sight of my cap and shouted something like “Get Trump out!” Before I could turn around and explain that I fully agreed with him, he was too far away. I suppose it’s a risk of wearing such a cap: people think it means exactly the opposite of what you are trying to express to them.

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