My own little protest against SHITLER, a grocery store, a cap

[UTUSN]

So I always wear my ball cap with the patch of my first ship, the one-year Vietnam one, plus my dogtag and my internet memorial USN ring and my memorial bracelet - get the pic?!1

And all this stuff are like magnets for the wingnut/chickenhawks who want to "thank (me) for (my) service."

*******I'll skip the details. But today in the big store, there I was looking for the color-fast-Arm'n'Hammer/Purex things, when a couple in their early 20s approached, the dude in front aggressively - because of my Navy cap - and he had a wildeyed look in his eyes and stuck his hand out to shake.

But my peripheral vision saw something about his ball cap, something starting with a "T". And I said, before reciprocating the handshake, "Wait a minnit ..." and I had to twist around to see what the "T" ended up being. And he kept twisting his head around to sort of hide it, still with the big sick smile.

And I saw "Trump 2020" as his logo.

So I had the prescience of mind to say, "***********NO, SUH!!!!!!1*********"

And didn't give my hand. And his girlfriend gasped and said, "OMG!"

I literally departed that area of the store onto the other end of the store, thinking the weirdo a-hole might press the issue.

[Sinistrous]

1. This veteran salutes you. Thank you.

[UTUSN]

2. This veteran salutes you. Thank you.

[calimary]

17. Heck, this civilian salutes you!

[lunasun]

3. Thank you UTUSN for resisting

[UTUSN]

4. You're welcome, thanks to you as well. We all do our part in big or little ways.

[lapucelle]

5. I salute you as well.

My husband is an FDNY 9/11 survivor who to this day says that Hillary Clinton saved his life. She fought to get medical care, monitoring, and at-cost medication for first responders whose illnesses were not originally covered because they were rare.

In 2016 he was at a middle school football game to see our grandson. He was wearing an FDNY hoodie and a Hillary Clinton button. A woman came down from the bleachers, confronted him angrily, and tried to snatch the button off.

"How dare you wear that button with that shirt!!! Didn't you see the Benghazi movie?"

My husband who is smart and funny just looked at her and said, "No, but I have seen Triumph of the Will."

Thank you for your service!

[UTUSN]

6. I salute you and your husband as well.

[TomSlick]

7. Well done, Navy.

This Army vet salutes you.

[SCVDem]

8. Great reaction time!

Semper Fi !

[MLAA]

9. way to go, way to go!!

[IronLionZion]

10. Semper Fortis

[Ananda62]

11. Thank you!

This USAF vet salutes you too!

[Wawannabe]

12. Good on you!

I thank you for your service and
I would thank you for your service if I ever saw you out and about in your hat ...and I ain’t no wingnut chickenhawk. 😁🤣

Men from my family represent all of the Armed Forces - all vets.
Was taught to respect that service before it was white militant bs.

Glad to be on DU with you. Take care

[Skittles]

13. WOO!

OUTSTANDING

[rwsanders]

14. My protest is a White Rose pin, to borrow the legacy of the White Rose Society

that tried to warn Germany about Hitler.
Works great because if challenged at work I can just claim I like wearing a flower.

[NCLefty]

15. There's going to be so many parties on the day he leaves office...

I think about that day sometimes.

[SilasSouleII]

16. We are not alone

This Army vet salutes you.

[calimary]

18. Welcome to DU, SilasSouleII!

A grateful salute to you as well.

[dweller]

19. way to go, Bucko !

glad to call you a friend 👍🏻

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