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Warren DeMontague

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31. I don't think we should tell people what to wear, but that logic does cut several ways.

Wed Aug 31, 2016, 07:00 PM

Aug 2016

Unfortunately some of the same people freaking out over the burkini ban don't think women should be allowed to wear bathing suits on the cover of Sports Illustrated, etc.

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If we are to start telling people what to wear, maybe we should ban suits. [View all] demmiblue Aug 2016 OP

I don't think anyone should tell anybody else what to where but I also think that Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2016 #1

Agreed Fritz Walter Aug 2016 #3

I never understood the white after labor day SCVDem Aug 2016 #15

Let's ban neckties! (n/t) PJMcK Aug 2016 #2

Don't do that! It's the only thing that keeps the foreskin from slipping over their chin! nt flamin lib Aug 2016 #14

I have always had a negative reaction to a man in a suit. ananda Aug 2016 #4

the Burkini Defenders are really tiresome at this point maxsolomon Aug 2016 #5

Very clever. senseandsensibility Aug 2016 #6

But men in suits is the main selling point in most commercials. Rex Aug 2016 #7

the writer makes an excellent point niyad Aug 2016 #8

Did this man just make the female burkini issue The2ndWheel Aug 2016 #9

Nailed it! ^^ underahedgerow Aug 2016 #11

They weren't oppressed until people started telling them what to,-or what not to - wear. Sounds jtuck004 Aug 2016 #20

Another correction, they weren't oppressed until MEN started telling them what to do and underahedgerow Aug 2016 #23

Just like your post, telling others how you know better than they. Your condescending and jtuck004 Aug 2016 #24

That's not my paternalistic attitude, it's my bitch attitude. I don't let men rule my life, underahedgerow Aug 2016 #25

Lack of education, lack of options... Beartracks Aug 2016 #33

Wow. GaYellowDawg Sep 2016 #39

Kind of like how we tell people who support Trump that we know better than they do oberliner Sep 2016 #37

Wow. GaYellowDawg Sep 2016 #38

I think you missed the point. OldEurope Aug 2016 #17

Harsh IMO treestar Aug 2016 #26

I don't think that was his intent. backscatter712 Sep 2016 #42

I Only Regret That I Have But One rec to Give for your OP. Amimnoch Aug 2016 #10

So you think Cannes -a French city that celebrates diversity as all get-out- is run by bigots. randome Aug 2016 #12

Muggers never got more than a few dollars from me Warpy Aug 2016 #13

Burkinis SCVDem Aug 2016 #16

yes Angry Dragon Aug 2016 #18

I think we should ban banning things. n/t iscooterliberally Aug 2016 #19

Oh, that's NOT going to make you popular. Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #32

I think I live to defy those people. iscooterliberally Sep 2016 #41

Banning shit is the American Way.>>>> freebrew Sep 2016 #40

Good Idea, but may suggest that men leave the suits but wear neck ties everywhere... Stellar Aug 2016 #21

Or the opposite: ban neck blood flow restricters everywhere. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2016 #27

Ban suits and ties Calculating Aug 2016 #22

Yes, get rid of suits, please! Have you ever had to wear one outside in Texas in the summer? Dustlawyer Aug 2016 #28

The tie is designed to cut off circulation to the brain... backscatter712 Sep 2016 #43

That's what happened to me! Now it all makes sense! Dustlawyer Sep 2016 #45

With a special emphasis awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #29

Remember when long hair on men was all but banned? WHEN CRABS ROAR Aug 2016 #30

I don't think we should tell people what to wear, but that logic does cut several ways. Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #31

Burkas are the symbol of religious oppression ErikJ Aug 2016 #34

It would be great if everyday was Hawaiian Shirt Friday davidn3600 Aug 2016 #35

The three piece suit is out of date anyway.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2016 #36

And the man in the suit has just bought a new car from the profit he made on your dreams. bluesbassman Sep 2016 #44