A mainstream Pulitzer Prize-nominated author whose work has appeared in Harper’s magazine and The New Yorker has demanded that “normal people” immediately stop wearing red hats because red hats upset her and make “disenfranchised people feel unsafe.”

In tweets posted last weekend, liberal author Rebecca Makkai explained that she freaks out whenever she sees any sort of red hat, lest it be a “Make America Great Again” hat.

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Is anyone else made really uncomfortable these days by anyone wearing any kind of red baseball cap? Like, I see one and my heart does weird shit and then I finally realize it only says Titleist or whatever. Maybe don’t wear red caps anymore, normal people? — Rebecca Makkai (@rebeccamakkai) September 1, 2019

Also, for the love of God: The clever folks wearing “Make America Read Again” or whatever caps — NO. You’re making everyone scared. Don’t do it. — Rebecca Makkai (@rebeccamakkai) September 1, 2019

And so because she’s deathly frightened by the MAGA hats sold by America’s duly elected president, it’d behoove the rest of the world to stop wearing red hats, period …

Naturally, her demands triggered widespread anger and derision, to which she responded by doubling, tripling and quadrupling down on her clear-cut Trump Derangement Syndrome.

First she argued that Americans wearing red hats would be equivalent to Western Hindus donning the swastika symbol. Though the symbol’s ties to Hinduism predate the rise of the Nazis, it’s been mostly abandoned culturally because of the Nazi atrocities now linked to it.

Then she argued that she was only speaking to “normal people,” i.e., those who believe it’s important to cater to the concerns and sensibilities of, well, snowflakes.

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If you’re here to be contrary: an equivalent here would be western Hindus choosing not to use the swastika symbol in public despite it being sacred to their faith because it would offend/frighten people. The red hat has become a symbol of hate bc of how its wearers act. — Rebecca Makkai (@rebeccamakkai) September 1, 2019

Also I love all the people who are like “YOU CAN’T POLICE ME, LIBTARD!” Please note that I was specifically addressing “normal people.” The ones who don’t want to freak people out at a distance. The ones who enjoy it should absolutely continue letting us know who thy are. — Rebecca Makkai (@rebeccamakkai) September 2, 2019

When then questioned about the myriads of baseball teams that boast red caps, Makkai quadrupled down, arguing that any American who chooses to enjoy the nation’s 150-year-old Major League Baseball culture runs the risk of “making disenfranchised people feel unsafe.”

Not worth making disenfranchised people feel unsafe. — Rebecca Makkai (@rebeccamakkai) September 1, 2019

To top it off, she tried to accuse her critics of being the real snowflakes.

“It’s also interesting (I mean that sincerely) that ppl will take a tweet w a ‘maybe’ and two question marks (by someone with no real sway) as policing, bullying, censoring,” she wrote .”Is that their idea of oppression? (And no, dumbass, a red hat is not my idea of oppression, don’t try.)”

But her words were contradictory. Earlier she’d written that the wearing of red hats would make so-called “disenfranchised people feel unsafe.” In other words, it’d make them feel oppressed, despite there being nothing inherently oppressive about a red hat — let alone any hat.

Conversely, those who do wear MAGA hats do in reality face widespread oppression, ergo why many Trump supporters abstain from even displaying their support for the president in public.

I see a lot of twitter people with red MAGA and Trump hats but all so crisp and clean and brand new. Seems to me most are afraid to wear them in public. I see local folks on twitter posting them wearing them but when I see those people out and about I’m the only one wearing one — Toni & Ron (mostly Ron) (@VeteranCane) September 7, 2019

The actual harassment and actual violence against MAGA-hat-wearing Trump supporters has grown so prevalent across the country that an Oklahoma app developer launched an app last spring “to keep conservatives safe as they eat and shop.”

“The idea, according to founder Scott Wallace, is to ‘simply get these politics out of restaurants and businesses’ by gauging whether they would be friendly to conservatives,” the Chicago Tribune reported at the time.

“Wallace, who describes himself as a lifelong Republican, said he conceived of the idea in November, when he was out with his youngest child and considered buying ‘one of those MAGA hats.’ Then he wondered whether it would make them targets for harassment, even in Oklahoma City.”

While the app was eventually removed because of security flaws and leaked user details, the purpose of app was telling. So was the furious response Makkai received for her fact-free tweets.

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Is anyone else made really uncomfortable by closed minded leftists? Like I see one and my heart does weird shit and then I realize they honestly believe the crap the spew and I am amazed they can be that sad. Maybe dont be a closed minded leftist, people. — Robert Boyette (@boyetter2013) September 3, 2019

I’m more uncomfortable with masked thugs carrying communist flags, who are actually assaulting people. Not red hats worn by people who are not harming anyone. That’s just me though. — Steve On the phone with Froggie Madurski #PatHead (@SMadurski) September 2, 2019

A.) This is America; we wear what we want. B.) There is no rational reason to be afraid of people wearing MAGA hats, much less red hats (The St. Louis Cardinals?), and C.) another example of the blue-check logic that is driving this nation insane. — Daniel Lee (@RealDanLee) September 2, 2019

It’s a hat, and this is a Free Country. The very fact that you’re triggered by the hat shows what a serious problem you have with tolerating opposing political views. Frankly, think more Americans should wear the hat. Bottom Line: #PoundSand — John Betts (@JohnFromCranber) September 2, 2019

It’s a slippery slope to dictate what others can wear based on your individual feelings. Seems more logical to try to control your feelings than to try to control what others can wear. Controlling ourselves succeeds far more often than controlling others. — AP (@ac_piper) September 1, 2019

Makkai was also hit with a LOT of sarcastic humor.

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I get so uncomfortable when I see someone in a red baseball cap that I immediately start shaking and I feel like I’m going to vomit. It’s so bad that I only leave the house about once a month wearing sunglasses and a hoodie to get a months worth of groceries. — Petite Nicoco (@PetiteNicoco) September 2, 2019

It’s even worse for me. Because of Trump, I now get scared whenever I encounter any man. I’m afraid of my own son even. Thanks @realDonaldTrump. — Gad Saad (@GadSaad) September 2, 2019

How about this…is camo ok?? pic.twitter.com/ci7p0BdzzL — Independence Steve (@KSteveC) September 2, 2019

The hosts of Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” also chimed in on the controversy.

“Liberals are so soft,” co-host Jesse Watters said. “They can’t handle a hat, they get upset when you eat a hamburger, they don’t want you to drive somewhere. Stay out of my house, stay out of my kitchen, stay out of my closet. They’re always saying, ‘Stay out of our bedroom.’ Well, stay out of my closet!”

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Source: Fox News