A Brief Note to People Who Wear MAGA Parody Hats

Please stop.

Look, I get it. It’s funny to wear a hat that looks like fascist regalia but actually says “Make America Read Again!” You want to be different! You want to voice your disrespect for our current repulsive, regressive regime in a fun and hip way!

I’m sure you’re all lovely people. I sincerely and deeply agree with you when you wear your “America Was Never Great” hat. That’s a great (and true) message. But at the same time, when I’m walking down a New York City street in the middle of the day and I see someone walking towards me wearing what looks like a bright red MAGA hat, I don’t think, “Hm. Let me get closer and see what the hat says before I judge this person.” I think, “Shit, a neo-Nazi. Get me out of here.”

Why not buy a cool t-shirt instead? We would all appreciate it.