# Teenagers wearing MAGA hats in the airport **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 2, 2019, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenagers-wearing-maga-hats-in-the-airport/834929 "2019-06-02T23:07:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenagers-wearing-maga-hats-in-the-airport/834929/21 "2019-06-03T02:25:02Z")
I haven’t seen a Che shirt since the grunge era and I’ve never seen a hammer and sickle on anything fashion related. ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenagers-wearing-maga-hats-in-the-airport/834929/22 "2019-06-03T02:45:43Z")
They are having fun making Boomers mad. Making Boomers mad has been a fun pastime for awhile. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenagers-wearing-maga-hats-in-the-airport/834929/23 "2019-06-03T03:25:19Z")
There are a lot of people for whom doing things that anger others is fun. This is more common in teens, before their brains fully form. That is why 4chan skews so young. And it is also how fascists recruit these days, using the fact that joining them will make others angry. > [@Covfefe](#): > > It just means dunce caps are making a comeback as a fashion statement. Also, this deserves acknowledgement. ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenagers-wearing-maga-hats-in-the-airport/834929/24 "2019-06-03T03:32:45Z")
Maybe they are part of the 46.4% of Americans who voted for Trump, he has a lot of support… ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenagers-wearing-maga-hats-in-the-airport/834929/25 "2019-06-03T03:37:08Z")
Pretty sure the OP mentioned that they appeared to be too young to vote _this_ year, let alone in 2016. ---
**Author:** ![SuperAbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@SuperAbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperAbe)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenagers-wearing-maga-hats-in-the-airport/834929/26 "2019-06-03T03:41:18Z")
> [@steronz](#): > > I haven’t seen a Che shirt since the grunge era and I’ve never seen a hammer and sickle on anything fashion related. Huh - must be locally-driven. I saw…maybe five Che shirts last week (three on two different college campuses, two more on random folks downtown). Also saw at least three shirts/bags with hammer-and-sickle motifs - though to be fair two were in the San Francisco Bay area (including a People’s Republic of Berkeley shirt from the 90s!) and one was a very odd anarchy logo that included the hammer/sickle motif…and, no, I have no idea how to interpret that symbology…🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Unreconstructed\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/76d3ee/32.png) [@Unreconstructed\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unreconstructed_Man)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenagers-wearing-maga-hats-in-the-airport/834929/27 "2019-06-03T03:55:41Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > They are having fun making Boomers mad. Making Boomers mad has been a fun pastime for awhile. This is the answer right here. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenagers-wearing-maga-hats-in-the-airport/834929/28 "2019-06-03T04:30:40Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Che Guevara stood against a corrupt establishment. MAGA is all the worst parts of a corrupt establishment combined. Che was a mass murderer, Trump is merely an idiot. Which is worse? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenagers-wearing-maga-hats-in-the-airport/834929/29 "2019-06-03T04:33:48Z")
> [@steronz](#): > > Like, way too young to vote, not an election year… Is there any reason for them to be wearing those hats that doesn’t make them complete douchebags? Parents. Either because the hat was given by the parent or because the hat pisses the parent off. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenagers-wearing-maga-hats-in-the-airport/834929/30 "2019-06-03T05:29:01Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Che was a mass murderer, Trump is merely an idiot. Which is worse? On this board the answer is overwhelmingly obvious. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenagers-wearing-maga-hats-in-the-airport/834929/31 "2019-06-03T06:05:29Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > On this board the answer is overwhelmingly obvious. Yep, Che was responsible for the deaths of hundreds. And one can call him a mass murderer, and this is while the context tell us that the USA was intervening in Latin America and thousands were dying at the hands of the regimes the USA was supporting. More recently, I concluded that what Che did was the wrong thing to do. But this happened in my view after seeing the USA **finally** learning that sending troops or listening to the elites in Latin America demanding American military intervention if the people voted the “wrong” way, was not the proper thing to do. But ask me later if Trump decides to invade Venezuela after finding Iran a tough nut to crack. IMHO what the powerful will do in the near future will tell current or future generations if Che had point. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenagers-wearing-maga-hats-in-the-airport/834929/32 "2019-06-03T06:38:26Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Is it any different than teenagers wearing Che Guevara shirts? Che Guevara is not the head of a political party that is currently in control over their country. I’m pretty sure he’s not going to make a comeback anytime soon. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenagers-wearing-maga-hats-in-the-airport/834929/33 "2019-06-03T10:05:24Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Che was a mass murderer, Trump is merely an idiot. Which is worse? > [@octopus](#): > > On this board the answer is overwhelmingly obvious. Hmmm… which one is alive and dangerous _now_… yeah, the answer is pretty obvious… > [@k9bfriender](#): > > Che Guevara is not the head of a political party that is currently in control over their country. I’m pretty sure he’s not going to make a comeback anytime soon. I dunno; he is an example of somebody who’s done an amazing job and is getting recognized more and more, I notice. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenagers-wearing-maga-hats-in-the-airport/834929/34 "2019-06-03T11:10:44Z")
> [@SuperAbe](#): > > and one was a very odd anarchy logo that included the hammer/sickle motif…and, no, I have no idea how to interpret that symbology…🤣 That famous Beatles /Sex Pistols mashup, _Anarchy in the USSR_ ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenagers-wearing-maga-hats-in-the-airport/834929/35 "2019-06-03T11:42:35Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > When I was growing up in Dixie, young conservatives wore tee shirts and hats with confederate flags. I guess MAGA might actually be…progress?😕 #1 son and girlfriend just got back from a vacation in Alabama. Apparently, couples wearing matching rebel flag bathing suits/bikinis is a thing down there. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenagers-wearing-maga-hats-in-the-airport/834929/36 "2019-06-03T12:11:33Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > They are having fun making Boomers mad. Making Boomers mad has been a fun pastime for awhile. Making them mad how? By disrespectfully wearing the hats backwards? You don’t actually know what a “Boomer” is, do you? ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenagers-wearing-maga-hats-in-the-airport/834929/37 "2019-06-03T12:28:57Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Che Guevara is not the head of a political party that is currently in control over their country. I’m pretty sure he’s not going to make a comeback anytime soon. With this logic, wearing a Hitler T-shirt is better than a MAGA hat. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenagers-wearing-maga-hats-in-the-airport/834929/38 "2019-06-03T13:00:31Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > They are having fun making Boomers mad. Making Boomers mad has been a fun pastime for awhile. The baby boom in the U.S. was roughly 1946-1964, meaning that the boomers are now 54 to 73 years old. Isn’t that pretty much the prime demographic for them to be Trump supporters? ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenagers-wearing-maga-hats-in-the-airport/834929/39 "2019-06-03T13:07:10Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > The baby boom in the U.S. was roughly 1946-1964, meaning that the boomers are now 54 to 73 years old. Isn’t that pretty much the prime demographic for them to be Trump supporters? Yes. The white ones, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenagers-wearing-maga-hats-in-the-airport/834929/40 "2019-06-03T13:10:52Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > With this logic, wearing a Hitler T-shirt is better than a MAGA hat. Hitler youth famously wore Kaiser Wilhelm II wife-beaters. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenagers-wearing-maga-hats-in-the-airport/834929.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenagers-wearing-maga-hats-in-the-airport/834929.md?page=3)