I have never liked clothes with hoods. I have several sweatshirts, raincoats, and jackets with hoods, but I find them cumbersome, and they push my hair out of place. I don’t have that much hair, so it’s very important to me that it be coiffed perfectly.
I never expected to be at the front of a fashion movement pro or con. In the last week hoodies have captured the national attention because of the terrible murder in Florida of a young man wearing a hood.
Face covering has always been controversial in our country (i.e. KKK). The Unabomber didn’t help things, and lately gangs have adopted the look. All this made me glad I didn’t adopt the style, since I don’t want to get shot.
Dress as evidence of belief is as old as man, but dress codes are pretty stupid. I have been turned away at places because I was wearing shorts, non-collared shirts, jeans, colored shirts, and no tie. I try to be a good person, but I just can’t see the point of all this.
Neckties were originally pieces of cloth used as a gravy sop. Material was expensive, and only the affluent could afford cloth. How our society could make the leap from a gravy-soaked piece of material to requiring a tie, and adding some significance to it, totally escapes me.
It’s important for of us to step outside our belief systems, when evaluating other human beings. People are not their clothing, even though I am one bad dude, when I wear Armani.

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