Wear "color" to support Cause

[insertNameHere]

Lately I have noticed way to many organizations asking for support by wearing some color on a certain day to support their cause. Most famously would be pink for breast cancer awareness but now it seems every cause has a day and a color. The part that gets annoying is if you are wearing the "wrong" color for a day some people will ask "So why don't you support homeless people who have been ran over while saving a kitten?" Or "I can't believe you support kicking puppies by wearing red on the second Tuesday of the month"

Can it be as simple as if you support something go ahead and support them, but don't freak out if people want to go on about their day and not color coordinate for an event that does not pertain to them. If someone is wearing the wrong color and is clueless to a cause just leave them be.

[siead_lietrathua]

i admit i do some of the colour-for-day things. not all of them, but a few.
and usually it's just a wristband or bandanna since work is strict on dresscode.

however i agree that ragging on other people for not participating when it's an event they probably don't know is a douche thing to do. i wouldn't rag on someone for not supporting, say, spirit day, because it's new and not widespread among older people. but if they asked me "why all the purple" i'd tell them.

[Hyena Dandy]

I've seen this used... Like... Once, in a way that I think it actually had purpose beyond the vague 'showing your support.' That was when some group at a college declared 'wear bluejeans to show your support for gay marriage' and made it a big deal around campus, although the goal was not 'show you care with jeans' but rather to make the people who actually care about stopping gays from getting married see how few of them there really were. One of the things that a lot of Christian Culture people do with Gay Marriage is the "Oh, well, 90% of people agree with me!" thing.

[Ginger Tea]

The only ones who should give a flying about what colours you are wearing are gangs.

I 90% of the time would be wearing jeans, got a dozen from Tesco for £3 each and my old blue cargo's (is that the right one, combat but without the camo) kinda got worn out from over wear (a busted zip on one, no button on another and belt loops not all there on 3rd, but I can't be arsed learning to sew enough to fix em), so if they turn around and make today "Wear blue jeans to show you like fucking puppies" I'm screwed, unless puppies as in breasts and fucking as in tit wank, then I like the idea, I just don't get the option

If I want to support an event and show it, perhaps they should have tshirts that actually say I am supporting bla, instead of assuming everyone knows that blue tshirts in April mean something yet something else in May.

It's all down to awareness, or more likely the lack there of, hell I didn't even know today was ST Georges day as it normally gets played down where I used to live till someone posted a flag on their FB wall wishing everyone a happy ST Georges day.

[drunkenwildmage]

I've seen this used... Like... Once, in a way that I think it actually had purpose beyond the vague 'showing your support.' That was when some group at a college declared 'wear bluejeans to show your support for gay marriage' and made it a big deal around campus, although the goal was not 'show you care with jeans' but rather to make the people who actually care about stopping gays from getting married see how few of them there really were. One of the things that a lot of Christian Culture people do with Gay Marriage is the "Oh, well, 90% of people agree with me!" thing.

This was done while I was in college in '92ish. Normally about 90% of the students would wear jeans to class, but the day they picked I only counted 5 or 10 students that had jeans on. I remember making comments to a couple of my friends that 'Blue Jeans Day' seemed to had backfired.

[HYHYBT]

Way too easy to be misunderstood, for one thing. Those for the cause and willing to participate might well not hear about it or remember the date when getting dressed that morning. Worse, especially if it's a very common color or item, an opponent wearing it by chance. And then there's the limited number of basic colors. Why *red* for marriage equality, for example, considering that's already the color of both the Communist and Republican parties? (A peculiar combination in itself, of course.)

I remember in high school the day before the Big Rival football game was "Spirit Day" and people were supposed to wear our school's colors. I forgot, and wore my usual blue jeans plus whatever clean shirt was handy; by coincidence, a red one that day. Our school's colors were not red and blue, but guess whose was.

This was done while I was in college in '92ish.

Gay marriage wasn't even really considered an issue yet in 1992; I'm surprised there would have been such an event then, but not at all surprised, if it was publicized well enough, at the results. Or was it for a different cause?

[wolfie]

I've seen this used... Like... Once, in a way that I think it actually had purpose beyond the vague 'showing your support.' That was when some group at a college declared 'wear bluejeans to show your support for gay marriage' and made it a big deal around campus, although the goal was not 'show you care with jeans' but rather to make the people who actually care about stopping gays from getting married see how few of them there really were. One of the things that a lot of Christian Culture people do with Gay Marriage is the "Oh, well, 90% of people agree with me!" thing.

Back in the late '80s, the Gays and Lesbians of UBC held "Blue Jeans Day", i.e. wear jeans to show support for gays and lesbians. Of course, for 3/4 of the student population, blue jeans were the ONLY trousers they had. Naturally, GLUBC claimed all the "I don't give a damn - I'll wear what I have" people as supporters.

One group I was a member of (EUS - all undergraduate Engineers were automatically members) had talk going around about plastering the campus with posters for "Shoes Day" - wear shoes to show your opposition to allowing gays and lesbians on campus, to make the point that choosing something the majority of people wear as your symbol is useless.

[drunkenwildmage]

Gay marriage wasn't even really considered an issue yet in 1992; I'm surprised there would have been such an event then, but not at all surprised, if it was publicized well enough, at the results. Or was it for a different cause?

It was more of a generic 'show support for gays and lesbians' by wearing blue jeans.. There were signs all over campus promoting it, and I think they had a story in the University paper promoting it also.. Gay marriage wasn't even on the radar back then.

That was back in the time frame that it was still somewhat rare if someone came out of the closet. If someone did, 1/3 of the people would run away, another 1/3 would look at them like they were an museum exhibit, , and the final 1/3 would try to stuff them back in the closet, and put a lock on the door.

[gremcint]

Lately I have noticed way to many organizations asking for support by wearing some color on a certain day to support their cause. Most famously would be pink for breast cancer awareness but now it seems every cause has a day and a color. The part that gets annoying is if you are wearing the "wrong" color for a day some people will ask "So why don't you support homeless people who have been ran over while saving a kitten?" Or "I can't believe you support kicking puppies by wearing red on the second Tuesday of the month"

Can it be as simple as if you support something go ahead and support them, but don't freak out if people want to go on about their day and not color coordinate for an event that does not pertain to them. If someone is wearing the wrong color and is clueless to a cause just leave them be.

oh my god finally, finally, finally I understand the reason why
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BFYWs6UrWe...bow-Batman.jpg

Batman has to get shit done and all those people wouldn't leave him alone.

[bex1218]

I wear my "gay pride" band at all times. Even at work. If people don't like the fact that I don't wear a certain color, tough. My wardrobe for work is very limited when it comes to colors. Not due to rules, just what I like and can afford at the time.

Only thing I did was make my pro pic the red equal sign, but with a Dalek saying "Exterminate Hate".

[Bloodsoul]

At any given moment I'm wearing nothing but black, with white long-sleeved shirts underneath if it's cold; reverse if I'm wearing my white Purple Pussy shirt.

So that would mean that I'm supporting… Johnny Cash?

[fireheart17]

I can think of one that sorta falls into this category: World's Greatest Shave. You have the option to shave or colour your hair. I don't watch the goings on (watching someone get their head shaved freaks me out, hell, I even get freaked if I HEAR the clippers going.) but it always makes me think of this one guy.

He used to work at my local library and when I was a kid, he was the highlight of my Sunday. Why? Because he had a buzzcut which was long enough to allow him to dye his hair. And it wasn't plain old bleach blonde or red or anything, he'd go all out. One week it was leopard spots, the next week it was a spiderweb, the week after that it was a pool ball, you get the idea. We all loved it.

He's now moved on so I don't see him.

[insertNameHere]

Probably need to start find an organization so we can do "if you breath today you support the cause"

[Ginger Tea]

Apparently a sign amongst the gay community to indicate that someone was gay was to have their keyring on a belt loop above or just tucked into the right pocket, I didn't know about this and for years had my keys like that and continued to do so long after I found out it was a 'tell' within the community, I never looked into if it was within the UK or local community or just something I read or saw once on TV that may have been from America.

I eventually got a keychain and had them in my pocket, but either worked for me for the most part, they didn't fall out of my pocket and get lost, they would just swing free.
Same reason my wallet is on a chain, if I were to leave it on the bar after paying for and picking up my drinks, it would hit me on the back of my leg as I walked off, a rare occasion but once is enough to justify the purchase.

[AccountingDrone]

I pretty much always wear black palazzo pants and a grey tshirt. If I had more than 1 black tshirt, I would probably always wear all black.

Why yes, I tend to buy my clothing in batches, I have 8 identical black palazzos.