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danostuporstar Donating Member (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 03:59 PM
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Should I cut my hair?
I'm planning on participating in http://turnyourbackonbush.org on Jan 20, but I'm seriously worried that even if I don't wear any buttons or carry any signs, the fascist security will turn me away simply for my hair. So my question to DU is whether your folks think it's worth it to lose my 'do just so I can stand silently for a few hours? And can they really turn people away arbitrarily because they don't like somebody's looks? Or, i dunno, is it time to lose the ponytail anyway? Here's a photo of the offending locks (in the black jean jacket):
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 04:01 PM
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1. I dunno, but look for me! I'll be wearing my DU bumpersticker
on my jacket....think I'll get arrested? :P
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liontamer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 04:02 PM
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2. i'd cut it
but mostly just for style sake
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barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 04:02 PM
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3. How about a half inch to inch above the shoulder? Are you the one with
the black hat in the foreground?
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MadHound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 04:03 PM
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4. Naw, don't do it
First off, there are a lot of long haired neo-cons these days, and if they turned away you, they would have to turn away at least ten percent of the 'Pug chicken-hawks. Besides, if you're truly paranoid about it, where a snappy hat(possibly a fedora), and tuck it up under the hat.

I wouldn't cut it unless I truly wanted to. Too many other ways of disguising it not to.
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danostuporstar Donating Member (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 04:13 PM
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6. fedora...that's interesting idea
Edited on Mon Jan-10-05 04:18 PM by danostuporstar
i've never been (physically) comfortable tucking it into my coat. but yeah the hat could work. i've still got visions of security basically doing a strip search of people. i can't believe they turned people away in 2000/2001 for wearing buttons.
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MadHound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 04:16 PM
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7. Back in the day, it was standard practice for a long hair
Trying to get into some place that was "straight". Fedoras look snappy, stylish in an old fashioned Depression era way. They probably won't even look at you twice.
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tk2kewl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 04:03 PM
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5. Tuck it under a hat
Edited on Mon Jan-10-05 04:13 PM by tk2kewl
or stuff it inside your shirt or coat
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Guy Fawkes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 04:19 PM
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8. hair doesn't reflect politics...
I've met many republicans with long hair.
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Az Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 04:21 PM
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9. Don't do it for that reason
If you are worried about it simply pull your hair back tight and tuck it in your shirt/coat out of sight.
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Patiod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 04:25 PM
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10. You'll blend in better with a mullet
Just sayin'
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danostuporstar Donating Member (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 04:33 PM
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13. heh n/t
good one.
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HEAVYHEART Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 04:29 PM
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11. No
Don't cut your hair! Put your hair under a hat or something but don't cut it for that reason...
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 04:30 PM
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12. Well, I cut my long hair because I was sick of people
stereo-typing me. It just allowes many people to put you in a box labelled "radical" and therefore to think that your opinions do not matter. It does grow back.
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StopTheMorans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 04:48 PM
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18. that's because you were a dirty hippie
:evilgrin:
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 04:35 PM
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14. NO
you have plenty of time when you're a geezer to have short hair....or no hair. ENJOY YOUR LONG HAIR WHILE YOU CAN! Don't let those fascists dictate how you f'ing look. Keep it clean and groomed always though! :D
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tjdee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 04:40 PM
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15. For Bush no, for all of mankind, yes.
When men have long hair, that is what the focus is.

"Look at that guy with all the hair" as opposed to "look at that guy with the great blue eyes", for example.

Some women do like long hair on a man, though....tough choice.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 04:41 PM
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16. Yeah you stinking hippie
:bounce:
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micrometer_50 Donating Member (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 04:47 PM
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17. Almost cut my hair

It happened just the other day
It's gettin kinda long
I coulda said it wasn't in my way
But I didn't and I wonder why
I feel like letting my freak flag fly
Cause I feel like I owe it to someone
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