A MAGA wearing camouflage

[Cyrano]

I stopped at Dunkin" Donuts this morning and saw a guy dressed in camouflage colored pants and shirt and wearing a red MAGA hat. I guess he is all ready for Civil War 2.0.

The purpose of camouflage wear is to make one less visible. It's effective in jungles, but in a suburban setting it makes you stand out as though you were wearing a clown costume.

I wondered where he was going. No one goes to work dressed like that except for military personnel, and no soldier would wear a field uniform with a MAGA hat. Maybe he was going home to do, ... whatever it is MAGAs do at home. Then again, this is a fairly liberal neighborhood and he may have been on his own little "reconnaissance mission."

Whatever. Everyone at Dunkin' Donuts looked at him and then turned away. I'm sure that many shared my thought that he may have been armed, or had an assault rifle in his car. -- Do you suppose we'll ever get back to being a country that doesn't have far too many potentially dangerous assholes roaming among us?

[Best_man23]

1. A member of Meal Team 6

Surprised he wasn't doing open carry.

[PatSeg]

18. Ha, ha!

Well done!

[keep_left]

52. "Meal Team 6", "Beer-belly Brownshirts", "Custard's Last Stand"...

...so many great bon mots for these idiots.

https://democraticunderground.com/100218180292#post63

[BaronChocula]

59. Buffalo Wing Soldiers

XLSS
Delta Farce

[keep_left]

61. More to add to the list!

[Aristus]

70. The Gravy Seals.

[EYESORE 9001]

2. Everybody knows a well-regulated militia runs on Dunkin

How many dozen did he get for his hard-as-nails cohort?

[Traildogbob]

3. Those hats make

Perfect targets even if they are hiding in the brush.

[Traurigkeit]

72. MAGA wearing flak jackets, talk about useless protection.

[MiHale]

4. Yes, pendulums swing both ways...

We seem to be at the top of a particularly bad swing.

[Shipwack]

13. Hopefully we're at the top... nt

[Liberal In Texas]

5. Camo has just become fashion and is pretty meaningless from its intended purpose.

I even see a checker at the grocery wearing a camo covid mask.

[CrispyQ]

28. Ugh. It's so ugly. -nt

[rickford66]

6. I'd love to bump into these guys.

And say "sorry I didn't see you".

[2naSalit]

16. They wouldn't 'get it', though. nt

[ProfessorGAC]

7. Right With You

When I see one of those types I want to ask, "You know we can see you, right?"

[OldBaldy1701E]

8. " No one goes to work dressed like that except for military personnel..."

I see you are not familiar with land surveying. We dressed like that all the time. Which was very interesting, as the job does require the ability to see each other in the woods and pastures. However, that clothing is the sometimes the only thing that can handle the terrain. and foliage. Most other clothes, including 'tough work attire', will just end up in shreds depending on where you are working.

Potentially dangerous assholes have always been roaming among us. They just did not have support. Now, they do. They have someone 'in authority' giving them praise and making them decide that their twisted viewpoint is somehow sane. The press are the ones fueling this crap. Most of the lunatic right would never be seen without them. Most of the press are owned by those who want this instability in our country. It makes for more clicks.

[Traildogbob]

9. That is the

Official uniform here in WNC. They wash them for Church.
We should be grateful for those Red Hats.
They are like Police “caution tape” around a crime scene or other dangers to stay back from.
It’s very helpful to know who the stupidest of our species is to avoid shrapnel from their accidents.

[multigraincracker]

10. Can't really judge a book

without opening and reading it.

So I’m told.

[whopis01]

29. When all the book has is a cover and nothing of value inside

it isn't that hard to judge accurately.

[Traildogbob]

44. Sorry

But if the book cover has trumps Mug and hate scared mug on it and the title is Fuck you all,
I WILL judge that book.

[whopis01]

50. Like I said, a book with a cover and nothing of value inside.

Not sure why you were apologizing. I think we are both saying the exact same thing.

[Traildogbob]

53. i did not mean to tag that

right at you. It was just a general response to the whole conversation.
We are in total agreement. There are lots of books/people that are exactly on the inside as they exhibit on the outside.

[Quanto Magnus]

57. A book cover and

a bunch of pages marked up with a sharpie

[3catwoman3]

49. Sometimes you can. If I see a book cover featuring a bare-chested, long-haired...

...muscular dude on a rearing stallion, grasping a buxom wench wearing a low-cut gown, I'm pretty sure it's not a math book -

[Chainfire]

11. Hunters wear the gear for the same reason that troops do.

However, I agree that most people who wear the gear are making a statement. It goes something like this; " Hey, look at me, I am a citizen soldier and a patriot, I am bad to the bone and not to be messed with." The camo has exactly the opposite effect of the purpose intended, it is a signboard of who someone is. It is not only camo that sends that kind of message, I think that folks who wear "cowboy" gear are cut from the same cloth. This is from someone who wanted to be a cowboy, then I had my 8th birthday.

[canuckledragger]

15. It's role-playing on their part, complete with costume!

it's also insecure fools, pretending to be something they just aren't.

[flying_wahini]

19. Except when they really ARE a cowboy. My brother raises cattle and doesn't dress like that

😁😂😂😂

[relayerbob]

24. We used to call them Sears-and-Roebuck Cowboys

Maybe we should call them Amazon Cowboys now

[Ligyron]

32. Drugstore Cowboy.

ie, fake…

A term from way back for a poser. My dad and most sane adults used it as a term of derision.

[relayerbob]

40. Yep

As phony as they come

[willamette]

60. More hat than cattle

[NanaCat]

58. Rexall Rangers

Goatropers.

Those were the terms I heard for cowboy poseurs when visiting my sister in Houston. In the boonies there where my Mum lives, the real ones often dress the stereotypical way when they're working, for good reaason (boots protect from snakes; long sleeves protect from sun and muck from handling animals/baling hay; hat keeps head cool but protected from sun).

Since they dress pretty much the same, then the way to tell the real cowboys from the fake ones is the pickup truck. If it's banged up and scratched and has mud and manure halfway up it, then that's a real cowboy. if it's so squeaky clean that it looks brand new, then that's a Rexall Ranger--and invariably one in possession of an extremely small penis.

[relayerbob]

69. lol.

You can usually tell by the tan lines, or lack thereof, too. And the uncalloused hands.

[Layzeebeaver]

12. back in the 80's...

folks used to wear camouflage pants. I had a pair as well. It had nothing to do with insurrections or illegal wars.

But maybe it was a means to desensitise us all for what was to come... Hmmm...

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

21. In the 70's and 80's, I wore an olive-drab field jacket.

The Army issued it to me, for FREE! It lasted a long time after I got out, but I finally had to admit that the stupid thing had shrunk too much

It was not good camouflage, but it had lots of big pockets.

[grumpyduck]

54. I loved my Army field jacket.

Wore it for years.

[kairos12]

14. Gravy Seal Commando.

[hibbing]

35. Meal Team 6

[Oneironaut]

17. That's the uniform of toxic masculinity.

I bet he also drives a huge truck with at least one Punisher bumper sticker.

[Probatim]

20. It could have been his "Sunday Go-to-Church Camo".

Not the day-to-day hunting camo, but the fancy stuff.

[Chakaconcarne]

22. In my CCW class, my instructor called these camo wearing, AR15 toting people - clowns...

You already have your 2A rights; you don't advertise your intent or your capabilities as to become a bigger target and more likely to be challenged.

[wnylib]

77. Perhaps a motive for MAGAs wearing the camo is

the hope of being challenged. They want to provoke it so they can act out whatever rage lurks inside.

[relayerbob]

23. Probably headed straight back to his mom's basement

For another hard fought round of video gaming.

[et tu]

25. to answer your ?

let's vote them out of congress first~

[calimary]

62. THIS! But don't just stop at Congress.

Vote 'em out EVERYWHERE you find them.

Maybe they're dressing tough cuz they want to show off that they're tough. Or maybe they're just into intimidation.

I've learned that those who try to intimidate are cowards, deep-down, and feel the need to act out how they want you to see them.

[et tu]

65. and or they are ready for a straight jacket! nt

[IronLionZion]

26. Dude was probably just trolling a liberal neighborhood

looking to get into an argument with someone.

[orangecrush]

27. ...

[Ocelot II]

30. Wait til they start wearing ghillie suits - with red MAGA caps.

Then you'll know you've really got a live one.

[catbyte]

31. Perhaps this?

[Talitha]

47. TBH, I'd burst out laughing if I ever saw anything like this in person.

[brewens]

33. Back when the People of Walmart site was popular, this 400 lb tub of shit was dressed head to toe in

camo. I followed him around trying to get pics with my flip phone but screwed up saving them somehow. Those would have been perfect.

I can't imagine why a guy like that would spend that kind of money or that they even make that shit in his size. It appeared to be Realtree camo.

Then around the same time I watch these jackasses down the street load up to go hunting. I'm in Idaho and its afternoon and they are all piling into a car, so I know they are just going out near here after white tailed deer.

Those dumbasses are all decked out in hundreds of dollars of camo and hunting gear. We used to go out after school like that in shorts and tennis shoes. Whatever we wore to school. You don't need camo anything for that kind of hunting! That's why you can still take deer wearing blaze orange for safety. Dumbfucks!

[Paladin]

34. Back in my deer-hunting days in Texas...

...I used to get such a kick, during hunting season, out of all the camo-clad hunters I'd see at sporting goods stores, BBQ joints, etc. I knew that 99% of these sportsmen were hunting deer the same way I was: huddled in a wooden blind, either on the ground or in the air, waiting for the game to walk by. The point being: There was absolutely no need for camouflage clothing. With the kind of concealment those blinds afforded them, those hunters could have been wearing super-bright clown outfits, and the deer wouldn't have known the difference. In all of my deer-hunting years, I never bought nor wore a single item of camo clothing. And these days, I avoid the camouflage types, every chance I get.

[FakeNoose]

39. Exactly ... all it is is cosplay

I'm in Pennsylvania - we see some of this and it's not just during deer season. The real deer hunters don't have to advertise their hobby, and not many in our area would even want to wear a MAGA hat anyway.

I have nothing against deer hunters. We've got way too many deer around here even within the city limits of Pittsburgh. Those "rats on hooves" treat my flower garden like it's their free salad bar every night. The hunters are only allowed to shoot them in the State Gamelands, which are designated areas for archery and rifle hunting.

[haele]

46. Most animals are somewhat colorblind and use movement to identify threats.

If you don't move, or move very slowly, and aren't smelly to them, they typically won't notice you. Camo is only useful to break up straight lines with color, making it more difficult to use human or visual sensor specific pattern recognition program to identify a stationary person or object from the background.
Hunters don't need camo unless they want to be less visual to other hunters.

Haele

[sarisataka]

36. I am disappointed, I was hoping it was the opening line to a joke

Camouflage? Meh. Wouldn't have seen it since I use the drive thru

[captain queeg]

37. First stop donuts. Second stop beer. Then back to moms basement

For some internet surfing.

[WestMichRad]

38. Test driving his Halloween costume

[Martin68]

41. Jungle camouflage is a style choice for fashion-challenged right wingers who think it makes

them look scary or tough. They love display a full set of matching camo gear, including their phone, vehicle, and maybe even their toilet paper...

[soldierant]

66. Jungle camouflage is "green"

Desert camouflage is "tan"
Winter camouflage is "white."

I assume the Navy and Air Force don't use blue camouflage because it woldn't really be useful - the ocean and the sky don't reallu have lines to break up.

I'd wear camouflage - if it's blue or pink, but not a head to toe or even shoulder to toe outfit. (I actially own a pair of blue camouflage jeans and a couple of pair of pink camouflage knee socks.) Needless to say, I wouldn't be tryig to hide.

[DinahMoeHum]

42. Obviously someone with a teeny weenie problem

[Blue Owl]

74. The small dick energy is palpable

[haele]

43. Laz always laughed when they were ordered to wear Camo in the Radio Room for excersizes

When he was in the Air Force during the 1980's.
The supposition was that a group of Commies would burst in, look around, and their OIC would tell them "Nothing here but wrecked radios, burnt papers, and a few bushes over there - let's go and attack something else..."
Camo in an urban setting.
Haele

[flashman13]

45. Yesterday I attended Election Judge training class. We were told that the election office

had a list of contingency plans for things like power outages, floods, active shooters, and medical emergencies. We also discussed the prohibition of electioneering within the polls. During the general election MAGAt hats will be banned in the polls as electioneering.

ACTIVE SHOOTERS! This is America in the 21st century. My state is a concealed carry, open carry, virtually no restrictions state. The polls are not off limits. So, check your hat at the door but go ahead, show off you piece. That won't influence anyone. WTF?

[Traildogbob]

48. As a college faculty

That taught classes in Wildlife Science and Forest Ecology, most of our students wore camo of some shade all the time. Especially during hunting season.
When I had to take role before lectures, I had to do it verbally and loud with visual contact at the response, because I could not see them in the classroom seats. That stuff really hides them😉.
Between classes everybody just bumped into each other scurrying to the next lecture class. Nobody saw anybody.

[jimfields33]

51. Not with 335 million people living here. A percentage will always be trouble.

Back in the day, we had half the population and we still had issues.

[MineralMan]

55. Cosplay, pure and simple.

Of course, the camo-wearing guys have figured out that people leave them alone if they're in costume. Since the cosplay soldiers are generally antisocial, by nature, they're happy that you don't interact with them. They don't have much to say, really, anyhow.

They're playing a game. Camo is the official costume of the Cosplay Warriors.

[Skittles]

56. I guarantee you he never served

no indeed

[Elessar Zappa]

63. Around here I see it a lot.

It’s mostly hunters though, stopping in a store on the way out to the woods.

[oldsoftie]

64. Pants are meaningless. I wear camouflage pants a lot. They're very functional. My wife has camo yoga pants

If they're real "fatigue" style pants. They have great leg room & I'm able to move around easily; squatting, moving stuff. Phone goes in side pocket & they last.
Now if they're just regular pants well, it IS a style.
But the HAT says "PRICK"

[mymomwasright]

67. Even after being retired the last 14 years i've never felt the urge to wear them "around".

Marines have generally always been forbidden to wear them off base unless going from and to home. Personally I think it makes most people look foolish outside the bush/field, but that's their right.

[joanbarnes]

68. same thing happened to me

Shortly after the grocery store shooting, in my very diverse neighborhood grocer, skinny young guy in baggy camo using a handicap cart?!? Saw him stand and reach with no problem and wondered what he was hiding under his garb. Got out of there fast while noting handy hiding places. Sigh. Guns were so rare in my childhood.

[HandmaidsTaleUntold]

71. Not The Purpose Of Camo

The purpose is not to blend in but to stand out in solidarity with the other pos confederate rebels pretending they are in the new army of insurrection. Same goes for those blue and black flag emblems. Traitor clowns who whipped themselves up into insanity during covid and BLM protests. Actual snowflakes.

[Traurigkeit]

73. They then should proudly wear The Gray of the Confederate States.

[kwijybo]

75. And wave the white flag?

It could have 2 meanings, now!

[kwijybo]

76. People do their grocery shopping like that in the fall, here

I live in NW TN, and when it's fall, some of them will go into Walmart dressed in full Camo, the black boots the army wears, and the like. All the way down to the little kids.