Billy Bob Thornton

I’m honestly still shaken up right now. I went to the bank this morning to handle something boring and normal. Nothing dramatic. Nothing political. Just an errand before the holiday weekend. I was wearing my red MAGA hat. That was it. A manager pulled me aside and told me another customer said my hat made them feel “uncomfortable” and “unsafe.” Unsafe. Because of a hat. I asked if I had done something wrong. I asked if I had said anything to anyone. I asked if I had bothered a single person in that building. She said no. But then she told me I could either remove the hat or come back another time. I’m not going to lie. I felt humiliated. I could feel people looking. I had that awful lump in my throat like I was back in school being scolded in front of everybody for something I did not do. And all I could think was, Since when are women only allowed to be “brave” when we believe what liberals tell us to believe? They say they support women. Until a woman loves God, loves America, supports Trump, and refuses to hide it. They say they want tolerance. But somehow tolerance always means normal people being told to shrink, apologize, remove the hat, hide the cross, lower the flag, and pretend we are the problem. I walked out. I will find another bank before I hide who I am to make some stranger feel powerful. I did not take the hat off. I will not apologize for loving my country. Has anyone else dealt with this, or are we all just supposed to keep pretending this is normal?#MAGA #AmericaFirst