The Color of their hair is an indicator.
(media.greatawakening.win)
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I'm a woman and I've always been into the metal look to some extent. And I married a biker guy, so it's just our style. A couple of years ago, I dyed my hair dark purple. I have a stud in my nose and I also sometimes wear my cat-eye glasses outside the house (they're subtle, though, and not the big, over-the-top kind). Unfortunately for me, it was around that time that the stereotype about the pink-haired feminists really became a meme and that crowd adopted it as their official uniform. After spending all that money to make it look good, I took out the purple and went back to my natural color a few months later. I decided that I did not want anyone to think I was part of the abortion army, even if it meant having to change my appearance. The way you dress and style yourself does make an impression on people, even if you think it shouldn't. I'm about as far to the right as you can go and still be American, and I don't want to give the impression that I'm on the other end of that spectrum. I did keep my nose stud and glasses, but rainbow hair is just a dead giveaway today that you're leftist, questioning, and most likely crazy.
A guy at work once told me he would have guessed I was some kind of "activist" based on my looks. Well, he was kinda right, I guess, just not the way he thought. You could say I'm a patriot activist.
And if you still rocked that look, I bet I’d easily be able to tell you’re not one of them. Perhaps my post was overly simplified. It definitely was. I CAN tell just by looking, but It’s not JUST the hair, piercings, tattoos etc. it’s a vibe. It’s something they consciously or unconsciously project w/out saying a word. It’s in their facial expression. It’s in the way they walk. It’s in the cadence of their speech. But of course there IS a kind of uniform, and uniformity, to their “style” that is different than your usual kind of rebel/rocker/biker look. I guess go see the Allman Bros and then go see someone like…I dunno…The National. Both crowds are gonna be pierced and tattooed, but they’re gonna be very different.
I totally understand what you mean. And I know most people can tell when you're a loony leftist versus a normal human being. I just felt at the time that I didn't want to project that image at all. I was working at an extremely liberal school where half the staff had pink hair and tattoos and went to protests every weekend. It almost became more rebellious to NOT look like that. Maybe one day when this is all over, I'll revisit the rainbow dye bottles again.