As pointed out in the article, there are several better illustrations, including AOC's Tax the Rich dress. (although her dress was a rather hypocritical choice, since she could have donated the cost for the dress to anyone who actually helps the poor instead.)
I was likening it to that because it is a symbolic gesture for a SOTU address, but yes if we are talking in terms of similarity of the actual action itself things like AOC's dress are better parallels. I don't think that's the important dimension to focus on personally but I can understand why others would
As pointed out in the article, there are several better illustrations, including AOC's Tax the Rich dress. (although her dress was a rather hypocritical choice, since she could have donated the cost for the dress to anyone who actually helps the poor instead.)
I was likening it to that because it is a symbolic gesture for a SOTU address, but yes if we are talking in terms of similarity of the actual action itself things like AOC's dress are better parallels. I don't think that's the important dimension to focus on personally but I can understand why others would