- Messages
- 17,215
- Location
- New York City
...Again, dress, groom, act anyway you want - its your prerogative. But it's also my prerogative to not take you seriously.
This ⇧ is missed by many people today, IMHO.
There are two rights at work here and they are not mutually exclusive. You have the right - legally and even morally - to dress the way you want and everyone else has the right to judge you (hopefully, only in part) by how you dress. I'll stand arm in arm with anyone to defend your freedom to dress as you wish, but that doesn't mean others don't have a right to form opinions about you that you might not like based on how you dress.
Freedom cuts both ways. You have the freedom to do what you want - say, dress how you like - but others have the freedom to form their opinions about you based on how you dress.