When do funny t shirts become “disruptive or inflammatory”?
The county I live in has decreed that people wearing “clothing, apparel, or other accessories containing distruptive or inflammatory language or content” will no longer be allowed to enter county buildings. I’m not sure about the entire ordinance, so I don’t know what will happen if someone shows up for court wearing such apparel, or if they simply need to go to the county courthouse for a necessary permit, to pay taxes, look up property records, etc.
Let me say upfront that I rarely go out in public in just a T-shirt or so casual that any of my clothing or “accessories” would put me at risk to be hit by the new county law. But I think you’re on a real “slippery slope” when you pass such laws. Indeed, I’ve seen people wearing very expensive clothing that I personally thought was at least tasteless and perhaps downright vulgar. But I’ve never really thought it was my business to be the Social Police and call them on the matter.
Sort of if you want to make a fool of yourself in public, I’ll get over it, but will YOU?
I guess it rankles me a bit anytime the government decides to be Head Nanny. What do you think about the matter?