Peace is wise. My T-shirt choice, apparently, is not.

Apparently, my shirt is political propaganda. I've been asked to wear a sweatshirt over it at work. My Manager says it's because we're only supposed to wear company T-shirts, however it appears to be fine for people to walk around with "Juicy" written across their chest. My T-shirt, pictured below, is too abrasive and outspoken for my workplace, and I can definitely see how people would be super offended by a pink owl and a quick saying on kindness. I find MOST of the shirts in Sarah Jessica Parker's line terribly offensive, except not. As a matter of fact, I wore one last week that said "PEACE" across the front and no one asked me to put a shirt over it. Maybe now I'm insinuating that war is not wise? And people are offended? Well, whether or not my shirt says it- war is not wise. There. (Republicans, generally, are not wise either, but that's a whole other topic...) The conversation in which I was asked to wear a sweatshirt began like this Him: "Oh, wow! I like your shirt! I like the color and the message..." Me: "Thanks! It's my new favorite. " Him: (as a cloud of confusion and stress passes his face) "But... you might want to throw on a sweatshirt when you're not at your desk..." As John suggested, "Start a Riot! Protest!" , but I fear it would do no good. They would just say that it has nothing to do with the message, only with the fact that it isn't a company shirt. Nice. Well, I guess it's my fault for lowering myself to wearing my beliefs on a T-shirt anyway. Lowest common denominator, anyone? But you can bet that the next time someone comes to work wearing a Jesus Loves You T-shirt, they won't have a word said to them. Because believing in Jesus is a personal choice, believing in peace is a personal choice to be a trouble making hippy. How is that fair?


The offending clothing: