No twerps

What next, badges with “no feminists” or “no women” in shops? Are we doing this all over again?

Not El Paso this time, but Dundee.

A Crieff  designer claims she was ordered to leave Dundee’s Hobbycraft shop after a gender rights row over a staff member’s “no terfs” badge.

Rebekah Chapman, 33, confronted the employee over the “unpleasant” slogan on Sunday in the Kingsway West Retail Park branch.

The badge also said “no Tories”.

Well, you know, maybe the employee was bringing her/his whole self to work.

I hate it when people do that. I don’t want your whole self, any more than you want mine.

What we want in brief utilitarian public interactions is basic politeness and/or friendliness, along with competence at the task in question. What we don’t want is to be informed of the other person’s political views.

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