How to dress for a protest without being on the wrong side?
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Grumpy souls will not fail to mock the futility of these considerations in the face of the stakes of a demonstration. But that would be to forget that appearance, for both practical and ideological reasons, is crucial.
" It's been twenty years since I took to the streets to protest," Mélanie, a forty-something civil servant in our circle, told us a few days ago. "How should we dress these days? What bag should I take? I don't want to be mistaken for a black bloc member! " There's little risk, Mélanie, that you'll be mistaken for an antifa ready to smash everything, unless you have the ludicrous idea of joining the procession dressed all in black, with a balaclava, combat boots, and swimming goggles (useful, of course, to protect against tear gas). On the other hand, your questions about appropriate attire are worthy of interest. Even those who pretend to believe the subject is futile - in particular, the most unionized and politicized among us - attach importance to their look, and hesitate in the morning in front of their wardrobe between the old gray T-shirt or the pale blue blouse , to "match" with the union section sticker.
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