Let’s all Wear the Hijab!

Edit: Esmerelda just let me know he actually said this in 2017. It’s new to me, though– maybe it’s new to you, too.

Austria’s president, Alexander Van der Bellen, in a thoughtful stand for “freedom,” suggested that one day soon all women might be asked to wear the hijab– just to show solidarity, of course.

Nothing says liberty quite like everybody doing the same thing on command.

Any woman can wear a headscarf. And if this continues, which brings me to my next question. With Islamophobia becoming increasingly widespread, the day will come when we will have to ask all women to wear a headscarf. All women! As solidarity with those who do so for religious reasons.

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