Resistance is futile..or maybe not

I went to work today on my day off to meet a group to go install window AC's for elderly people.
It was for a group called "People Helping People"
Anyway, I showed up wearing my beat up straw hat and flip flops. One of my coworkers saw me and said "Now I understand..your clothes...your political inclinations"

He called me a hippie! ^_^ But I guess I can see where I fit the bill....

I carry a huge carpet bag as a purse (with a snazzy belt for a strap) I of course carry all my necessary stuff within, including all my "liberal commie" books. I never travel without a book.
The bag happens to be decorated with my liberal commie pins.

I stroll in wearing long, flowing shirts and the sterotypical flared jeans or pants. Occasionally I've been known to sport salwar kameez or a punjabi getup.

And yeah, the straw hat DOES scream hippie.

I just think it's funny that my appearance screams LIB. But then I look at the conservative yuppies in their Tommy Gear and their Nike tennis shoes. The one thing that comes to mind is WASP's for Bush. And you see hordes of them at Bush's rallies. No diversity.
And they want everyone to be just like them. Dress like them. Act like them. Vote like them.
It's like the borg. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. (sorry, that's the pinko-nerd in me...what kind of nerd would I be if I didn't make random Star Trek references on a daily basis?)

Thank you, but no thanks. I like being "different"