the progressive views that a lot of blue hair wearing people subscribe to
“Blue hair means you have progressive views” is far more a right-wing meme than any kind of reality. Its more tied to people in the service industry, in college, or otherwise in a career path that lets you have an exotic hair color without putting your job at risk. Teenagers out in the sticks would dye their hair all the time and still have deeply reactionary views. FFS, christian missionaries dyed their hair all the time back in the Bush Era, often as a means of looking cooler and more “relatable” to young people.
It got picked up by a particular corner of the Men’s Rights forums and recirculated until it started popping up in the Brietbart- and Rogan-spheres.
At its heart, the hate for people (almost always women or effeminate men) with hair dye is just misogyny.
That OP’s screencap profile is a young woman complaining that you can’t dye your hair and have a bit of fun without getting dumped on isn’t a coincidence.
“Blue hair means you have progressive views” is far more a right-wing meme than any kind of reality. Its more tied to people in the service industry, in college, or otherwise in a career path that lets you have an exotic hair color without putting your job at risk. Teenagers out in the sticks would dye their hair all the time and still have deeply reactionary views. FFS, christian missionaries dyed their hair all the time back in the Bush Era, often as a means of looking cooler and more “relatable” to young people.
It got picked up by a particular corner of the Men’s Rights forums and recirculated until it started popping up in the Brietbart- and Rogan-spheres.
At its heart, the hate for people (almost always women or effeminate men) with hair dye is just misogyny.
That OP’s screencap profile is a young woman complaining that you can’t dye your hair and have a bit of fun without getting dumped on isn’t a coincidence.