"It is difficult for today's youth to believe, but the snarky T-shirt is a relatively recent innovation. Though they are now everywhere, until the late 1990s one almost never saw another person wearing a shirt that read "Stop looking at my nuts" with a pair of the threaded metal hardware implements pictured, or perhaps one with a sports figure on it and "I just hope both teams have fun.""
"All those violent ICE raids full of masked agents with no accountability who are largely targeting nonviolent immigrants with no criminal records (that is, when they're not pummeling journalists, protesters, priests, and innocent bystanders)? People hate them, and it has caused voters' views of ICE in general to plummet. So does the Trump administration walk them back, tone down the violence, or prosecute the worst ICE agents out there who are giving all of America a bad name? Nope."
Snarky T-shirts became common only after the late 1990s, often featuring provocative or humorous slogans. A popular vintage slogan reads "The beatings will continue until morale improves," illustrating that violence cannot force improved spirits. The Trump administration frequently applies punitive, counterproductive approaches across multiple policies. Violent ICE raids by masked agents, often targeting nonviolent immigrants, have generated public backlash and declining approval for ICE. The administration has escalated rather than de-escalated, resisting accountability and advocating for more raids and force, which deepens negative perceptions and worsens outcomes.
Read at Above the Law
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