WordPress should stick to WordPress. I'd like to see the same level of enthusiasm and fervor over the direction it's heading, not a piece of clothing.

Policing what I wear, how I wear it, and how I express myself seems antithetical to everything that WordPress stands for.

I do find the "big boy and girl pants" line to be quite the embodiment of everything this article stands for, though: privilege, lack of awareness of how triggered people get by words like that, and tone-deaf to the concerns of many, many event attendees.

In short, you could have expressed this opinion in a way that was a lot less harmful - honey over vinegar.

Also, WordPress is global. Sometimes a hat is just a hat. Sometimes it's hate. Context matters. Location matters. Country matters.

TL;DR: It's just a hat but yeah you could have said it with more empathy. Rules around policing political views, religion, gender, etc. are a slippery slope and I'd rather just never attend another WordCamp in my life again if it's going to get that serious.

This used to be fun.