>If I have to get a read on someone before I directly interact with them, their wearing of a MAGA hat will give me a bunch of useful going-in assumptions, just like any other political insignia worn as clothing.

Where we disagree is this:

1. You don't have to get a read on someone before interacting with them. That path is the path to stereotyping.

2. We disagree on whether those going-in assumptions are useful.