>And as for hats, especially a baseball hat on a certain type
>of person is almost as certain a manifest of duplicity as a
>necktie on a businessman or the lack of one on a politician.
>
>-- Gordon
my very working class friend used to describe moore as yuppy with the blue jacket and jeans thing going on. i crap you negative. and it's not as if she's so out of it because she's one of those working class turned granalo hippy types with the berks, bead bags, long flowing skirts, dresses, and hip dangling hand-crafted earrings.
so, it's all very subjective. i see nothing about him that signifies him as working class because his clothes and cap aren't peculiar to the working class.
i suspect that media theory here has a point: if you were inclined to see him negatively and his dress as mere affectations that only patronize, you will. if you see him as honestly working class in his dress and mannerisms, then you will.
my guess, most people don't think about it _too_ much. and i'll bet that they're not terribly offended and may well appreciate it--it's what made roseanne and her sidekick husband, there, loveable, too.
kelley