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Originally Posted by nwu43
However, it's kind of unfair to say it's just a "T-shirt". Some organizations are more strict about this type of stuff than others.
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You are absolutely right about this, and I think that's why it's going to be hard to get advice from NPC and IFCers about this issue.
I don't think anyone wants to see someone representing their organization poorly, as a random drug-abusing homeless guy wearing the lettered shirt he got from a charity might.*
But since as far as I know, most NPC and IFC groups are not that protective about who wears their letters informally, like on date night shirts or philanthropy events, we're not going to be as outraged if we suspect that a non-member is wearing our letters generally.
*To tell you the truth if I saw it, I think I'd think "how nice of that XYZ to give away his old clothes to charity."
Something else worth considering is that people may think they have founded a new local with those letters, and not realize yet the letter belong to a national organization.