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Originally posted by DSTCHAOS
Well, yeah, if you don't want to be protective over your sorority's letters then that's on you and those who brought you into the fold. A $10 tshirt isn't the point. The symbols on the tshirt are the point
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There are plenty of members of my organization who misrepresent what our letters stand for and they are still allowed to wear them. IMO, someone who lives our ritual but isn't a member is more welcome to wear a crush party tee shirt than someone who is a member but doesn't live up to what the organization's about. (And personally, at least with my chapter, and I HOPE this is true of my sorority on the national level, the organization is NOT about making those going through rough personal or financial situations feeling worse about themselves by ostracizing them from the chapter and demanding that they give you stuff that they bought with their own money.)
Wearing a shirt doesn't make you a member. As long as you aren't misrepresenting yourself (i.e., someone says "I didn't know you're an ABC!" -- as long as you answer, "I'm not, but I used to be" I'm fine with it) I have no problem with it. Your mileage may vary, of course, but I don't see how you have any right to take another person's belongings even if they acquiesce -- unless, of course, they sign a contract stating that they will follow those guidelines upon termination of membership.
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