I am both.
I do not wish to eat dog, though I have eaten alligator, possum, rattlesnake and a guinea pig, none of which taste like chicken. Rattlesnake tastes a bit like alligator, as I recall.
I do not wish to be in a situation in which I would be compelled to eat Fido, salute the Rebel flag, offer an opinion on the stylishness of droopy drawers or answer the question "do these pants make my butt look big?"
Nothing is to be gained from being in such a situation. I will not cause anyone to denounce the Confederacy, stop eating dogs, or pull up their pants.
Asa faculty member, I was told to demand that male students remove their hats in the classroom. I settled for writing in the course syllabus "It is college policy that gentlemen remove their hats in the classroom. Please do this, because there are some people who may see a man wearing a hat and will interrupt this class to tell you to remove it."
Then I told everyone to read the course syllabus and left it at that. We had some Rastafarian students including a professor who always wore a cap, because they had never cut their hair. There was a Sikh professor who taught accounting for a while, and wore a turban. My job was to teach Spanish, not Edwardian etiquette. Only a few students wore baseball caps, other than the Rastas.
