Red Friday

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Currently there are at least four causes advocating Red Friday. They want people to wear red every Friday in order to advocate their cause. This is likely to create confusion on Friday when people see other people wearing red and assume they are supporting their cause.

1 Support
2 Dissent
3 Red Friday in Canada
4 Heart disease awareness
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Support

There are several websites that say in order to 'support our troops' regardless where they deploy, people should wear red every Friday. They claim that they are the silent majority and that if they wear red it will increase awareness of support for the troops.

Another group has recently expressed that support or protest for war is irrelevant and that the American troops should be supported regardless of political or social beliefs. This group is attempting to prevent confusion by organizing people through internet and print media and by establishing a universal symbol to express support for the men and women who serve their country.

[edit] Dissent

There is however a webpage advocating wearing red every Friday for an entirely different reason. They oppose the war and want the troops brought back home. They also claim to be the silent majority. However, they are apparently done wearing red every Friday, since they asked that everyone wear red every Friday between May 2004 and the 2004 election.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Red Friday in Canada

Red Friday Rally on Parliament Hill

People in Canada have started wearing red on Fridays to show support for the men and women serving in the Canadian Forces. The choice of using red is because it is an official Canadian color and also historically is a color of remembrance for it symbolizes the red poppies in Flander's fields and the loss of life the country has endured.^{[citation needed]}

Many positions in the House of Commons do not allow employees to dress outside of uniform but have compromised to allow staff to wear a red ribbon instead this is the only exception other than wearing a poppy for Remembrance Day.

Wearing red on Fridays is meant to be a non partisan act of one's person demonstration to show their support for the Canadian Forces. The act of wearing red on a Friday is not demonstrating any affiliation of government, policies, political views or any one particular mission or war present and past. Wearing red can include any article of clothing or accessory such as ribbons, lapel pins, hats etc. - Red Fridays Foundation of Canada (www.redfridays.ca)

[edit] Heart disease awareness

The American Heart Association is sponsoring its own Red Friday to raise awareness of heart disease in women, again advocating that participants wear red every Friday.