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Vote with your feet

The warped politics of asking your guests to remove their shoes

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Chadwick Moore
Jan 21, 2021
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We’ve all been there: you arrive at the home of a friend, neighbor, coworker or acquaintance for a dinner party or holiday gathering and before you have a moment to hand over the gifts or wine, your host, with a beaming grimace, instructs you where to place your shoes.

Domestic no-shoes policies are undeniably rude and y…

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