It Was Mocked as Cringe Resistance Liberalism. A New Generation of Activists Has Embraced It as an Anti-ICE Symbol.

Other yarn stores, like Starlight Knitting Society, in Portland, Oregon, posted assurances for worried customers: Yes, we have red yarn. All proceeds from the $5 “Melt The ICE” hat pattern, posted in response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s invasion of Minneapolis and murder of both Renee Good and Alex Pretti, go toward the St. Louis Park Emergency Program and Immigrant Rapid Response Fund. The pattern itself was inspired by the red hats worn by Norwegians in the 1940s as resistance to German Nazi occupation. She wanted something similar to the pink pussy hats made in protest of Donald Trump’s first inauguration but more suited to this new era of horrors. “Someone sees your red hat and then they know that ‘Hey, I’m not alone in feeling like this,’ ” she explained.