...and needing to believe it was not a lash out at me.

I was talking to a friend, about my Car Wash experience, while wearing my Tie Dyed shirt (not the same one).  She asked me two questions; Was I wearing a Tie Dyed shirt?  and  Could he have been a WWII Veteran?

The answers were both Yes.

It never occurred to me, that Tie Dyed Shirts, could have a different meaning to different people.  Especially to a man that could have  been a relative of a WWII family, that was not an Ally to US, at the time.

I offer no excuse to my jumping the gun, I only offer a much preferred explanation... and I will deal with what triggered me to come to such an erroneous conclusion.

Whether this new idea, was correct or not...I choose to believe it was.