I didn't say we were nice or perfect. Yes, many are homophobes, which is weird considering how homo-erotic some of the shirtless singalong arms around each other stuff is. This has changed a lot though as many of us from the 80's have gotten older, and more open minded.
In many places it is very much tied to gang culture. It is often violent. So are lots of other subcultures that never gained our notoriety. Meh. On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Tim, we've talked skinhead groups before and you know that I've spent > some time with both Sharps and Skins, but (up here at least), the > Sharps were always pretty damn homophobic even while denouncing racist > skinheads. I think that it is important to differentiate between > Sharps and Skins but I could never get behind calling Sharps the "good > guys". They were a very hateful group in a lot of ways and had a > pretty actively violent ethos (even when the ethos was playing nazi > baseball). > > I know some Sharps that have grown up and become much mellower dudes, > non-violent, and taking a more constructive approach to their anarchy. > But they also wouldn't identify themselves as active members anymore, > either. > > Cheers, > Judah > > On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 12:27 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Oath Keepers and the other patriot/political groups I am a member of are > > not hate groups. > > > > They have also been one of the worst about lumping all skinheads > together, > > even non and anti racist skins. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:353143 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
