Well well, I leave, forget I posted an intro and come back to a whole lot of hullabaloo.
It seems no one took heed to look up the term trad or ask an educated friend or just in general ASK ME.
I mean, did any one even look at my friend page, one of my good friends who was the first to add me on her is black, her name is Ducky and she fully understands and accepts that not all skinheads are racist pricks. But I guess uneducated people ten to jump to conclusions so I should just go all friendly like with the people who were smart enough to reply in a friendly manner.
oh, and I am not quite sure what "traditional" means in terms of skins, but I knew a few when I was growing up in Boston, and they were generally pretty cool, if a lil dirty (who wasn't?) at times. I've actually gotten a decent amount of help from the skins I knew versus a lot of the Neos in the area (I'm Jewish) when the Neos would start shit at shows etc. Just putting my change out there.
Yeah, boneheads (neos) are something i try not to mess with.
They are scary and have a head for things i could never put up with, all of that hate is tiring! No racism, no politics, no reason to hate!
yea, 4 those who don't know, a trad is not a racist skinhead... it's just a traditional, as someone mentioned, it's about working class pride... IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RACISM OR NAZI SKINHEADS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Welcome, Baracuda... I'm really into skinhead fashion, I just can't afford the ben sherman and fed perry shirts i like
and it's hard for me to find any that are actually forgirls...'cuz the guy's shirts are not form fitting enough, but i fucking LOVE the style...Anyway, I look forward to talking with you!!
Yeah, and we are not political either. Too much work!
ArrowInOre said:
For those old folks in here, I suggest you remember the vespa riding mods ...into ska and the such...But yes, I think that referring to ones self as 'skinhead', regardless of actual political preferences, is asking for trouble...This another grand case of presuming we have a total clue...lol...anyhow, lets hope we didn't scare her off, but hopefully she realizes how that came off at first and maybe can find a new way to refer to her self that will be less likely to get her negative reactions...( uh, I just had a Darth Ruha flash back, chills...)
I am proud to call myself a skinhead, I am proud to have that name for myself, but I will not waste any time to call people out who generalize.
Neo nazis are a thing of the past and its important to me to take back a word that has history and culture in it that includes reggae and black subculture of the early skinhead era, rather then the stupid racist shit that blankets us to this day.
There is a difference between white supremacists and skinheads.
Skinheads have pride, white supremacists are just a bunch of pussy fucks who think that mixing black and white is some carnal sin.
yeah, im familiar with the trad skinheads... they're *usually* not racist, so it doesn't bother me that you're here or stated that in your introduction. although im am very much NOT a fan of skinhead culture, this person isn't breaking the rules in any way, so... welcome to the board...
Thanks for noticing that by stating my *non racist* subculture that I am not breaking any rules. And now that I've taken my sweet ole' time to explain it to you all, you can all calm the hell down.
Anyway, in ending of the hate, you all can ask ducky if she thinks i'm a racist shit or a good person.
I don't think she'll mind telling you how good of friends we became in the short month she was in humboldt.
