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Symarip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 07:38 PM Original message |
Poll question: Do You Think All Skinheads Are Racist or Racially Motivated? |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. No -- there are Skinhead groups that are very ANTI racist |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 08:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. That's my understanding as well. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. One US group even actively promotes racial harmony |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 09:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
48. Thank you and that is all I have to say... |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 10:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
53. All the bald punks I've ever met who were ANTI racist... |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. No, I do not... |
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Symarip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 07:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Interesting... |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. The stigma is just too tough to break once Nazi and Hitler were associated with them... |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. There are non-racist skinheads. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. Used to hang out with SHARP guys in the East Village from time to time |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 08:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Yeah, the SHARPS in Portland tried to recruit me in the early 1990's. |
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Howardx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 08:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. yep |
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d_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. some of my best friends are anti-fascist skins |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Agreed there are Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice. I knew a few. |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. Instead of posting a poll, maybe you should explain |
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Symarip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 07:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. You try doing that. |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 08:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. I didn't know it. I thought that racism was part and parcel of being a skinhead. |
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DrTeeth (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. being a skinhead and not being racist |
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Symarip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Oh. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Then you don't know much about many skinheads. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. You don't know what the fuck you're talking about |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 09:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
43. Wrong -- there are many nonracist Skinhead groups |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
55. You clearly have no idea what you're talking about, and thus appear foolish. nm |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 10:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
61. My oldest son is a Straight Edge Skinhead. |
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Symarip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
8. You know what's really sad. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. The only skinheads I've heard about are bad |
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Symarip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I don't know what defines 'well meaning' |
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Symarip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
9. Dupe nt |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
14. It started out that way, but not all skinheads are racists now. Thugs, yes. Racists, no. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Are you saying all racists are skinheads? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
49. Oops, many skinheads are racists. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 11:26 PM Response to Reply #49 |
68. Are there a lot of nazi skins in Toronto? |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 10:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
54. Maybe all thugs are racists? |
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rch35 (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
66. all skinheads are thugs and all jews are moneygrubbing bastards |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
17. Hey..No, not all skinheads are racist. There is a group called Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
18. Outside of a few punk bands who unfortunately... |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
21. I voted #4 |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
22. I would say that, no I guess they're not all racists, but.. |
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Ecumenist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
23. No, there are skinhead groups that are EXTREMELY antiracists!! |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
28. It's not yes or no. Some are, some aren't. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
30. No. There are skinheads who are strongly anti-racist. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
31. Uh... why else even HAVE an organization like the skinheads? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 08:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Different groups: |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 08:59 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. For real? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 09:13 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Straight Edge |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 09:31 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. I've heard of Straight Edgers |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
32. Oi. Well, isn't that Special(s). |
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casus belli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
33. All of the skins I have personally known were anti-fascist and anti-racist |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
36. I voted yes...and I think of it as descriptive.. |
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Symarip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 09:06 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. So... |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 09:34 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. I have no idea about 'gothics'... |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
37. No, there are many different types of skinhead. |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
38. Most of the skinheads I've known |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
44. Oy. |
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Arrowhead2k1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
45. Most skinheads are actually anti-racist these days. They just get a bad rap from these Nazi |
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TheDonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
50. skinheads are racist bigots. Bald headed people are fine |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. That's a weird take on it. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
52. The poll question is definitionally slanted. |
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Symarip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #52 |
75. Sorry to say, you're quite wrong on this. |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
56. Not all skins are racists, but the majority are intolerant about something or other. |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
57. So 52% of DU is completely ignorant. Wonderful. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
58. Define "skinhead" and I can answer. After reading the replies, |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. It's a style like "hippie" |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 10:59 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Well, for that definition, no. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
60. I don't know what they label themselves |
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phusion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
63. Did anyone see This is England? |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 11:09 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. I just added that to my netflix queue. Thank you. |
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phusion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. looks good... |
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IndependentDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
64. unfortunately most people don't know the difference between skins and sharps and punks... |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-27-08 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
69. The moment you stated "all" your poll became skewed. |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
70. Of course there are non-racist and anti-racist skinheads. |
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Frank Booth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
71. Since just about everyone, whether skinhead or not, is racist in some manner to at least |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 12:47 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. What?, are you French? |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
73. Back in the 80's |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-28-08 01:25 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. When I first met skinheads they were a hell of a lot nicer than I was. |
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