Same. Not a fan of the music in particular, but the lyrics kick ass. Same with a lot of super heavy metal. The two genres that make hearing the words the most difficult also have the most inspiring, poignant, and kick ass lyrics. lol
I always liked "Master Race in Outer Space" by The Vandals. It's about loading all of the nazis into rockets and launching them to the moon. Good stuff.
Surveillance states and mobile recording devices in everyone's pocket, plus a media machine that portrays any violence done as barbarism means that the people delivering haymakers to skinhead fucks are no longer safe themselves
Could go the Black Panther route, just have someone be armed and tell them to leave without actually hurting them. They're cowards and won't go to places they feel threatened.
Yeah maybe it’s changed recently with the growth in popularity but as someone who’s gone to raves and festivals for well over a decade it’s always been one of the most welcoming cultures.
I know the more major festivals have gotten less so over the years but it’s more just generic assholes not Nazis.
Protests in general should be heavily armed and (more importantly) well organized. Whether it's the Nazis or the cops (insert 'same picture' meme here), they're scared of an actual fight
Similar situation with punk. There are still Nazi Punks, but they're asking for trouble at most gigs or areas with that sort of influence. From Dead Kennedys to Chumba Wamba, folks make it known these days they're not welcome. Shame about the few bands here and there still spreading the rhetorics, yet barking dogs will always be heard in the distance...
I've been to punk rock bowling in Vegas I think four times. One constant is that any hint of Nazi bullshit will get immediately and enthusiastically trampled.
I was at a party in college & a young lady was having a not so great night. She passed out, horked up what apparently looked like Alice Springs Chicken from Outback, & one of her sorority sisters had drawn a swastika on her forehead.
My roommate & I knew where she lived. So I went to grab puke-a-potomous, she went to get her car.
By the time I got back to puke-a-potomous on the couch, someone had turned the swastika into a very crudely drawn Windows logo.
Now I kinda wanna see some NaziPunk get pinned down at a concert, while someone converts his offensive tattoos into corporate logos.
I can't believe this hasnt been taken down. This site is chock full of pussies who think this is advocating violence and you should just tolerate Nazi freedom of speech and try to win them over in the "marketplace of ideas."
You cannot logic someone out of a position that they didn't use logic to get to.
Only two options really, play on their emotional reasoning to make them feel the victim of their own beliefs, or you know, make their physical safety in question.
Wish I could punch Nazis but the whole "problems can't be solved without police intervention" thing kinda gets in the way. I'm not going to fucking jail because I slapped some ignorant bastard.
I still find it hard to not automatically assume a bald guy dressed in typical punk attire isn't a neo-nazi skinhead, since almost every dude I've met that looks like that has been one.
Your assumptiom would most likely be wrong. The vast majority of punks in general are anti-racist and would gladly punch a Nazi. The ones that are most likely to actually deliver the punch are the bald guys in typical punk attire.
The original skinhead movement was very progressive, anti-racist, and there are plenty of skinhead punks still representing it in the exact same way. All of the skinhead punks in my area identify as SHARPS or Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice, and I don't live in a super progressive place or anything.
Nazi skinhead punks aren't seen in public much, nowadays, mostly thanks to the guaranteed violence from the people mentioned above. If they are brave enough to be in public, they will make it known with some sort of asshole patch, asshole tattoo, or doc marten boots with white laces, but I've never seen one at a normal punk show.
I know a dude who was a hard-core punk in the 80s. He's covered in Circle Jerks tattoos and has all kinds of stories about curb stomping skinheads. Poor guy went completely bald =/
Yeah, appearance is a form of communication whether we like it or not.
In my case, I’m a big white guy with a beard living in a 3/4 red area. So things like red hats, mirrored sunglasses, and camo/punisher/tacticool clothes or accessories aren’t allowed anywhere near me, lol. I stick with thick framed glasses too.
I don't really keep track of fashion for punks, (it feels like there's a hole where fashion knowledge would go-i just can't be arsed to pretend to care) but as an almost entirely bald guy (very short buzz) now I'll have another paranoia to think about.
It won't make any sense (hence why I call it that) since I almost always just wear cargo shorts and a plain solid color tee, but now that annoying part of the brain will have this to latch onto.
I've gone pretty bald so these days I buzz or shave my head. It sucks. People think I'm a Nazi or a cop or military. I guess being mistaken for military isn't that bad but I'm the opposite of a fucking Nazi and looking like a cop makes it hard to buy drugs.
Oh yeah, and punk is my favorite. I used to keep my mohawk up with spray paint.