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[–] [email protected] 40 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

When I was in high school, the worry was finding a cool punk band and discovering they were skinheads.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

"skinhead" isnt as settled a term as it may appear. Nazi fucks gave punk a bad name by getting associated with them.

https://www.gq.com/story/punks-and-nazis-oral-history

Some reading for those unfamiliar.

Theres a good documentary i cant find explaining the history of skinheads. If i find it ill post it too

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm active in the punk scene and I know a lot of skinheads and they're all hardcore antifascists.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

In the US "skinhead" has a different meaning besides just being bald and aggressive. It's what neo-nazis are referred to as because they co-opted that whole punk look.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Honestly, I blame cops. Cops proudly look like thumbs over here, so right wingers have mostly captured the bald aesthetic. Bald and aggressive white men are assumed to be fascists because that's what off duty cops look like. It's worse to look like a cop than a civilian Nazi skinhead.