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[–] [email protected] 66 points 4 months ago (5 children)

That's new to me. Where I live, punks and skinheads are natural enemies

[–] [email protected] 62 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Like skinheads and goths, or skinheads and greasers, or skinheads and other skinheads

[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Labor skinheads and neonazi skinheads.

I was so sad when I discovered the Hammerskins were a thing (a White Power band inspired by Pink Floyd's Waiting For The Worms, but without the irony, with a corresponding militant movement). The Hammerskins took their logo:

From the Hammers banner from the movie version of Pink Floyd's The Wall

Which means when I reference the Hammers in parody of white power movements, I risk being associated with an actual white power movement.

If they had balls, they'd call themselves The Worms.

<looking up to make sure The Worms isn't a social movement yet>

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

...the hammers were in the original album art and live show before the film...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

My first purchased version was the CD after the movie release. Stunning, amazing work, the lot of it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And the worms ate into his brain!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

RFK_Jr. has entered the chat

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

"I thought WE were the People's Front of Judaea?"

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's true everywhere. The issue isn't what they are, the issue is how they were deliberately misrepresented. A whole lot of films and shows made it a point to conflate punks with white supremacists.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

I wanted to say that that's what they are seen here in Germany. I have never heard of these films and the idea is new to me. Btw: the original skinheads were left working class so maybe history repeats itself here.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

But does the average Joe know that?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Normies can't tell the difference.

(Can you really blame them when it's down to things like what color their shoelaces are?)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

They are everywhere.