Nazi, You mentioning that you were a skinhead (as if I couldn't have guessed, lol) got me thinking about their historical perspective (as I know of them) When I first heard the word "skinhead" back in 1981, it was never associated with a person who was in any way racist. To me, (and I think to most people at that time) a skinhead was a working-class British
"yob" or kid who shaved his (or her) head, maybe wore combat boots, liked to fight with just about anyone, including the "boys in blue," and was part of the youth culture that listened to bands like the 4-Skins, Infa-Riot, Blitz, etc...I remember a record that my best friend lent me called "Strength Through Oi!" that featured bands like this, and poetry by others. I liked it. We had 45's by the above mentioned bands. We shaved our heads with face razors. I had mine shaved in a public fountain. Our parents (especially my mom) HATED this stuff. They didn't get it, and didn't want to. But again, there was nothing RACIST about any of this. At least not to our knowledge. It was just some good punk/rock music to me, and a counter-culture ideology to embrace...
Now let's fast forward to 1985. I got out of straight, and all of a sudden, skinheads were racists. I was not pleased to hear this. I don't (and never will) subscribe to or believe in the superiority of one race over another. I hate all people equally, lol. But seriously, here was a whole cool thing that was ruined now. If I shaved my head (and I still do, even now, but just with clippers) people would ask me if I was a 'skinhead' and it was like, uh-oh.."No, I just like to keep my hair short..." This isn't meant to be some kind of lecture to you, Nazi. You're gonna believe what you will. That's your right as an American or whatever. Just wanted to get across my life experience with the skinhead thing. BTW, I still like the good old music anyway.
FTW, »FR13