mr dave

^ right and i totally agree with you, but the fact remains that there's a large scale social taint applied to certain symbols.

the swastika had been a recognized symbol for centuries if not a millennium or two prior to being re-appropriated by the nazis. it's unfortunate that something with such a long and diverse history became tarnished like it has.

on the other hand, the skinhead 'culture' has only been around for a handful of decades and had hardly finished establishing itself and anything before becoming associated with national and racist movements. not to say that all skins are bad, but if i need to actively ask the individual which side of the fence they're on in order to find out, then i'm left to wonder just what kind of distinction there really is between the so-called sides.

racist or anti-racist it still seems to me that both sides are using race as a distinguishing factor in dealing with others.

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