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From: mesard@bbn.com (Wayne Mesard)
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Subject: Re: Skinhead newsgroup
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Date: 19 Jan 90 20:50:37 GMT
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moynihan_r@apollo.hp.com (Robert Moynihan) writes:
>The media has nothing to do with it.  Any time I've seen skinheads appearing
>on television, they have displayed their vile natures all by themselves.  They
>needed no help from the media in showing what utterly wretched
>creatures they are. 

Then proves himself wrong by saying:
>The skinhead movement is a bunch of uneducated, racist juvenile delinquents.
>They tout the absurdity of white supremacy to the world [...]

Nazi punks and racists are a small, albeit vocal, part of the skinhead
community.  They are not at all what the movement is about.  You, Mr.
Moynihan, are sterling example of how the media has, in fact, "given
skinheads a bad name."

I think a skinhead newsgroup is a great idea.

Wayne();