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From: wbt@cbnews.ATT.COM (William B. Thacker)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: Skinhead Group
Message-ID: <13460@cbnews.ATT.COM>
Date: 24 Jan 90 16:12:19 GMT
References: <693@watserv1.waterloo.edu>
Reply-To: wbt@cbnews.ATT.COM (William B. Thacker,00440,cb,1D211,6148604019)
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In article <693@watserv1.waterloo.edu> tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu (Tom Haapanen) writes:
>
>* Most skinheads are not violent.
>
>* Most skinheads are not racist.
>
>* Real skinheads don't even listen to punk; the correct skinhead music
>  of choice is ska.  
>
>Prejudice against skinheads is just another form of racism; judging all
>skinheads by the white supremacists you see on TV is just as bad as
>judging all blacks by Rev. Al Sharpley or Malcolm X...

So far, I've seen a dozen postings saying "skinheads aren't all as bad
as the ones you hear about."  I take this, therefore, as a fact.

Yet is still leaves unanswered a basic question.  Just what in tarnation
*do* skinheads stand for ?  Before I vote for or against a group for
them, I want to know what purpose they intend for it.

I base opinions on the information I have at hand.  To date,  all I have to
go on is what I see and hear from mass media, and it makes skinheads look
pretty bad.  If y'all want to change my vote, you'll have to change my
opinion with some information.


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