[kj] rebellion?

[bongo]

white laces in nz used to mean 'loner' i think red was nazi, and yellow was
something too...
it was never taken too seriously tho, but i was aware that it was about...





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On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 5:12 AM, Matthew Burke <marsboy1 at msn.com> wrote:


>  I recall that, in the US, red laces mean you've participated in a physical

> attack against a minority.  They're "earned", not just something you pick up

> in a shoe shop for a splash of color.

>

>

> >

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> > Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:48:43 +1200 (NZST)

> > From: "Brendan" <bq at soundgardener.co.nz>

> > Subject: Re: [kj] rebellion?

> > To: "A list about all things Killing Joke \(the band!\)"

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> > I read a book called F?hrer Ex by Ingo Hasselbach, who was a leading Neo

> > Nazi figure in the 80s or 90s I think, ended up changing his mind about

> > it, wrote a book and went around talking to kids in school about racism /

> > fascism. (I had a mate who was in the anti-fas who reckons he only

> changed

> > his spots when he got busted, but who knows. Sounds like he had a shit

> > time growing up in East Germany under the Stasi and being a Nazi was the

> > perfect way to rebel against them as fascism is the idealogical opposite

> > to comminism, in theory). Anyway apparently over there red bootlaces

> meant

> > anarchist, white was fascist, and black was neutral. If I remember

> > correctly.

> >

> > > That can actually be true, sometimes. Next time you see a video on

> > > YouTube of Neo-Nazis, check out the laces on their boots. A lot of the

> > > times they're white laces. Unfortunately, I have met a few of these

> > > douchebags and they did have white laces indeed. One had a RAHOWA ball

> > > cap.

> > >

> > > Like anything, just seeing someone with white laces is nothing to

> accost

> > > them about,t hough. They may not know what the hell they are doing,

> like

> > > all the kids who have "88" after their usernames online because they

> > > thought it was some punk thing.

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > Alex Smith wrote:

> > >> I seem to remember reading a piece in SPIN magazine about twenty-five

> > >> years ago that said you could tell what type of skinhead someone was

> > >> (i.e. racist or not) by the color of the laces on their Doc Martens.

> > >>

> > >> Yeah, whatever.

> > >>

> > >> Alex in NYC

> > >>

> > >>

> > >>

> > >>

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