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[–] [email protected] 45 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Skinhead with red shoelaces meant something totally different than Nazi back in the days.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 4 days ago (2 children)

TIL

A skinhead with red shoelaces is often associated with being a RASH (Red and Anarchist Skinheads) member or sympathizer. RASH is a subculture within the skinhead movement that emerged in the 1990s, primarily in the United States and Europe.

RASH skinheads are characterized by their anti-racist and anti-fascist views, as well as their anarchist or left-wing politics. They often wear red shoelaces as a symbol of their affiliation and to distinguish themselves from other skinhead groups, particularly those with racist or neo-Nazi ideologies.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 days ago

Thanks for posting the background. I'm just so tired that facts don't matter these days, I don't even proof my point anymore.

In the 80s/90s, hardcore Street-Nazis wore "Springerstiefel", the german standard army boots. But you know who also loved these kinds of shoes, because they match perfectly with Nazi ass? Punks. I mean 80s Punks. Not 21century Punks...And they sported the red shoelaces, because Nazsi were actually wearing white shoelaces. It mixes with the whole football/hooligan subculture, but it gets a bit fuzzy from there.

[–] Anticorp 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I guess it's regional. When I was in highschool red laces meant they had or were willing to shed blood for their cause. Yellow laces indicated anti-racism. I actually just put yellow laces on my boots a few days ago for just that reason, not that anyone these days will know what it means.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I've got purple laces πŸ’œ

[–] Anticorp 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

For gay pride?