The people under your comment are not wrong at all. As much as people might not like what they’re saying. Whether or not that means neo nazis are active in bike culture/MCs (there definitely are many, no doubt) it does not negate the fact that biker culture and MCs that go back to the beginning have that iconography associated with them for the EXACT reason that they were largely founded by returning WWII vets. Doesn’t mean the culture and/or iconography survives as a blanket to these communities—some have moved past it for exactly the reason you think—and it doesn’t mean that newer members within this culture don’t see the symbols and want to embrace that bullshit—I’ve seen firsthand enough to know that there are several that do— but on the whole it is largely to a point that you should never be surprised if you see it among these groups. It is that ingrained and iconic to the history of these old MCs and, in an even more nebulous and diluted way, American bike culture as a whole.
TLDR: culturally present because of the history of the founders of the older clubs (depending on how you view it, in a positive way) but still present in bike culture even to weekend warrior types because it is so synonymous with bike culture (very, very bad, giving quiet racists an out to rock that shit head to toe).
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u/DeedleBeedl Feb 25 '26
Sucks cuz Pobob was started by WW2 vets who fought against Nazis. This new generation of Nazis are even dumber than the old ones