From the article:

“A lot of bikers, you know, its freedom thing. A lot of bikers want to be free and voice their opinion and I like to cater to what they want. It doesn’t mean that I necessarily believe in everything but, you know, I like to please everybody,” said one vendor, Jenny Alonso.

Alonso said the history behind bikers and swastikas goes back to World War II when US soldiers would bring back Nazi memorabilia they won in the war to hang on their bikes.

“So, we’re kind of honoring that not necessarily that, you know, we believe in Nazis and Hitler, but it’s just kind of a special thing that the US military was able to go and win the war and bring things back as souvenirs and they would put them on their bike,” said Alonso.

Yeah cool please face the wall now. :fash-bash:

    • AntipastoAktion [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      "The attack was an awful shock to those who had seen the Hell's Angels as pioneers of the human spirit, but to anyone who knew them it was entirely logical. The Angels' collective viewpoint has always been fascistic. They insist and seem to believe that their swastika fetish is no more than an anti-social joke, a guaranteed gimmick to bug the squares, the taxpayers--all those they spitefully refer to as 'citizens.' . . . If they wanted to be artful about bugging the squares they would drop the swastika and decorate their bikes with the hammer and sickle. That would really raise hell on the freeways. . . hundreds of Communist thugs roaming the countryside on big motorcycles, looking for trouble."

      • wantonviolins [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        They insist and seem to believe that their swastika fetish is no more than an anti-social joke, a guaranteed gimmick to bug the squares, the taxpayers–all those they spitefully refer to as ‘citizens.’

        ah, the 4chan defense

      • GVAGUY3 [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        I'm about to read Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. I should see if my Dad has his copy of Hell's Angels

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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        3 years ago

        How long do you think that would last before the FBI squashed them, tho?

        These guys persist by silently appealing to other Fascist Americans. The only way they could get away with a Commie Biker Gang would be if they were driving around towns sympathetic to Communism.