Independent Trucks, Symbolism and Upper Middle Class Liberal Culture War on Nonconformity

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Thanks for having me. Wrote this one the other night, might be of interest.

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Welcome.

I skate Aces and have had one set of Indy’s ever.

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Not trying to be a dick but is English your first language?

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A blog called “class autonomy” and you have a sentence like this -

“a mainstream social culture dominated by the competitive, agro, upper middle class and its tribal organised sports.”

Have you spent any time in the UK? Our entire society revolves around alcoholism and football. The later being overwhelmingly consumed and dominated by the working class.

The upper middle class, in my experience, do not give a fuck about football.

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Might be talking about polo. Or grouse shooting.

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You’re pissed indy changed their logo and you think it’s PC nonsense, basically?

I’d say it’s a very different world now to the one in which they indy logo was conceived and worn. As a kid it was absolutely understood that We, the goodies won the war against the baddies, the nazis. Wearing a little hint of nazi just made you look a bit hardcore and anti whatever. (And the indy logo was based on the iron cross, the sketches are in print somewhere.) Plus a level of self and group identification in something kind of taboo looking or underground

Nowadays we’ve got some south African billionaire giving nazi salutes at Trumps inauguration and right wingers taking over across Europe. I’d say considering all that I’m glad indy decided to avoid any confusion about their status as actual nazis. The new logos look good.

Personally I think there are far darker things to be concerned with at the moment, a skateboard logo is fairly low down the list

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I read this three times and I still don’t really know what the overall point is.

You’re annoyed you can’t wear a logo that looks a little bit like a nazi symbol anymore? And the middle classes are to blame somehow?

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Obviously. Probably something to do with all the grouse theyre shooting

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Didn’t they change the logo about 3 years ago? I’m going to get a venture tattoo. But instead of saying awake, it will say awoke. Wooooah

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Jesus christ I’m trying to enjoy my weekend here

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Skimmed over it. I couldnt make gead or tail of the concluding paragraphs or any direct link to skateboarding and trucks. I visited the homepage and didnt like it.

Can we keep politics off this forum?

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I half suspected this was some kind of shit stirring ai bot generated propaganda tool but it’s too badly written for that

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OP seems extremely angry about multitude of perceived slights/motivations and I just don’t have time for this shit

Yes I am part of the cabal and will remove my mask to reveal my scaly, lizard skin etc etc

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‘Not trying to be a dick but’

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Shrugs do better

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It’s only “politics” when it’s politics you don’t like no doubt

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Yeah I have. Spent any time in Australia? It’s about the same. And? How’s the working class doing?