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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSkinheads Come Out in Full Force for Donald Trump in Pennsylvania
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/26/skinheads-come-out-in-full-force-for-donald-trump-in-pennsylvania.htmlA Donald Trump rally in Harrisburg, Pa. last week brought out a large and varied crowd: teens in business suits, Republican members of Congress, and racist skinheads.
Almost a dozen white men decked out in the regalia of a white supremacist group hung out toward the back of the Trump-loving crowd, cheering heartily at the moguls calls for stricter immigration enforcement and eyeing police as they dispatched protesters.
The group is called Keystone United -- also known as the Keystone State Skinheads -- and its one of the better-organized state-level white supremacist franchises in the country.
Its members sport tattoos of Norse symbols and shiny black jackets with patches displaying their logo, a white pit bull, and the letters KSS. They have a lot of trouble with the law.
And they love Trump.
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Skinheads Come Out in Full Force for Donald Trump in Pennsylvania (Original Post)
deminks
Apr 2016
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SPLC: Keystone State Skinheads is one of the largest and most active single-state racist skinhead
pampango
Apr 2016
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Firebrand Gary
(5,044 posts)1. K&R!
pampango
(24,692 posts)2. SPLC: Keystone State Skinheads is one of the largest and most active single-state racist skinhead
crews in the country.
EXTREMIST GROUP INFO:
Date Founded 2001
Location Harrisburg, PA
Ideology: Racist Skinhead
Keystone United, known until 2009 as the Keystone State Skinheads (KSS), is one of the largest and most active single-state racist skinhead crews in the country. While its members attempt to project a mediagenic image of being part of a new breed of more sophisticated and less spasmodically violent skins, the truth is that the groups members have been convicted of a string of remarkably violent attacks dating back to at least 1998, ranging from bar brawls to murder. Keystone United frequently sponsors white-power picnics and music festivals across Pennsylvania, including the annual "hatecore" event known as "Uprise."
Background
The Keystone State Skinheads (KSS) formed near Harrisburg, Pa., in 2001. Like most racist skinhead outfits, the group says it is dedicated to white supremacy and cleaning up white society so that America will be more like "many other once great European nations." KSS says it is committed to "being active in our communities, public awareness, contacting local politicians, or just simply showing people we are not ashamed of who we are." Though the group holds picnics, hikes and other events it claims are "family-friendly," it has a history of criminal violence.
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/keystone-united
meow2u3
(24,764 posts)9. They're not violent thugs. Yeah, right!
In Its Own Words
"We wish to break the stereotypes of skinheads being alcoholic thugs and violent drug-addicted criminals."
Keystone State Skinheads website
"We wish to break the stereotypes of skinheads being alcoholic thugs and violent drug-addicted criminals."
Keystone State Skinheads website
Translation: we're clean and sober thugs.
hatrack
(59,587 posts)3. Klansmen, Skinheads, Oath Keepers, Militias - Trump's Audience IS Growing More Diverse!
whatthehey
(3,660 posts)4. Well on one hand you cannot choose your supporters but on the other hand
if a candidate for political office develops widespread suport amongst those whose racial politics are the most odious, it's probably a good time to consider adjustring your message in that area. This would require introspection however, so bugger all chance of that.
davidn3600
(6,342 posts)5. So the skinheads endorse Trump and the Koch Brothers endorse Hillary
That's your choice in this election, ladies and gentlemen.
Lunabell
(6,087 posts)6. No it's not.
fasttense
(17,301 posts)7. Racist or Oligarchs - you choose......well sort of. n/t
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)10. The Kochs have not endorsed Hillary, but thanks for playing.
Initech
(100,080 posts)8. Nazi punks fuck off.