Symbolic

Yeah, I truly do dig parts of my past. I still wear my 21 year old Doc Martens and I think I may be obsessed with them a bit.

I keep them polished ALWAYS (its disrespectful to stomp on a motherfucker with scuffed boots). I have a backup pair of blue laces for them as well.

On the east coast blue laces traditionally symbolizes a 'straight edge' perspective. It can also symbolize the support of SkinHeads Against Racial Prejudice (S.H.A.R.P.). True SHARPs wear green laces on the east coast.

I'm not a skin but I support those SHARPie bastards!

I enjoy parading my beliefs through the eyelets of my boots. No-one recognizes the symbolism but it means something to me.

I only wish the SHARP subculture was stronger nowadays. Its truly necessary to balance out those white-power assholes who have tarnished the name of the original, working class, solidarity/unity based youths (male and female) who began the TRUE movement which NEVER harbored racial bias towards anyone.

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if my bar friends are any indication, the movement is still going strong. they all go to a giant Oi/punk/whatnot conference in PA every summer. i find it really amazing that other people pay attention to laces and such, i thought they were all just making it up.
 
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