[lbo-talk] Republic of Texas biker convention in Austin this week

[Carl Remick]

>From: "B." <docile_body at yahoo.com>
>
>... This is one thing about the biker community I've never
>understood: Right alongside the Brando-esque leather
>gear and "rebel" image, and a lot of the unadulterated
>sleaziness and, let's face it, sexism of a lot of
>these shindigs, it coexists with this really bizarre
>sentimental patriotism sort of thing. ...

There seems little doubt why the biker community is so riven with 
self-contradictions:  poorly enforced helmet laws.

Carl

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