stretchSquiggles said

wiked one said
I have only been a juggalo for a short time, a litle under two years. i was reading about the lawsuit with icp and the fbi and its preety fuked up shit i want the options of some oldschool juggalos on this topic.

it sucks and is unfair… but i can’t say it wasn’t earned by some… when i meet a lil juggalo in my town and he says that Freshman year is too hard so he is going to drop out and sell drugs for a living (True Story), i can sorta understand the F.B.I label. we can hope the clowns win in court but the hate and discrimination won’t stop . the only way to stop it is if enough of us show the world we were smart enough to finish high school (And even college @ocj_brendan ) and we don’t all sell drugs and rob stores. it’s a matter of public opinion and it wont change unless something is done to change it, outside of court.

Or perhaps when people stop setting standards on what people should be and just let people live their lives.

I mean, we have so many different inventors, scientists, philosophers, etc. that dropped out of high school yet people still equate level of education to the level of intelligence. That, is ignorant and closed minded.

Lucem (Just An Asshole) Ferre said

stretchSquiggles said

wiked one said
I have only been a juggalo for a short time, a litle under two years. i was reading about the lawsuit with icp and the fbi and its preety fuked up shit i want the options of some oldschool juggalos on this topic.

it sucks and is unfair… but i can’t say it wasn’t earned by some… when i meet a lil juggalo in my town and he says that Freshman year is too hard so he is going to drop out and sell drugs for a living (True Story), i can sorta understand the F.B.I label. we can hope the clowns win in court but the hate and discrimination won’t stop . the only way to stop it is if enough of us show the world we were smart enough to finish high school (And even college @ocj_brendan ) and we don’t all sell drugs and rob stores. it’s a matter of public opinion and it wont change unless something is done to change it, outside of court.

Or perhaps when people stop setting standards on what people should be and just let people live their lives.

 

I mean, we have so many different inventors, scientists, philosophers, etc. that dropped out of high school yet people still equate level of education to the level of intelligence. That, is ignorant and closed minded.

 

no when smart people drop out of school/don’t finish there is usually an actual reason for this (ie. had to help the family farm, had to work in the factory to feed their siblings, wen’t to go fight a war…ect) none of our great inventors said “well school sucks so i’m going to sell dope, get a giant hatchet man tattooed on my leg, and act like a complete moron every where i go because Im a Jugggaloooo! Whoopity whoop whoops!!!” 

now if you get 3 or 4 other idiots the think the same way… guess what that is almost textbook gang activity. now if those kids in ICP shirts are basically a gang, how bout the other people in ICP shirts? i can understand where the F.B.I are coming from, it aint right but i see where one may get confused. that’s why i preach that if you want to be treated with respect from authority than we need to show we deserve it.

Phantasmagoria said
I personally hate the fact that im labeled as a gang member just because there were some idiot fucktards that ruined the name (We have never had a positive image,but still) I am a stay at home mom, never done anything wrong but if Im at the wrong place at the wrong time and god forbid my hatchetman tattoo is showing I will be tried as a gang member and thats fucking bullshit. 

Yep, guilty by association.

LuckyNumbrXIII said
Another college grad/professional/family man with juggalo tats right here.  I dunno, in NJ the cops never bother me.  I have a death pop vinyl that I wanna put on my truck, but I’m just too lazy.  I guess I don’t really do anything that would warrant a search or anything from a cop.  I’m actually a very well-behaved person really.  

 

Honestly, the people getting in trouble are the drug dealers and criminals it seems.  Like, if you get caught with drugs and you’re a juggalo, you’re gonna get nailed with the gang shit.  Or if you’re on probation or something.  Or joining military, or something along those lines.  I really don’t see anyone getting pulled over or harassed for being a juggalo.  Maybe that’s just in the midwest where it’s a real problem, I dunno.

That is basically what i’m trying to say, i just recently got pulled over for speeding. tat showing, AJB shirt on and Boondox playing. i was respectful and i wasn’t an ass to the cop and he never once mentioned the juggalo thing other than a quick “nice tat”. It’s my belief that if there’s more juggalos out there being kind and respectful to everyone around than there are being assholes we may be able to change the public opinion just a little, hopefully just enough that innocent people get left alone by the police in citys where there is a problem. now if one is a crimmalo and they get arrested for actually breaking the law, i really don’t feel bad for you.