Have you encountered hate groups? What happened? Have they affected your life?

15 miles from where i grew up is a town called Pulaski Tennessee. General Nathan Bedford Forrest of the confederate army was from there. he started the KKK. every year around MLK day they have a rally on the town square. my mom took me to a shoestore on the square when i was 12 to get some new nikes. we picked the wrong day to go. there was about 40 people in sheets making speeches. there was a lot of cops, a few news crews, and a small group protesting them. i was kind of frightened and always thought it sucked that i saw them. i have also run into some young skinhead types. once at a punk show. i think the guy who booked the show didnt know they were skinheads but everyone left. another time in portland oregon at a bar. the guy had a swastika shirt on and was asked to leave . there were some words exchanged then he left.