Groups of friends you know people look down on?

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Ok so the majority of people I consider friends identify with the Juggalo sub-culture.....but most people hate that sub-culture. Thing is I don't really get it I mean hanging around them it seems the main thing they are about is being there for each other. Sure the clothing style is a bit weird and the music pretty controversial but I just don't have it in me to hate them.

Now there are some individuals that like to give the whole thing a bad name, but that's how it goes with any sub-culture as a rule though the extremes do not represent the whole of the sub-culture. Not to mention any of my friends and family that have actually been exposed to the actual juggalos I've hung out with don't seem to mind them. It seems to be that the media and those few indivudals give it a bad name and for whatever reason even normally open minded people buy it.

So yeah I don't know that any of you here know anything about that sub-culture, or what you even think of it but I guess it just gets frusterating knowing you're hanging out with people who care about you and that you can relate to while knowing most of society thinks they're all trash. I just don't see it I mean I don't even consider myself part of that sub-culture since I'm more of a metalhead and they accept that.

Not trying to whine or be dramatic but this is something thats been on my mind.

Something has gotta hit the middle class for it to be cool.

Why are you worried about it?

Me and my friends are looked down on. Period. Most of us are die-hard metalheads (no Juggalos among us, but plenty of Maggots), and most of us are, by outsiders, considered "Goth." We're actually some of the best people you'll ever meet, because we don't judge by what is outside; we let others do that. At the college I'm going to (little-ish community college), a lot of people bring their kids into the school if they're little and its just for an hour or so between classes; most of the parents who don't know our little group well will actually steer their kid away from us if they are near by. Sure, one of my friends looks a little scary (her usual look is Tripp pants with a half dozen chains hanging off them, combat boots and a band t-shirt, usually Disturbed or A7X, with a long sleeved black fishnet shirt under it), but she is really the most amazing girl you will ever meet!

As I remember, this sort of thing happened quite a bit. There was a certain way to be in the "in-crowd." Folks who were "out" got their friends ragged on a bit too. All kinds of things could do it.

Maybe my upbringing made the bad behavior into background noise, I'm not really sure.

Well when I was in highschool I hated them just as much as everyone else because I was just basing it on what everyone said. Then my second year of college shortly before I unofficially pretty much dropped out. I started hanging out with people who where juggalos, and there where some other people at the college who where also cool with them but did not consider themselves part of that group. Then I realised they are not nearly as bad as the media and apparently government seems to think I mean they are really no different then any other subculture.......most people in it are decent and then there's a few extremist types that give a subculture a bad name more or less.

But yeah as of now some of my friends happen to be in that sub-culture and its weird knowing that if a lot of my family members where aware of that I am quite sure they would dissapprove and its just kinda saddening I guess. I mean my cousins boyfriend was not even invited to thanksgiving dinner because he looks like he's in a death metal band which he is...of course no one says thats why but my cousin knows, I know and he probably even knows that was why.

The main reason why Juggalo's get looked down upon is because a majority of them seem to be uneducated white trash. I'm not saying they all are, but in my area they tend to be. The fact that ICP is largely seen as a joke to a lot of people doesn't help either. With their infomercials that look like they were edited using iMovie, and songs like "Miracles" really causes them to loose mine, and many others respect.

At first I thought, "Isn't a Juggalo a male prostitute?" but then I Googled it and good old Urban Dictionary proved me wrong:



Huh.

Anyway, anyone out of the norm gets looked down on, there's no reason to care.

That happened to me sometimes. Back when I had friends.

I had a temporary government job once. Had to make myself look and act responsible. Cut my hair, took out my piercings every morning, dressed respectably and covered up my tattoos.

Then one day, as I'm walking out of our offices with my supervisor, one of my punk friends comes strolling up, pierced with purple hair and raggedy clothes and chains hanging off him and everything, and calls out "Hey! Mds_02! How the f**k are you, you f*****g as*hole?"

I'll present myself however I have to if I feel a need to impress someone. But what I won't do is shun a friend.