The card is just that- a courtesy/contact card- the club member was owning his advice by leaving it with you.

Wear what you want- just be prepared to own your patch selection to whoever has issues with it.

Ride on!

 

yep and this i understand i was just thrown off by the guys manner is all and the reason i posted is b/c like i said im new to riding and just wanted to understand more about the 3 patch deal is all and his club i looked it up and seems very very respectable thats all fellows sorry if i came across bitchy or something just got a lesson like mi3 said in riding thanks guys

 

WTF? This is what I mean. When in the sam hell did we allow "colors" to become more important then Freedom? Man, if one wants to belong to a Club, I am all for it. Freedom of Choice and all. But that does not give that same person, the Right to tell others, what they can or can't do. For their Rights end, where the other Person's start.

 

Forewarned is forearmed. Let us know how that works out for you.
Tell them you have the right to wear it and I'm sure they'll back off once you educate them on the error of their ways.

 

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You should consider looking into local Army Vet clubs before going solo...Doing otherwise may attract attention from the law and other sources that you won't see until too late...Do some research before you make your decision!!

 

You should consider looking into local Army Vet clubs before going solo...Doing otherwise may attract attention from the law and other sources that you won't see until too late...Do some research before you make your decision!!

 

I don't see a problem with patch but others do!

 

OK, here is what you fail to see/understand: While there might be some club members who push the patch-thing to the limits and past, most don't overly worry about it. But the whole "get permission" thing is really simple - a few idiots, enamored of themselves and their machismo, like to play Pirates of the Caribbean, making asses of themselves. When these few idiots do this they cause problems for everyone else that wears a patch, even causing problems for those dangerous Christian motorcycle groups. When the idiots make it so I can not simply ride to work without being followed, stopped, and otherwise harassed, then my take is that they've crossed the line into my world.

Another part of this is simple: Being in a traditional motorcycle club is akin to being in a different culture. When one makes the decision to become part of another culture, one makes the decision to live by the norms of that culture. While one might bring something new that will eventually be assimilated, it takes time; it just doesn't happen because one says, "here it is; this is the new normal."

It's not simply a matter of my rights vs. your rights. It is a matter of belonging to a community/culture. Move into a gated community, start flouting the rules and creating a mess as defined by the community, and see what happens. Difference between that gated community and the MC world is simply the methods used to ensure some level of conformity to accepted standards. Citizens use the government, in all its iterations. The MC world generally relies wholly upon itself. Or more simply put, one is a slow grinding down of the "outsider", while the other is a quick smash of the hammer. In both cases, the outsider may end up where he didn't think he would.

 

that's what I said