Question comes as a kind of addition to one I asked awhile back. It was about having met a truly evil person. I can tell the story again if anyone is interested but as a young teen I interacted with a guy in the Aryan brotherhood from California several times.

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      There’s a motorcycle club centered around protecting kids and at risk teens near me. I always toss some cash into their bucket at local events. They sell merch and give out stickers.

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          If you are really interested, look up the psychology term “projection”.

          These bikers show up to motorcycle meets and they are creepy as fuck, and not infrequently, one gets arrested for child porn and pedophilia.

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            Idk, I did a little research and it looks like thats happened 5 times in total since 1995. With a total population of 3,000 plus bikers currently and thousands in and out in the last 30 years. I’m not a biker so I cant speak to what you’re saying about having met them at meets. I just think generalizing that they are all projecting is inaccurate based on numbers and the positive impact they seem to have. Again though, if your lived experience is different I can’t dispute that.