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A comment on the following section of "Outlaw motorcycle club"

Outlaw motorcyclists and their clubs have been frequently portrayed and parodied to the point of victimization in movies and the media generally, giving rise to an "outlaw biker film" genre.[93] It generally exists as a negative stereotype in the public's subconscious[94] and yet has inspired fashion trends[95][96][97] for both males and females, as "biker babes".[98][99][100] The appearance has even been exploited by the fashion industry bringing it into legal conflict with some clubs.[101] A fetishistic look which conveys sex, danger, rebelliousness, masculinity and working class values.[102]

The biker style has influenced the look of other sub-cultures such as punk,[102] heavy metal,[103] leather subculture[104] and cybergoth fashion,[105] and, initially as an American subculture, has had an international influence.[106] Bikers, their clothing and motorcycles have become cultural icons[107][108] of mythic status, their portrayal generally exaggerating a criminal or deviant association exploited by the media for their own often financial interests.[109]

This section (arguably along with many others -in this article as well as any number on Wikipedia) seems to be constructed piecemeal from an amalgamation of extracted excerpts from public literature to produce a specific presumption without concern for accuracy or objectivity. The original author(s) of these particular two paragraphs have deliberatedly composed what was apparently intended to be received as, an authoritative and definitive summation of OMG influence on culture by combining several superficially related comments on a similar topic from vastly diverse and unrelated sources. In short, these paragraphs are constructed from a series of separate ideas, for the purpose of leading the reader to a predetermined conclusion.

This article needs to be re-written from the perspective of a cognizant, circumspect, objective author who will attempt to impart information that has been collected and vetted during a single continuous endeavour researching the OMG's and their subsequent impact and influence on culture and society in a public forum for the purpose of free consideration of all the information presented. Articles constructed solely from quotes and information from extraneous, questionably disassociated sources should not be considered reliable, factual or authoritative.

The act of it even being published on this website has given undeserved merit to the particular opinion being propogated as well as legitimizing the practice of "Frankensteining" an article as opposed to constructing one organically using one's own prudence and narrative.