In the past two years I have definitely been getting a good dose of seeing what modern Rainbow gatherings have become. That includes being on the land and meeting, watching, and talking to people who claim to be Rainbow.
I have really noticed the lack of respect and basic disregard they seem to have for the environment that they claim to not harm, clean up, and leave no trace on.
The public and limelight seem to only focus on the aspect of the main gathering. You NEVER hear or see anything about the damage and trash they leave in their wake before the gatherings and after the gatherings. They form small so called "holding camps" before all gatherings, sometimes in multiples, they they trash and damage and do absolutely no clean up of the camps when they leave those sites. It is left to the responsibility of the locals, tax payers, and what services they might have available.
When there are no gatherings or holding camps going on then they go to various BLM land and assorted National Forests to set up camps and when they leave could care less about cleaning up after themselves, their trash, and their messes that they leave behind expecting others to deal with it. Not to mention any environmental damage rehabilitation.
Certain places like the forests around Mt. Shasta and the deserts around Quartzsite are perfect examples of large groups of them trashing the land.
Their excuse when confronted is something always along the lines of... "This is Federal land so they got the money to clean it up. We hate the Feds anyways..." Of course most of them are on foodstamps and made up disabilities to collect their "free money" from the Federal government who they truly love and worship for... fucking hypocrites.
Modern Rainbows frequently now seem to believe that everyone should share and give... except themselves. They constantly have nothing and just take take take and when they themselves do have something no one will ever know and they will just keep it to themselves and then spend it on drugs or alcohol.
Material values seem to mean nothing to them because they steal what ever they want from people, vehicles they get in, or businesses. Or they know they can go do bum shit and beg without effort. And travelling and constant moving around only makes it so much easier for them as there is always new people to fuck over.
Don't get me wrong... Rainbow has always had these type of people. BUT... they were a small percentage. NOW... they seem to be a good majority of the travelling family. All doped up, methed out, or drunk usually.
None of them give a shit about legalities and vehicles. They steal cars and ditch them and even leave them at gatherings. Or they get vehicles they never put in their name, never register or insure, and are pieces of shit that leak oil all through the lands. The vehicle breaks down they abandon them in the forests, deserts, or on the side of the roads. Not to mention half the people don't even have drivers licenses over dui's/dwi's!
Rainbow brothers and sisters seem to be two faced non stop. Showing one face to the locals/public and another when alone amongst themselves. The shit they claim to care about, talk about, and show... is so far from the truth it is pathetic!
When they think no one is watching or no one is around they show their true colors.
They the LAST thing they care about are the locals!
They know they are moving along and that the locals will be left to deal with anything like they always have and they will be gone. They are off to grift off of their next place/victims.
IS there any "true" Rainbow family left?
The ones that have homes seem to be just as bad!!! The shit they do on a regular basis in their home towns seem to be just as bad as the travellers...
Not the Rainbow I believe in or was taught decades ago...
