The supporter scene of BFC Dynamo came to be increasingly associated with skinheads and far-right tendencies from the mid-1980s. More and more supporters of BFC Dynamo began to embrace skinhead fashion in the early 1980s. Skinhead fashion was now considered the most provocative outfit. The club had become particularly popular in the growing skinhead movement by the mid-1980s. The reputation of BFC Dynamo as the hated Stasi club attracted skinheads, who used the club as a stage for their provocations. Nationalist chants and Nazi slogans were considered the most challenging provocations, as anti-fascism was state doctrine and Nazism officially did not exist in East Germany. For young people, being a Nazi was sometimes considered the sharpest form of opposition. One fan of BFC Dynamo said: "None of us really knew anything about politics. But to raise your arm in front of the Volkspolizei was a real kick. You did that and for some of them, their whole world just fell apart". A network of far-right skinhead and hooligan groups would form around the club in the late 1980s.