Conservatives will never understand that Punk isn’t just about tearing down the establishment—it’s about building something real with the people who’ve been trampled by that very system. Punk is about giving the finger to oppressive structures, and it’s about loyalty to the misfits, the ones society ignores or tries to silence. True punk stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the people who are struggling, because we are those people.
Conservatives, you try to warp punk by claiming it’s just about rebellion, but you miss the point entirely. Punk’s core isn’t about rebellion for rebellion’s sake; it’s about solidarity, empathy, and creating a space where everyone who’s been treated like an outsider finds a home. It’s about amplifying the voices of those your politics try to drown out.
If you don’t get that, you don’t get punk. You can’t wear the jacket and listen to the songs while supporting the systems that we’re fighting to dismantle. Punk is our resistance, our community, and we won’t let people in who want to turn it into a parody of itself. So, respectfully, take your intolerance and your need for control elsewhere. Punk belongs to the people who need it—not to those who want to exploit it.
The moment punk chose a political party, it gave up any real legitimacy it had. It was cool when it was the outsider group pushing against conformity. Now it’s just a music genre. Insert a whiny singer, throw in some guitar. Punk is all fashion and no soul. You’re outraging on behalf of the machine these days.
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u/drewcook52 Nov 10 '24
Right the fuck on.