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PunkRawk |
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Have We Lost Our Roots?
Alright
Kids. I`m a little confused with today`s
generation
of punkers. To me, they do not
symbolize
what i think punk once was. Punks, not
too
many years ago, were united - "The Kids
United."
But somehow things have changed where
we can`t
even get along anymore. Becuz of this
I`ve
chosen not to label myself as punk anymore.
It seems
as though that punks, or so they call themselves, have
developed
this attitude where they are comstantly competing
against
one another to prove who is the punkest of them all. This is
ridiculous.
I don`t know how many times I`ve walked through the
streets
of Oakland, and heard punks make comments on how other
punks
were dressed. Calling these other kids posuers, and
wannabees.
It`s insane. And the whole " if I`m a chick punk, i have
to be
a bitch" thing has got to go. I`ve been told many a time how
happy
people are that i`m not like those other punk girls becuz i`m
not
a bitch.
And,
why, do you need to wear plaids, and boots to be allowed to
listen to punk? In the eyes of today`s punkers you
cannot
be considered a real punk unless you have on plaid pants, or
are
wearing boots. And yet, if you do, they don`t accept you becuz
they
think you`re a poseur. Why, can`t people just wear what they
want,
and everyone else just shut the fuck up?
I don`t
know. Maybe I`m just stupid, but if being a punk means
meeting
the requirements above, then count me out. I`ll just sit
in my
room and listen to the Dead Kennedy`s and the Misfits, and
Subhumans,
while all the "real" punks sit on the street making fun
of each
other.
