Is it just me or are punks going soft?

I mean I see a whole load of "hippy punks" all soft and "lets join hands and sing josssanana" and still claiming to be original punk. and shit like that.

um wasn't that the whole concept of punk, like fuck society and "anti-authoritarianism, a DIY ethic, non-conformity, direct action and not selling out. Other notable trends in punk politics include nihilism, anarchism, socialism, anti-militarism, anti-capitalism, anti-racism, anti-sexism, anti-nationalism, anti-homophobia, environmentalism, vegetarianism, veganism and animal rights."

like "fuck what you think."

and yet here i find a shit load of people begging for answers on questions like "should i do this...?" "would this suit me..?" it is like listening to a woman ask if her ass looks big in a pair of jeans. I DONT GIVE A FUCK. if YOU WANT IT WHY CARE WHAT ANY ONE ELSE THINKS?!

sorry but it is a rant I know.

but oppinions?

and yeah send me hate for this i really dont care.

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Permalink Reply by Efff on April 29, 2011 at 3:14pm

I know how they dressed my mother used to dress like that.

see, thats what i want back nowadays we are freaks and outcasts still and people still use our style against us but it is the tracksuit totting jocks who do more damage,.

i dunno if that makes sense.

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Permalink Reply by Efff on April 29, 2011 at 3:15pm

=) LOL POOL NOODLES. :D You're a legend and a half.

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Permalink Reply by zero on April 29, 2011 at 3:17pm

"...fuck society and "anti-authoritarianism, a DIY ethic, non-conformity, direct action and not selling out. Other notable trends in punk politics include nihilism, anarchism, socialism, anti-militarism, anti-capitalism, anti-racism, anti-sexism, anti-nationalism, anti-homophobia, environmentalism, vegetarianism, veganism and animal rights"
but...aren't a lot of those stereotypical viewpoints of the people you call 'hippies' as well?

while this: "here i find a shit load of people begging for answers on questions like "should i do this...?" "would this suit me..?" it is like listening to a woman ask if her ass looks big in a pair of jeans. I DONT GIVE A FUCK. if YOU WANT IT WHY CARE WHAT ANY ONE ELSE THINKS?!" has nothing to do with hippies at all?

"hippies" isn't just a name for people you dislike, come on now.

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Permalink Reply by Efff on April 29, 2011 at 3:34pm

I didn't say i dislike hippies. i was hippy for the first 6 years of my life when my mother gave up punk and goth. my grandmother was a barefooted caftan wearing pot smoking hippy.

i was just saying that there is this whole new breed of so called punks who are more hippy than my bloody grandmother,...

i have no issue with hippies so sorry if it came across like that.

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Permalink Reply by Fivel. on June 17, 2011 at 3:07am

It's pretty possible to be a "hippy punk" and believe everything you've listed. You can fight for things without physically destroying it. Like when people burn churches, what the fuck does that prove? I'm an Atheist, and I've had my fair share of talks with many different priests in my area (I was raised Catholic) and was still able to make them sweat and call in other people to assist him with my questions that he couldn't answer. But then again I've also slashed a few tires....

And yes, people should do what they want and not care what the fuck their clothes look like on them, but as many people on this site, people like to decorate themselves! It's just plain fun. But being insecure is something completely different.

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Permalink Reply by GB on May 27, 2012 at 2:25pm

I agree.

They`re conforming to society's ideas. They`re politically correct pacifists that spend most of their time preaching on forums and talking shit about blac bloc and other anarchist movements.

And thank you, I just regained hope for the whole subculture. I`m glad there are still people who see it that way.

Damn you guys are inactive, june 17? :(