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[–] [email protected] 231 points 4 months ago (39 children)

Who ever thought punk was not progressive? At minimum it was blatantly anti-authoritarian and counter to the conservative culture in Thatcher's UK and Reagan's US. Why would anyone be shocked to find out that it was also pro-choice, feminist, and anti-discriminatory?

[–] [email protected] 150 points 4 months ago (28 children)

Because the Nazi skinheads did a great job of co-opting the punk title for most people who weren't actually interested in punk. The news media were very complicit in pushing that specific image to undermine the punk movement to the general public.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 4 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's got a great ring to it!

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