Johnny Ramone said it was. He was right, as he was often.
The more time goes on the more liberalism seems to be the
dominant philosophy of pop culture. Ask yourself-Have you seen a mainstream television
show or listened to a mainstream punk album that doesn’t promote
secularism/liberalism etc in some way, shape or form?
I have no problem with liberalism; in fact, I have more
respect for liberals than they ever will for my philosophy or myself.
What I do have a problem with is hipster punk bands thinking
they are cutting edge by bringing politics into their music with no sense of irony.
At least with the Dead Kennedys you could see Jello was able to laugh at his
own views. Too often in punk today you have super serious bands that simply can’t
see how anyone could disagree with them and still be punk.
Punk is right wing because it is anti-establishment. If the
establishment grows more and more left wing, punk therefore becomes more and
more right wing. It’s not tough.
Sorry about the political tone. Had an interesting
conversation with my brother, who is liberal but also a huge punk fan. It’s
nice to discuss things with him because we disagree totally but still get along
great.
Punk for life….
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