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[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 230 points 9 months ago (38 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?

[–] RavenFellBlade@startrek.website 150 points 9 months ago (27 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.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 31 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Because the Nazi skinheads did a great job of co-opting the punk title

Nah. They tried REAL hard to infiltrate and take over, but real punks always managed to repel them.

for most people who weren't actually interested in punk

And/or were just old fogies.

The news media were very complicit in pushing that specific image to undermine the punk movement to the general public.

Corporate news and undermining left wing people by conflating them with far right hate clubs. Name a more iconic duo.

[–] RavenFellBlade@startrek.website 2 points 9 months ago

Just to be clear, here, I'm not suggesting that the neo Nazis actually did take over, only that that image was the wider public perception.

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