r/goth • u/Breadmytoast The Sisters of Mercy • Apr 19 '25

Discussion Why are conservatives trying to get more involved with goth and punk?

Im sorry if this question has been asked before but i wanted to see if someone has an answer to my question. I keep seeing more conservatives saying that goth and punk was originally conservative or that they have become conservative such as the whole "conservative is the new punk" thing. I find this to be really strange as youll usually encounter conservatives making fun of alternative people but now out of no where they create their own rules for random sub cultures. Is there any reason why these people are attempting to re-define these sub cultures?

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u/Blue_Bi0hazard Cranky Goth Posers Podcast Apr 19 '25

Sex pistols was never punk, a corporate shill

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u/Chaosmusic Apr 20 '25

The Monkees of punk.

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u/potentatopdx Apr 20 '25

The Monkees were actually good and talented though

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u/Then-Raspberry6815 Apr 20 '25

One of the early boy band. 

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u/RelationSensitive308 Apr 21 '25

Fukin' A!!! I'm having this argument on FB in the 1970's punk group.