“Hijacked” implies they weren’t a welcomed part of it from the beginning.
Cuttlefish1111@lemmy.world 3 months ago
The fact white supremacists hijacked the Christian religion and is using it to effectively push their ideology is telling. I remember when they tried to take over punk music and were quickly told “ Nazi Punks Fuck Off”. Turns out punks have better morals than Christians. Hilarious.
grue@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Cuttlefish1111@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yes they’ve always been racist, But this time it’s much different. Nazis and white Supremacists have blended in with them. I believe this a very important nuanced distinction.
Cuttlefish1111@lemmy.world 3 months ago
No doubt, yet I feel the movement (to expand) has been organized and pushed by white supremacists and not Christians.
chuckleslord@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Punks have outstanding morals.
SPRUNT@lemmy.world 3 months ago
vala@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I don’t think that any reasoning person thought otherwise.
nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
Were you around for the satanic panic bullshit in the 70s or 80s? They painted punks (which were lumped in with metalheads and anyone who didn’t dress like yuppies) as dangerous degenerates back then.
Worked as a nice filter to gain more independent thinkers into those genres though I guess, so it worked out in the end.
vala@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I wasn’t around personally but I’m familiar with the story.
My point is really that any reasoning person sees that the punk mindset is generally pretty morally sound.
I don’t think the parents, preachers and politicians involved in the satanic panic were super logical people tbh.