• UrbonMaximus@feddit.uk
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    6 months ago

    Don’t think I’ve seen a bigger oxymoron before… The definition of punk is being anti-authoritarian.

    • ettyblatant@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      It’s in reference to the Dead Kennedys’ song with that same title. There was a rise in far right “punk music” along with early skinhead (neo-nazi) movement when the song was written. Nazi punks were trying to flood the scene and people were not letting them.

      “Nazi punks” beat the oxymoron by being anti-authoritarian, just depending on who’s authority they reject.