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 0 points 4 months ago (1 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.

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's new to me. Where I live, punks and skinheads are natural enemies

[–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Like skinheads and goths, or skinheads and greasers, or skinheads and other skinheads

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Labor skinheads and neonazi skinheads.

I was so sad when I discovered the Hammerskins were a thing (a White Power band inspired by Pink Floyd's Waiting For The Worms, but without the irony, with a corresponding militant movement). The Hammerskins took their logo:

From the Hammers banner from the movie version of Pink Floyd's The Wall

Which means when I reference the Hammers in parody of white power movements, I risk being associated with an actual white power movement.

If they had balls, they'd call themselves The Worms.