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Conservative Punk Magazine - About
by k at 2:01 pm EST, Mar 26, 2004 |
] A Statement of our Mission
] 1. To inform today's youth that identify themselves with
] the punk scene with the facts, rather than rumor and
] conspiracy theory.
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] 2. To encourage today's youth to register to vote and
] become engaged in politics.
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] 3. To encourage youth voters to draw there own
] conclusions rather than indoctrinate them into a certain
] way of thinking. I don't know if I should laugh or cry. [ I'd go with "cry". If their mission statement were true, they'd have no reason to identify themselves as conservative. Any group committed to an ideology, such as conservatism, will invariably color their "facts" in ways that advance their particular viewpoint. Perhaps I'm overly cynical, but I don't see a lot of evidence to the contrary.
And I'm not convinced the punk rock ethos is really compatible with conservatism anyway... like gay conservatives. Never understood that at all. The conservative viewpoint explicitly argues *against* changes in acceptible behaviors. -k] |
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RE: Conservative Punk Magazine - About
by Decius at 12:39 am EST, Mar 27, 2004 |
inignoct wrote:
] And I'm not convinced the punk rock ethos is really
] compatible with conservatism anyway... I think the Republican strategist in NYT said it right. These guys are anti-establishment first and foremost. In their environment the left IS the establishment. So they are rebelling against it. |
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RE: Conservative Punk Magazine - About
by k at 1:09 am EST, Mar 28, 2004 |
Decius wrote:
] inignoct wrote:
] ] And I'm not convinced the punk rock ethos is really
] ] compatible with conservatism anyway...
]
] I think the Republican strategist in NYT said it right. These
] guys are anti-establishment first and foremost. In their
] environment the left IS the establishment. So they are
] rebelling against it. [ Indeed. Quite an existential conundrum there. That's why most punk rockers grow out of it... defining yourself by belonging to a group that philosophically opposes group mentality is paradoxical. I've got no problem with opinions, but some really are incompatible... such is life. -k] |
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Conservative Punk Magazine - About
by Balls Deep at 2:11 am EST, Mar 26, 2004 |
] A Statement of our Mission
] 1. To inform today's youth that identify themselves with
] the punk scene with the facts, rather than rumor and
] conspiracy theory.
]
] 2. To encourage today's youth to register to vote and
] become engaged in politics.
]
] 3. To encourage youth voters to draw there own
] conclusions rather than indoctrinate them into a certain
] way of thinking. I don't know if I should laugh or cry. |
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