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submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Because the Nazi skinheads did a great job of co-opting the punk title

Nah. They tried REAL hard to infiltrate and take over, but real punks always managed to repel them.

for most people who weren't actually interested in punk

And/or were just old fogies.

The news media were very complicit in pushing that specific image to undermine the punk movement to the general public.

Corporate news and undermining left wing people by conflating them with far right hate clubs. Name a more iconic duo.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The US government and coups in South America?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Why limit it to south america?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Just to be clear, here, I'm not suggesting that the neo Nazis actually did take over, only that that image was the wider public perception.