
Originally Posted by
SathFenrir
If it was just dress I'd have no problem. Many people around here know that when I was younger I had a very large, dyed mohawk which was a degeneration from 11 inch liberty spikes. I grew up going to basement punk shows in the mid to late 90's around Boston when starting when I was 11.
There's a difference between dressing some way and associating yourself with a fad and then carrying around the skull of a dead fucking dog because you believe it intrinsically gives you werewolf powers. Or truly, truly, truly believing you have vampire power just because you thought Twilight movies were A+.
I'm not saying these are the majority but they do exist and in terrifyingly large numbers. The reason it's so much more prevalent today is because we're all so "accepting." Sure for many of them it's just a cry for attention, whatever, but there are kids out there fucking killing dogs and shit (I followed the story on /b/ when it was actively ongoing but I don't remember the resolution I just remember reading the AIM convos from the people involved and they were fucking NUTS) and that's crossing the fucking line. The parents justify it by saying that "they aren't hurting anyone and they're just expressing themselves!"
Make-believe is fine and dandy. It's the actions I'm worried about. Even something as innocuous as walking around school drinking fake blood (tomato juice) is just downright fucking unacceptable, honestly. I couldn't even have soda in school because it was "bad for the kids" but this shit is A-OK? There's tolerance there is stupidity. I think we all know what I consider this.
So fucking true.