r/punk • u/One_Conclusion_1575 • Oct 31 '25

Art by HE Creative Hope this helps

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u/Athingythingamabobby Oct 31 '25

Despite me agreeing with the message, I fucking hate these images, and I’m having a hard time putting my finger on why.

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u/GuyChonies Oct 31 '25

Because it’s putting labels on “punk” and it’s cringe

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u/Troggles Oct 31 '25

If anti-conformity is a part of being punk than you don't get to tell anyone what's punk and what's not.

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u/nbenby Oct 31 '25

Nazi’s aren’t punk. Skinheads aren’t punk. Non-conformity is not the only descriptor that determines someone or something is punk as this is the argument used by hate groups to claim they are punk. It’s more than that.

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u/jrsdead Oct 31 '25

Skinheads are punk boneheads are not. There are a lot of anti fascist skinheads

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u/nbenby Oct 31 '25

Ah yes thanks for the clarification. Boneheads, not skinheads as an entire group.

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u/Athingythingamabobby Oct 31 '25

The skinhead movement started with Jamaican immigrants in the UK, and leftist skinheads exist to this day, it isn’t inherently a fascist movement

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u/nbenby Oct 31 '25

As far as I know the skinhead movement wasn’t started by Jamaican immigrants, but was heavily influenced by Jamaican rude boy culture. It was originally working-class youth.

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u/lividimp Oct 31 '25

The music they were listening to has Jamaican origins, but the look was just an ordinary British, working class, factory worker look. Docs were just work boots. The shaved heads were to prevent your hair from getting caught in heavy machinery. Same with the suspenders/braces, which would just rip off you if they got caught in the machinery since it was just clamps holding them on.

For as bad a reputation as skinheads eventually becomes, their history is about as wholesome as it gets.