What we get in punk these days is the "anti-anti": Someone comes up with something, then the next … - Geoff Rickly

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Geoff Rickly

What we get in punk these days is the "anti-anti": Someone comes up with something, then the next generation is against that, and then the next generation is against that, and then that thing becomes a problem. There's these layers of anti-, and so many of them are just so self-serving. It's not about larger freedom.

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