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Punk is a very unique style of music in that they write about what they feel and believe. Punk music is mainly written about how this country’s government doesn’t supply the rights we deserve. We are angry and fed up with this unjust way of how the country is being governed. This is why the music is extremely loud, fast, and aggressive. We are trying to get our point across in a way that we can do it ourselves. For example, punk’s come up with everything on their own. This is what we call DIY, or do it yourself. We make merchandise, record, and do a lot more things by ourselves. Since punks are totally anti government, we rely on each other for success. DIY is a part of punk culture and will always be, and gives punks an image of independence. We love the fact that we don’t have to rely on something so negative and evil because we are smart enough to figure it out ourselves.

Most people would say that punks don’t have a good education, and that they are mean, angry people who believe that getting drunk and just being “badass” is fun. Well, in my experience, punks are very intelligent, kind people who believe that getting drunk is fun, and who make logical sense of their other beliefs. For example, at the shows I go to I always end up meeting new punks, who have different views on things. Every time, though, the information they give me is always logical and makes a lot of sense to me.

One way punks are unpatriotic is shown through their style of clothing. The fashion is mostly not on purpose, due to the fact that punks do not have a lot of money. They sometimes just make the cloths themselves. For example, we get the cheapest pair of jeans, sew them tighter, and maybe put some patches on them. Also, after a while of wearing the pants, they get holes in them. This would normally be solved by other people by sewing the hole up, or maybe even getting a new pair. Punks would probably just leave it alone and wear them as they are.

Another way that the style of clothing of punks is unpatriotic is by what’s on the clothing. For example, some punks might have a shirt that says “Not my flag” with a picture of the American flag on it. Usually, you don’t see anything with an American flag on it, and mostly band shirts. Often, they are black and white, the basic colors. Punks don’t usually have a lot of clothes to begin with, so what they have is often dirty and smelly. The thing is, is that punk people don’t care because it’s just something to wear.