Comments on: Punk skepticism: A perfect mix of skeptic and rebel http://www.dbskeptic.com/2008/03/31/punk-skepticism-a-perfect-mix-of-skeptic-and-rebel/ Skepticism. Critical thinking. Podcast. Community. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:46:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Tim http://www.dbskeptic.com/2008/03/31/punk-skepticism-a-perfect-mix-of-skeptic-and-rebel/comment-page-1/#comment-1119 Tim Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:51:47 +0000 http://www.dbskeptic.com/2008/03/31/punk-skepticism-a-perfect-mix-of-skeptic-and-rebel/#comment-1119 Never mind the bullocks, here's the skeptics. So to speak you mean. (he he) I don't belive punks dead it's just asleep some where. I'm 38 and still a punk. Have been since I was 12. So f__k religon, F___k politics, F___k the lot of ya. oh yeah hope you all have a nice day and love to the family. Never mind the bullocks, here’s the skeptics.

So to speak you mean. (he he)

I don’t belive punks dead it’s just asleep some where.

I’m 38 and still a punk. Have been since I was 12.

So f__k religon, F___k politics, F___k the lot of ya.

oh yeah hope you all have a nice day and love to the family.

]]> By: Rathpig http://www.dbskeptic.com/2008/03/31/punk-skepticism-a-perfect-mix-of-skeptic-and-rebel/comment-page-1/#comment-244 Rathpig Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:01:23 +0000 http://www.dbskeptic.com/2008/03/31/punk-skepticism-a-perfect-mix-of-skeptic-and-rebel/#comment-244 As a teenager in the Reagan Era and a fan of second-wave punk, I think many of us did embrace a skeptic's view that covered a range of thought from politics to corporatism to religion and even "punk" itself. As I now rapidly approach middle-age, I find that my political views disdain either side of the spectrum and my religious views have become tolerant but dismissive. What so many children of this era missed was that questioning authority can become it's own religion when you merely question blindly and fail to analyze the result. So many people embraced left-wing politics, veganism, and new age mysticism as a reactionary effect to Conservatism, consumerism, and traditional religion, but these same people failed to realize that they were merely building onto the other side of the same coin the hated. Anarchy and Rebellion were trademarked and sold in the exact same manner as Law and Patriotism were sold to an earlier generation. When it was examined, the entire process became a sham. In many cases it became a scam. Acting like everyone else in nonconformity is conformity. Thinking like everyone else in rebellion is just another status quo. Even the irreverent and irreligious "Anonymous" generation that has emerged in this new century fails to completely understand that skepticism has to be applied first to yourself. But more so than any previous generation, this one may understand it deeper and more sincerely. Skepticism is a process. Slowly we are progressing toward a more enlightened punk. As a teenager in the Reagan Era and a fan of second-wave punk, I think many of us did embrace a skeptic’s view that covered a range of thought from politics to corporatism to religion and even “punk” itself. As I now rapidly approach middle-age, I find that my political views disdain either side of the spectrum and my religious views have become tolerant but dismissive. What so many children of this era missed was that questioning authority can become it’s own religion when you merely question blindly and fail to analyze the result. So many people embraced left-wing politics, veganism, and new age mysticism as a reactionary effect to Conservatism, consumerism, and traditional religion, but these same people failed to realize that they were merely building onto the other side of the same coin the hated.

Anarchy and Rebellion were trademarked and sold in the exact same manner as Law and Patriotism were sold to an earlier generation. When it was examined, the entire process became a sham. In many cases it became a scam. Acting like everyone else in nonconformity is conformity. Thinking like everyone else in rebellion is just another status quo.

Even the irreverent and irreligious “Anonymous” generation that has emerged in this new century fails to completely understand that skepticism has to be applied first to yourself. But more so than any previous generation, this one may understand it deeper and more sincerely. Skepticism is a process. Slowly we are progressing toward a more enlightened punk.

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