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As others have said, the "no sex" thing was never part of straightedge. That's just bullshit.
Straightedge, like any belief system, can be hijacked my extremists, like has been seen in Salt Lake City, where straightedge vegans are pretty much a terrorist group, in my opinion.
In some cities, it is also like a gang except they don't run drugs or turn out girls to prostitution, they just beat the fuck out of people 10-on-1.
In both of the above cases, they're just dickheads. In most cases though, the straightedge people I've known are cool. They simply don't drink, smoke or do drugs and they're cool about it. They don't pressure people to think like they do, they don't lecture you about shit if you do smoke or drink.
I look at this like when someone is a real asshole when they drink. A drunk asshole is likely to be an asshole even when they aren't drunk. The same thing applies here. An asshole with a cause is still an asshole in general. The problem is, they bring the whole scene down with them, making everyone else look bad too.
All-in-all, I'd rather my kid come home with dumb looking X's tattooed on him than come home smelling like a distillery.
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