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Originally posted by StupidNewbie
goth is now uncool - trenchcoat sales went down
emo is now cool - i bet zoloft sales went up
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I know I shouldn't take the bait on this but . . .
The kids who shot things up in Columbine did not consider themselves gothic. They did not like gothic music. They did not dress in gothic fashions. They did not like Marilyn Manson.
They were given prescription medications by supposedly trained psych professionals.
The media just felt that calling it a gothic mansonite plot would be easier for the average person to get his or her brain around than explaining complex subcultural issues. Now the public is bored of hearing about pissed-off school kids so the media is covering something else.
People's ignorance on the topic makes me want to listen to Dashboard Confessional and shoot people.