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Old 04-29-2011, 11:39 AM   #32 (permalink)
levio_sah
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Originally Posted by hip hop bunny hop View Post
Ok, let's get something straight: "tramps" are not tramps when they do so voluntarily, and are hopping trains & hithchiking because it's neat and they want adventure. They are not tramps when they have mommy and daddy to fall back on. And you certainly do not qualify as poor (as far as one can be poor in the USA) when you have your parents health insurance to fall back on. 90%+ "tramps" that go to Folk punk shows fall into the above categories; the remainder tend to be some combination of junkies, alcoholics and tweakers. Good crowd, that.

Really, it's no accident that you're more likely to find folk punk fans at a 30k+/per annum university than a community college. It's a genre for rich kids dressing down.



Why would you complain? Clearly it's a white form of music; it was originated by white musicians, continues to be dominated by white musicians, and draws upon white cultural history. What I find annoying about it is the blatantly disingenuous nature of the lyrics and subculture.
So you're offended by white people dissavowing racism? Also, it is more "Scotch-Irish immigrants in America" than "white". It's not like they're playing spanish or polish music or something.
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