DREW:
do you really have that much invested in believing
everything is perfect just the way it is?
ignore problems within your
homogenous social group
so you can tell yourself
you're changing the world
which somehow still remains the same
defend your complacency with your life
how punk rock is that?
WILL:
"mission accomplished" mentality
toxic normative apathy
rework these imbalances
start with yourself, then flood all else
arrogance dries out the well
[Written after an argument in which I defended the necessity of safer spaces within DIY culture and someone told me that such safety should already be implied due to punk's progressive politics--which is much easier to assume when you're a cis white dude. Ask anyone in the scene who isn't one, they'll tell you. --Drew]
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