Everytime I watch people say "you can't be punk and be conservative/Christian" I face palm. Gatekeeping is the exact opposite of punk. To be punk is to express your true, authentic self. You can 100% disagree with someone's political beliefs even if they are punk, but you can not gatekeep them from being punk if you yourself are punk (or otherwise) as that goes against being punk. Not to mention that some of the entrepreneurs of the punk style were conservatives. Skillet is conservative and Christian. They are a part of the same church body as me. Johnny and Joey Ramone of The Ramones. Outspoken conservatives and Republicans. Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols. Bobby Steel of the Misfits. Trying to gatekeep people from your style based on political views is petty and impossible. Trying to is the waste of your time and shows how closed minded you are.
