Full of shit.

Surfing the internet and I came across this very interesting article about the Edmonton hardcore scene:

John Kennedy is concerned about what you think of hardcore music. As a well known promoter and the guitarist for one of Edmonton’s best hardcore bands, E-Town Beatdown, Kennedy has recently become the de facto face of hardcore in this city. Kennedy isn’t happy about the way hardcore has been characterized as of late; he thinks too much credence is being given to the opponents of hardcore who say that it’s a violent and misogynistic subculture. “Your average person is misinformed about the underground,” he says. “I get these questions a lot.”

Hardcore isn’t about violence claims Kennedy, it’s about solidarity. What happens in the pit is the physical manifestation of this belief in solidarity. “It’s a positive aggression,” he explains. “It’s not with the intent to hurt - it’s a way to show support and respect to your scene.” These sentiments are echoed by another well-known Edmonton promoter, Eli Klein. Klein has been involved in the punk scene for close to a decade and helped bring the hardcore style to Edmonton, though he is admittedly less involved than he once was. Originally, he found himself attracted to the values espoused by the genre. “It was nice to see a level of community [in hardcore] that wasn’t reflected in the punk rock scene,” says Klein. “Positivity through aggression.” Both have heard the criticisms of hardcore before and both don’t buy it. Kennedy likens moshing to the punk culture that spawned it. “There’s a violent aspect to it, just like punk has its violent aspect,” he says. “You can’t have a subculture with no problems. People are always gonna have problems.”

The article goes further to say:

Klein and Kennedy also disagree on whether there is a high level of misogyny within the hardcore community. While Kennedy paints the hardcore scene as the most inclusive of all the scenes in Edmonton, Klein sees it differently. “The mosh [in hardcore] is often gender exclusive,” he says, but adds, “music in general has a gender problem, not just hardcore.”

Miss Nihilist responds:

Now, I could go on and on about John Kennedy here. John Kennedy believes that the hardcore scene – a scene so dominated by violence that I’ve personally witnessed people having their clothes ripped and perfect strangers being thrown to the ground by his “posse” – is about “solidarity” and “positive aggression”. Last time I checked, positive aggression was throwing punches at a boxing bag, not perfect strangers, but okay, I’ll let him get away with that. Hardcore is about “positive aggression”. Check, got it. Then John Kennedy claims that the “hardcore scene is the most inclusive of all the scenes in Edmonton”.

This is where Miss Nihilist’s head literally explodes off her body.
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The hardcore scene is the most inclusive of all the scenes in Edmonton?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT THE FUCK?!!! !@#$!@#$@^$#$%^#%^#^!$^$&*%^*!@#!@#!$

I could go on ad nauseum in response to this article but I’ll take the high road and keep it short and succinct instead.

JOHN KENNEDY IS THE BIGGEST FUCKING IDIOT IN THE WORLD. FUCKING BAG OF DOUCHE.