Josh Delmar Zimmerman Analysis

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Josh Delmar Zimmerman is responding to a problem that has been increasing as social media and technology have evolved; the stereotypes imposed by society depending on the kind music you like. His bold language and extreme sincerity seek to a wake up call towards social judgment. The author claims our culture has enacted us to judge and label depending on the likings of the young community. His article states that “uncreative” people would try to categorize and profile someone’s identity from the way they dress or behave. Throughout his article, Zimmerman defies social judgment towards the punk community by supporting his claims with personal experiences as a young adult who had to overcome society’s stereotyping and judgement.
Throughout the text Zimmerman supports his claims with no bias conclusions contrary to society that has led us to make wrong …show more content…

His article is persuading and declaring a point of discomfort and rebellion against being normal. The use of energetic language makes us feel how personal this topic is, not only because he was being prejudiced, but because it is a matter in which every person should be concerned, not matter what is your hobby or in which way you dress; everyday people is being catalogued. Likewise, despite Zimmerman attaches a tone of indignation and disapprobation, there also exists a tone of pride and affection. This pride is directed towards the embracement of one-self. This “herd mentality” that lead us to behave as dictated by our culture, our society and our school; where “We wanna be stereotyped, we wanna be classified, we want a suburban home” is the major contradiction of punk culture. Punk culture embraces the difference, the oddity and the weirdness in order to exhibit those traits as something beautiful and powerful. Individuality is a human characteristic that should be protected as an unmeasured treasure because it is the essence that make us be who we

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