» Sat Jan 23, 2010 9:32 am
It's impossible to be non-conformist; and as a Punk, I know and all groups know this. It's just that simple, and it doesn't matter what group you're apart of that claims to be non-conformist. If you're apart of a group, sub-culture, fad, whatever, you're conforming to something. Maybe not the majority of society, but in a way you are because as I see it. Whenever Juggalo's get together, they've got makeup on and in their clown mentality. But when you see them just walking the streets, you don't see them any different than someone else who's not a Juggalo walking the street. So they're of course conforming to Society's Norms by not wearing their makeup 24/7 or whenever they're out in public alone or with just a couple of friends. It's a group mentality thing, that psychologists are always talking about and debating; which it's not debated much anymore as I understand it.
But the point of this, is if you're a Juggalo, you're a conformist like the rest of us and maybe even more so since you don't wear your makeup 24/7 or whenever you go out in public that's not to some Juggalo Rally or get together. I'd like to see Juggalo's wear their makeup to their jobs and stuff like that, because then I could say they're not so conformist as most people. And if their boss said something about their makeup, and they took it off, then there's conforming to a Societal Norm since it's not deemed normal or okay by Society to be wearing the makeup at work. So yeah, Juggalo's can claim non-conformity, but they're just idiots like the rest who claim it, and can easily be noticed following Societal Norms.