"Dressing down a culture"

[adempsey10]

A lot of you are speaking as if your perception of slovenly and respectable is intrinsic or universal. Just because you a believe thing, doesn't make it right or true. Just because you're offended by a certain style or a persons attire doesn't mean it is universally wrong. Taking offense to something doesn't make you right.

When talking about counter-culture, for example, some have said that the counter-culture is purposefully being offense. It might be true, but that doesn't mean that those offended are right in their view of what is acceptable respectable attire. No one has absolutely authority over what is respectable. It's mostly a matter of tradition of nurtured perception. You are TAUGHT what is respectable. You don't have an intrinsic understanding of it. If you were taught something else, you'd believe that was respectable and right. To look at someone and say "they are dressed slovenly" doesn't mean they are dressed slovenly. In your perspective, they are. Your opinion doesn't make you right, doesn't make you wrong.

P.S. I believe Counter-culture is one of the most important aspects of our society. It reminds us that there is more than one way to live a life. It keeps us from becoming an amorphous blob of people who all believe the same things, dress the same way and think the same way.