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A lot of y'all got no clue what punk is about. Sex and drugs and Rock and Roll? That's what punk was a reaction AGAINST. Punk rock is, and always has been, POLITICAL music. Ever heard of Straight Edge? Or God Save the Queen? Anti-Monarchy propaganda. Guns of Brixton? London Calling? Anti-colonialist rhetoric. Do I even need to comment on EVERYTHING by Rage Against the Machine? Put it this way, if you are anywhere to the right of Bernie Sanders, you don't get to be a RATM fan. Sorry, but you just don't. They'll take your money, but you don't understand the music.
And a big part of that, for a lot of punk bands, has always been was at least a surface level feminism. And a lot of folks are still stuck in old fashion, SWERF and TERF 2nd wave feminism. And hell, the depiction of feminism in BAD ain't great, especially if you are a SWERF and TERF. I can easily see a political punk band who bills themselves as feminist wouldn't want to be associated with a game like BAD. And in the end, it's their copyright, and they do get to decide what they want to be associated with.
And a big part of that, for a lot of punk bands, has always been was at least a surface level feminism. And a lot of folks are still stuck in old fashion, SWERF and TERF 2nd wave feminism. And hell, the depiction of feminism in BAD ain't great, especially if you are a SWERF and TERF. I can easily see a political punk band who bills themselves as feminist wouldn't want to be associated with a game like BAD. And in the end, it's their copyright, and they do get to decide what they want to be associated with.