"ohhhh, punk has been made too widely palatable and for everyone. REAL punks are like presbyterian minister mr rogers!" there are still hardcore bands out there! you can go see them if you want! i bet this person would listen to the ramones and go "umm, he wants to sniff glue? are we glorifying drug addiction now? this is SO not punk!"
there are people in the notes going "yeah! this is so true!"
i think this is part of a broader trend of people feeling to need to justify everything they enjoy, it can't just be a show they remember fondly from when they were a kid, it needs to be punk
sure, gatekeepers are annoying. but i am going to gatekeep this much: if you say mr rogers is punk i don't wanna hear your opinion on what punk is
Wait my barbershop quartet music isn't punk?
https://barbershoppunk.com/
We need a word for the emotion of "I am simultaneously surprised and unsurprised this thing exists."