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  The alternative cultures were one of many reasons why I enjoyed visiting Cascadia. As someone who lives in Texas, this doesn't surprise me. I'm really sorry you had to go through that. Unfortunately, you would have been treated FAR worse ten to twenty years ago by a lot more people in the Deep South. When I was a kid, there were helicopter parents who were demonizing anime and Herry Potter fans for being satanic and it got to the point where my friend had to hide her Dragon Ball Z manga and Harry Potter books at school after her parent threatened to kick her out of the house after seeing her casting wizard spells with her brothers.
context: Emo culture has nothing to do with oppression? It's general sadness, and you can be sad about a lot of things that aren't oppression. >
  
  I think it is more of a teenage thing.  No one understands me type thing >
  
  I haven't heard of emo culture or seen anyone identify as emos since the 2000s. >
  
  It's picking back up, along with scene and grunge. >
  
  My apologies. I guess I kind of showed my age a bit since I must be out of the loop. I know that the hipster and retro subcultures have been making strong comebacks for quite a while so this makes sense. 
  In all fairness, all power to them. I could be wrong, but luckily people are a lot less judgmental and more accepting of alternative individuals than they were when I was in high school. >
  
  Yes and no! In Portland and Washington, I had no troubles with my goth/alt/weird fashion. In the bible Belt? People just assume I'm on drugs.