Editing Hardcore punk (section)

===Politics===
{{See also|Punk ideologies}}
Music writer [[Barney Hoskyns]] attributed hardcore being younger, faster and angrier than punk rock, to adolescents who were sick of their life in a "bland [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]" America.<ref name="auto1"/> Hardcore punk lyrics often express [[Anti-establishment|antiestablishment]], [[Antimilitarism|antimilitarist]], [[Anti-authoritarianism|antiauthoritarian]], [[Pacifism|antiviolence]], and pro-[[environmentalist]] sentiments, in addition to other typically [[left-wing]], [[anarchist]], or [[egalitarianism|egalitarian]] political views. During the 1980s, the subculture often rejected what was perceived to be "[[yuppie]]" [[materialism]] and [[Interventionism (politics)|interventionist]] American foreign policy.<ref name=PTWilliams/> Numerous hardcore punk bands have taken [[far-left politics|far-left]] political stances, such as [[anarchism]] or other varieties of [[socialism]], and in the 1980s expressed opposition to political leaders such as then US president [[Ronald Reagan]] and British prime minister [[Margaret Thatcher]]. Reagan's economic policies, sometimes dubbed [[Reaganomics]], and [[social conservatism]] were common subjects for criticism by hardcore bands of the time.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://nestorindetroit.com/Music%20Rants/reagan.htm |title=Reagan |url-status=dead |work= nestorindetroit.com |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071213061842/http://nestorindetroit.com/Music%20Rants/reagan.htm |archive-date= December 13, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archive-date= July 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711214651/http://www.house.gov/jec/growth/taxpol/taxpol.htm|url=http://www.house.gov/jec/growth/taxpol/taxpol.htm |title=Tax Policy, Economic Growth and American Families |work= [[house.gov]] |publisher=[[Internet Archive]] |date= July 20, 1995 |access-date= December 4, 2011}}</ref> [[Jimmy Gestapo]] of [[Murphy's Law (band)|Murphy's Law]], however, endorsed Reagan and even went as far to call then former president [[Jimmy Carter]] a "pussy" in a 1986 ''[[New York Magazine]]'' cover story.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deeplinking.net/media/NYMHC.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=September 20, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055829/http://www.deeplinking.net/media/NYMHC.pdf |archive-date=September 21, 2013 }}</ref> Shortly after Reagan's death in 2004, the ''[[Maximumrocknroll]]'' radio show aired an episode composed of anti-Reagan songs by early hardcore punk bands.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://radio.maximumrocknroll.com/deadreagan/ |title= Maximum Rocknroll Radio · Dead Reagan Special |publisher= Radio.maximumrocknroll.com |date= June 6, 2004 |access-date= December 4, 2011 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120309061926/http://radio.maximumrocknroll.com/deadreagan/ |archive-date= March 9, 2012 }}</ref>

Certain hardcore punk bands have conveyed messages sometimes deemed "[[politically incorrect]]" by placing offensive content in their lyrics and relying on stage antics to shock listeners and people in their audience. Boston band [[The F.U.'s]] generated controversy with their 1983 album, ''My America'', whose lyrics contained what appeared to be conservative and patriotic views. Its messages were sometimes taken literally, when they were actually intended as a parody of conservative bands.<ref>{{Cite book|title = American Hardcore|last = Blush|first = Steven|publisher = Feral House|year = 2001|isbn = 9781932595895|location = USA|pages = 186}}</ref> Another act from Massachusetts, Vile, were known to insult women, minorities and gay people in their lyrics and would even go as far as putting their albums on the windshields of people's cars.<ref>{{Cite web|url =http://www.killfromtheheart.com/bands.php?id=705|title =Vile Kill From The Heart Page|website =Kill From The Heart|url-status =usurped|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20151120115333/http://www.killfromtheheart.com/bands.php?id=705|archive-date =November 20, 2015}}</ref> On the other hand, [[Tim Yohannan]] and the influential punk rock fanzine ''[[Maximumrocknroll]]'' were criticized by some punks for acting as the "politically correct scene police",<ref>{{Cite magazine|title = Maximum Rocknroll: Kick-Ass Photos From Iconic Punk Mag|url = https://www.wired.com/2010/05/gallery-maximum-rocknroll/|magazine = WIRED|access-date = October 19, 2015|url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150925060611/http://www.wired.com/2010/05/gallery-maximum-rocknroll/|archive-date = September 25, 2015}}</ref> having what was perceived to be "a very narrow definition of what fits into Punk", apparently being "authoritarian and trying to dominate the scene" with their views.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Notes from Underground: Zines and the Politics of Alternative Culture|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=n-93CAAAQBAJ&q=maximum%2520rock%2520n%2520roll%2520politically%2520correct&pg=PT102|publisher = Microcosm Publishing|date = November 29, 2014|isbn = 9781621062783|first = Stephen|last = Duncombe}}</ref>

During the 2001–2009 United States presidency of [[George W. Bush]], it was not uncommon for hardcore bands to express [[Public image of George W. Bush|anti-Bush]] messages. During the [[2004 United States presidential election]], several hardcore punk artists and bands were involved with the anti-Bush political activist group PunkVoter.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Swanson |first=David |title=Punk Rockers Invade Iowa |url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/punk_rockers_invade_iowa.html |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=January 14, 2004 |access-date=March 31, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105125232/http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/punk_rockers_invade_iowa.html |archive-date=November 5, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archive-date=October 13, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013052122/http://www.punkvoter.com/about/about_members.php |url=http://www.punkvoter.com/about/about_members.php |publisher=[[Internet Archive]] |work=punkvoter.com |title=About Punkvoter.com: Members}}</ref> A minority of hardcore musicians have expressed [[right-wing politics|right-wing]] views, such as the band [[Antiseen]], whose guitarist Joe Young ran for public office as a [[Libertarian Party of North Carolina|North Carolina Libertarian]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Cotton |first=Quinn |url=http://charlotte.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/rocked_by_the_vote/Content?oid=340 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130408213401/http://charlotte.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/rocked_by_the_vote/Content?oid=340 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 8, 2013 |title=Rocked By The Vote &#124; News &#124; Creative Loafing Charlotte |publisher=Charlotte.creativeloafing.com |date=November 17, 2001 |access-date=December 4, 2011 }}</ref> Former Misfits singer [[Michale Graves]] appeared on an episode of ''[[The Daily Show]]'', voicing support for George W. Bush, on behalf of the [[Conservative Punk]] website, and in 2023 testified on behalf of the [[Far-right politics|far-right]] [[Proud Boys]] during their [[sedition]] trial for their role in [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|attacking the U.S. Capitol]] on January 6, 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.punknews.org/article/9560 |title=Brendan Kelly, Michael Graves Daily Show footage online |date=June 29, 2004 |publisher=Punknews.org |access-date=December 4, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125111141/http://www.punknews.org/article/9560 |archive-date=November 25, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lynch |first=Sarah N. |date=March 20, 2023 |title=Punk rock singer testifies on Proud Boys' behalf at sedition trial |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/punk-rock-singer-testifies-proud-boys-behalf-sedition-trial-2023-03-20/ |access-date=January 16, 2024 |website=Reuters}}</ref>