>>5791473 (pb)
The problem with sheltered people is they're not exposed enough to alternative ways of thinking.
This skateboard is a prime example. It is an embodiment of the 'counter culture'. I don't know who printed this board graphic or what company this is, but…
before you get your panties in a bunch and scream 'satanist' from the pews, consider this… most people who grew up skateboarding in the 80-90s-00s up until now have not had the warmest welcome in society. This is pre-Olympic recognition of the sport days. Which just happened yesterday to be clear.
Imagine for a second that all of your wholesome personal development and hard fought skill building is considered 'illegal' or 'satanic' or a 'public nuisance'.
Now imagine all of the date rapists in football and the bullies in basketball and the jock mentality that surrounds most group-think sports enthusiasts who sit with their beerguts cheering from the stands, are society's chosen and they are the norm, and they are deemed society's 'good people'. And you're a skateboarder. Someone who society not only looks down on but actively attempts to destroy.
Also imagine, these same 'good' people are preaching the gospel of the church, and the importance of charity, good will toward men, and all the other trite, sinner 6 days a week, saved-on-sunday bullshit they are so known for, yet you know better. You know better because their deeds do not align with their words.
What do you do then? You listen to punk. You listen to heavy metal. You listen to rap. You denounce the 'good people'. You denounce the church. Not GOD! Per se. But the hypocrites of society that preach to you, the unwanted misfits, that they are somehow deemed worthy and saved and you're just a lowly peon meant for ridicule, torment, and torture.
Now imagine you put those bundled up feelings and observations into graphics and icons, icons meant to thumb your nose at all of that hypocrisy. That's one way you end up with inverted crosses and satanic imagery in many counter culture activities. Does that mean then they are truly the repugnant, repellent dregs of society? No more than it means those who claim purity, and brotherhood, and self-righteousness are actually that.
Also consider, many have strayed away from the church. Sure some are atheists who never believed. And others have strayed mainly because of the hypocrisy, the baby-fucking, the conquests, the wealth theft, and more. Couldn't this also contribute to the 'counter cultures' inverted usage of religious iconography? It's possible.
Humans are complicated creatures.