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Straightedge was an accidental movement sparked by the hardcore punk band minor threat in the 80's. The movement came from the song "straightedge", which of course should be self explanatory. Of course, it has changed immensely over the years.

Straightedge is considered the basic building blocks for self purification by many people who have claimed straightedge themselves. Vegans for the most part could even consider straightedge as their prime reason for opening their eyes to such horrors observed in human/non human animal relationships. The band earth crisis(a vegan straight edge band from Syracuse, NY) wrote a song called "the discipline". In that song they go on to say "straightedge, the discipline, the key to self liberation". This song soon became an anthem for anyone who wasn't a complete fucking waste of life, and those who decided to reach for enlightenment.

A lot of people in the hardcore scene claim that straightedge has saved their lives, meanwhile a large percentage of edge kids are doing it for fashion or to follow a trend. The most militant of the straightedge movement are said to have shit family lives, thus despising everything associated with getting fucked up. We've seen shit as young kids that most people don't see. The true edge kids/hardcore kids alike turn to hardcore for a way out.

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