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Your comment is true goth material though
Gatekeeping is the core of the culture
Is it gatekeeping to expect words to actually have some meaning?
Like if I posted a guy with a tidy haircut in a 3 piece suit and called it Punk, would you be gatekeep for telling me a business suit isn't Punk?
Yes
Basically any questioning if something fits a definition counts. It's silly