When I was emo I hated whenever people called me emo because all the emos around me were offended. It was really cool to hate stereotyping when I was emo (this was back in 2007 when those "labels are for soup can" things were being plastered all over myspace) so I picked up on that and adopted that view point as quickly as possible. I really didn't mind being labeled, I just pretended to hate it because everyone else did. I think emo kids object to being labeled either because they're tend following or, like Neruo said, they are claiming their identity and trying to be unique or find themselves and they hate being categorized and identified with an already existing identity.
Is it normal I hate when people say 'don't call me an emo'?
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When I was emo I hated whenever people called me emo because all the emos around me were offended. It was really cool to hate stereotyping when I was emo (this was back in 2007 when those "labels are for soup can" things were being plastered all over myspace) so I picked up on that and adopted that view point as quickly as possible. I really didn't mind being labeled, I just pretended to hate it because everyone else did. I think emo kids object to being labeled either because they're tend following or, like Neruo said, they are claiming their identity and trying to be unique or find themselves and they hate being categorized and identified with an already existing identity.