Basic Ideology

The Conformist Rebellion was a movement created in December 2005 by Ian Nordstrom. This movement represented the ideals that teenagers have continually rebelled against everything mainstream until no one followed the mainstream. People began to categorize themselves as emo, goth, punk, etc. all of which are made up of the same ideals and only separated by styles of clothing and music. Based on Conformist Rebellion ideals, today's mainstream has become the act of rebelling, and thus by conforming and not rebelling, one is rebelling from the mainstream of rebellion making them Conformist Rebels.

Conversely, it could be argued that everything is now mainstream. There is no one standard to conform to, yet no one standard to react against. While this is a major dichotomy, it could be argued it shows how easily co-opted most youth movements have become over the years. Even Aristiasians have argued that this is "the doctrine of The Cardbaord enemy" in action. In effect, the old conformity has been replaced by several new ones. Even these new models of conformity are in conflict with each other, despite being part of the same thing. They argue that a counter culture is a contradiction in terms, as it goes against all culture. The Confromist Rebels believe that these minor conformities contradict each other on an extreme scale.

There has also been some debate among the Conformist Rebels in regards to the newly emerging trend of attention whores and sympathy cases. Many conformist rebels believe that people should attempt to make themselves appear as flawless, physically strong, emotionally strong, and intelligent as they possibly can. Nowadays it is common for people, especially the teenagers involved with prior stated sub-cultures, try and make themselves look as bad off as possible to gain sympathy from people around them. This disgusts the Conformist Rebels, who created a "minimum sympathy" policy stating that sympathy should only be given in extreme cases, so as to minimize the sympathy and thus minimize the bitching and moaning of sympathy cases and attention whores alike.

Definition

Conformist Rebellion - A 21st century movement rebelling against the mainstream idea of rebellion.

Conformist Rebel - A person who agrees with Conformist Rebellion Ideals and rebels against rebellion.

Criminal Accusations

According to a police report released on August 5th, 2006, select members of the conformist rebellion were the main suspects of a vandalism that took place on Capital High School. Because there was no supporting evidence, the Olympia Police Department has made no arrests.

Capitalist Ties

Most people who are aware of the Conformist Rebels are aware that their standard dress code involves a blazer, t-shirt, and jeans. Many have argued that the Conformist Rebellion is simply a craze fabricated by Ian Nordstrom in order to increase the sale of the blazers required by code. This was first discovered when Ian Nordstrom was proven as a strong shareholder in Nordstrom .

It could just an elaborate prank, satirising people's gullibility.

Similarities

A good example was the hippies of the late 1960's. They supposedly rejected conformity, yet conformed to a set of common characteristics that manifested themselves in dress, ideals and music.

In The sitcom by Cult humourist Chris Morris, Nathan Barley, one of the characters (A journalist called Dan Ashcroft) writes an article on the conformity of the so called "avant-garde". He writes that: "They are blind to the paradox of their uniform individuality." We see shots of these media types in ridiculous attire and riding tiny bicycles as Ashcroft's voice over plays.

See also

Conformity

Rebellion

Punk

Goth