User blog comment:Myself 123/The Great Emerald Caper: Part 1/@comment-4548659-20111204220325/@comment-1669199-20111204230945

The amount of controversy regarding the definition of "emo" makes me wanna puke. "Emo" was originally just a name for a type of music genre and even a fashion statement, but in the 2000s an "anti-emo" movement formed and began throwing around the stereotypes that "emo" is supposedly accociated with being emotional, sensitive, shy, introverted, and/or angst-ridden. Its also been accociated with depression, self-injury, and suicide. As a result of these false stereotypes, some anti-emo groups around the world would attack teens who accociate themselves with the sub-culture, and laugh about all the damage they cause right afterwards, showing everyone that they're unrepentant for what they do. One of the most infamous examples of such attacks include the Anti-Emo attack in Mexico's central city of Queretaro in 2008, which you can read about here.

So yes, as a result of these stereotypes and how "anti-emos" react towards the subculture and the people who affiliate with it, I often look down upon those who clearly show that they have no true understanding of the definition of "emo" and instead think of the false stereotypes whenever the word is spoken somewhere.