@skanky_hoe Said ... I hear this term used so often, and I've been thinking lately, what really is a poser? People seem to make this judgement by just looking at people they see walking down the street, just because they do something outside a stereotype. For example, if a so called 'goth girl' is wearing a pink fluffy supre' skirt she might be called a poser. But this has nothing to do with her lifestyle, her values, personality or interests. It always seems to be the ones who emulate some ideal stereotype that point the finger. Isn't underground culture supposed to not follow general rules/values of society which are generally accepted? You should be allowed to be yourself without being judged, especially by people who should know better.
I agree that the use of the term 'poser' is quite rediculous, but by stating this, you are going to open up a whole other door to labels. These two go hand in hand.
In my honest opinion, I believe that every person in the world is a poser of someone or something. Who imagined the first gothic image? The first punk image? The first prep image? The person doing the name calling is usually of that label (which as I have stated in another forum, labels are unavoidable, they are a way in which society describes how a person dresses reguardless of what said person's personality or values are.) and feels threatened by the other person because they are not the exact image of what that stereotype is to them.
So in other words, I completely agree with you.