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I very much doubt that anybody could legitimately name even one way that rock music has negatively affected America (or the world at large, for that matter). Any perceived negative impacts that people might name -- like, "heavy metal makes people Satanists" -- are just ignorant, ridiculous fallacies that cannot be taken seriously.
AnswerSurprisingly, there are many ways that Rock and Roll have negatively impacted society in the United States, since it's commencement in the 1950's, budding off of R&B, country, blues, and many other genres. Parents felt that it was a threat towards traditional gender roles, with such androgynous artists from Little Richard to Elvis Presley, and later The Rolling Stones, Queen, Poison, Michael Jackson, Marilyn Manson, the list just goes on. It did seem to have links with juvenile delinquency in the 1950's as well, and many parents now still argue that rock and roll promotes rebellion, lust and sex, violence and aggression, drug usage, and blurs lines between the sacred and the secular. Let's also not forget the payola scandal of the 1960's.
Now, saying that, there are also many reasons why Rock and Roll was a great impact on American culture, but I will just name a few. It integrated black and white culture, blurred high and low culture, and brought youth out of a cold war depression.
AnswerOkay, but...the argument above doesn't actually name any ways that rock music has negatively affected America...much less back them up with evidence.
"Parents felt it was a threat towards traditional gender roles...It did seem to have links with juvenile deliquency in the 1950s...and many parents now still argue..." So, basically, the argument is, "Rock and roll has negatively impacted America in many ways, because some people out there might say it has."
The Payola Scandal? What about it? The Payola Scandal was a half dozen rock DJs who were getting paid to play certain songs, which was illegal. How did that impact America? It wasn't the freakin' Enron scandal, it was a couple hundred bucks between 8 lowly DJs.
Of course rock and roll promotes rebellion. That's the whole point of it. Rebellion is a good thing, and for teenagers, it is a completely natural and normal thing. You should always be questioning the status quo. You should always be questioning the established order. You should always be questioning everything. Otherwise...well, otherwise you're just a drone that needs to be told what to do because it can't think for itself.
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