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Well, I'm not a goth myself, but I do think there must be something in the intellectualism thing. I've known four goths in real life, all of whom have been highly intelligent and well-read. Not many subcultures have a basis in literature that stretches back way before the music was conceived. The word gothic wasn't INVENTED when the music was, it's just the tag that was chosen.
Besides which, if there was a rigid and accurate definition there'd be nothing to argue about. It's debatable, not set in stone.
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