T o the uninitiated, it must have seemed like the youth of America had been struck by a strange and wholesome affliction. In the summer of 2004, “dang!” and “gosh!” and “freaking idiot!” could be heard in malls across the country. Perms and glasses were suddenly cool, or at least “cool.
” And parents were left wondering whether their teenagers in “Vote for Pedro” T-shirts had suddenly joined a cult..
