Here's my belief:emo songs depict lose as well as some cliches *coughcutmylifeintopeicescough*. Whereas Goths have negative things that depicts death or heart ripping things. Easiest way to explain it is, Emos want to kill themselves, Goths want to kill you. I'm more scared of goths, because well... they want to kill me.
Well, because of the cultural bias, I believe them to be hypocrites or faddists of the highest caliber. In other words they, their perceived culture, contradicts itself. For example, they call themselves non-conformist, but force(or bully) their own members to dress and act similar instead of the differently that makes them against conformity. Another thing is that(primarily of the ones i met) they have very little to actually complain or whine about. They have a nice house, in an area with little crime,an they get everything that there little minds could desire; What is there to complain about? You don't get mugged like some people do, you have a decent school to go to, you can eat to your hearts content: what is the problem?