Several bands have dropped out of an upcoming metal festival in Orlando after Kyle Rittenhouse was announced as a special guest.

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[–] 166 points 2 years ago (13 children)

On Instagram, Shell Shock founder and CEO Tyler Hoover rebuffed the bands ditching the festival, and those criticizing it, saying, “I’m here to tell you, you’re not punk, you’re not hardcore. You people, the people that are trolling and the people that are talking shit, you guys are the mentally ill portion of society. You guys are the ones that are manipulated.”

Historically reactionary genre, punk.

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  • [–] 153 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    and CEO

    Dude is the opposite of punk, and a victim of the Dunning-Kruger effect.

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  • [–] 84 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    You know that line from Don Henley's song "Boys of Summer" that went:

    Out on the road today
    I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac

    That's this guy.

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  • [–] 44 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    More the Ataris’ cover:

    Out on the road today

    I saw a Black Flag sticker on a Cadillac

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago

    While I'm firmly in the "The Ataris' cover was better than Henley's version" camp, and I get the punk/Black Flag connection for this particular comparison, I feel that in general the original gets the point across better. I think more people would have gotten the dissonance of a Caddy driver with a Grateful Dead sticker when the original was recorded, versus the cover.

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  • [–] 45 points 2 years ago

    This CEOs comment is as far removed from punk as possible. I mean that’s like saying Reagan was punk. Opposite ends of the spectrum. I fear these pieces of shit are going to start pushing Nazi punk. Nazi punks fuck off!

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    Tyler Hoover is part of the machine and represents The Man, most square and uncool. Can't trust Tyler Hoover to understand why he is part of the problem because he isn't smart enough for self reflection.

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