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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By all rights, this kid should be in prison. Since we couldn’t do that, shunning him relentlessly will have to do.

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And punishing any organization that platforms him.

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I’m sure conservatives have no issue with the free market deciding.

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“NO! Not like that!”

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Looks like people can get refunds up until a week before the event. I hope they are taking advantage.

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I was browsing newest comments for the lulz, and saw your comment without the context. I knew it would be that douche.

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Woah I didn’t know you could browse lemmy by comments. That’s a whole new zone of content. Scaled still doesn’t make sense.

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Yeah, at least on PC.

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Didn’t he have a Harvard scholarship and clerkship under a Supreme Court justice lined up?

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How fucking tone deaf to have a wanna be vigilante, who terrorized people on our own soil, and who killed innocent Americans, be a guest speaker for a charity event benefiting veterans and first responders with ptsd. Honestly, it’s insulting

Edit: also what the fuck, the ceo said the people who are calling out the bad choice are “mentally ill”. I am a veteran with ptsd, I know I’m mentally ill. Don’t fucking diminish my struggle because you don’t like people bringing up valid concerns. Someone needs to smash a guitar over that fuckwad’s head

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Now that’s punk

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also what the fuck, the ceo said the people who are calling out the bad choice are “mentally ill”.

I think saying mentally ill is them trying to say the R slur without saying it.

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The one where he went to a protest to shoot people and then shot people?

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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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and CEO

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

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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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More the Ataris’ cover:

Out on the road today

I saw a Black Flag sticker on a Cadillac

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Who else knows punk better than the guy profiting off of it?! (big ass /s)

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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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Maybe he only listens to neonazi punk?

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Neonazi Punks Fuck Off!

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The CEO of punk.

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I vomited a little.

Like “Leader of Anonymous” or “President of the Anarchy Club”.

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Historically speaking Dictator was a more popular title for the leader of a republic, but President would be used for minor leadership roles like book clubs.

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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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I would LOVE to meet this guy in a moshpit. Easiest crowdkill in history.

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If veteran charities could stop trying to align with fascists this veteran would be a lot happier. I have PTSD and I don’t want a dime of this money. That dumbfuck created his situation and killed someone over property that wasn’t his after threatening to kill protestors. The only reason he isn’t locked up is because the judge is as fascist as he is.

I lost 4,000 friends fighting Authoritarianism and Religious Extremism. I’m not sure where the fuck anyone thinks it’s a good idea to associate us with far right stuff except for the guys trying to recruit us.

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In addition to murder, Kyle also used a gun that he obtained illegally from a friend as a minor and crossed state lines with illegally.

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But his victimassailant had a skateboard. Was that skateboard obtained illegally? Did they cross state lines with the skateboard? If they did, then clearly they deserved to be killed.

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The only way to stop a good guy with a skateboard is a bad guy with a gun!

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70% With TDIU here and 100% agree.

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118 points

That chinless murderer can’t fade away quick enough.

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I can’t think of anything less metal than this loudmouth, crybaby murderer

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Hes kind of the bad parts of metal tbh, like the sort of metal that sings about nazi victories. Still, he fits in more at a country music festival that Kid Rock shows up to and doesnt perform at because it rained for 15min.

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Quick someone get him a black hoodie and send him to George Zimmerman’s neighborhood.

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That’s the other fuckwad! I get them confused.

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