Dropkick Murphys exit Punk in the Park festival over founder's Trump campaign donations

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/dropkick-murphys-exit-punk-park-festival-founders-trump-campaign-donat-rcna220729

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EmpatheticTeddyBear@lemmy.world · 92 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Nice to see people put money where their mouth is. Love Dropkick Murphys

LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 18 pts · 1y

Believe they did a set at the 50 states protests as well.

betahack@lemmy.world · 70 pts · 1y (3 replies)

if anyone who calls themselves punk goes to this, well, you're not really punk....just an asshole.

fartographer@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Nazi Punks Jack Off

burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 1y (1 reply)
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fartographer@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

That's a real catch-22

the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Thats because The Dropkick Murphys are based as fuck.

dylanmorgan@sh.itjust.works · 28 pts · 1y

They recorded two albums of Woody Guthrie songs about fighting fascists and uniting workers. “Based as fuck” is exactly what they are.

Drusas@fedia.io · 28 pts · 1y

Donating to Trump is about as non-punk as you can get.

kittyjynx@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y (1 reply)

If you haven't seen it yet, their video for the song Who Will Stand With Us is amazing!

0ops@piefed.zip · 6 pts · 1y

The whole album kicks ass! I'm gonna see them in a few weeks!

Whirling_Ashandarei@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y

Based on some of their fans I was worried this was going the opposite way. Fuck yeah Dropkick Murphys.

ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 1y

Fuck yeah and fuck Trump

TomMasz@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y

Dropkicks walk the walk.

teft@piefed.social · 6 pts · 1y

MAGAT Punks Fuck Off!

MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

❤️ those guys! They recently put on a free show for their album release.

Dropkicks

match@pawb.social · 2 pts · 1y

petition your representative. mine is JER from We Are The Union

simulacra_procession@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 1y

His name was James Connelly, and he didn't come here to die!