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Drummer Pete Parada of The Offspring Fired for Refusing the COVID Vaccine
Redstate ^
 | 8/2/2021
 | Jerry Wilson 
Posted on 08/03/2021 11:29:02 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
Pete Parada, who’s been the drummer since 2007 for veteran punk band The Offspring, announced that he has been let go by the band due to his refusal to take any variation of the COVID vaccine. According to Parada, he’s been deemed “unsafe” to be around even though he had COVID-19 and recovered. But that’s not his only reason for his decision to not get “the jab.” He explained his reasoning in a lengthy Twitter thread Monday 
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 There is presently no statement about the matter on the band’s website or social media channels. The band is touring to support Let The Bad Times Roll, its first new album in nine years. (A side note: lead singer Dexter Holland holds a Ph.D in molecular biology from USC.)
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Music/Entertainment; Society
KEYWORDS: covid; didyousearch; vax; whocares
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    So much for being an anti-establishment punk band.
To: Oshkalaboomboom
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posted on 
08/03/2021 11:30:21 AM PDT
by 
Tallguy
 
To: Oshkalaboomboom
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posted on 
08/03/2021 11:30:53 AM PDT
by 
LibertyWoman
(Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Isaiah 5:20)
 
To: Oshkalaboomboom
    In other surprising news, The Offspring is a band that still exists.
 
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posted on 
08/03/2021 11:31:30 AM PDT
by 
pepsi_junkie
(Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
 
To: Oshkalaboomboom
    Why not just say “I’ve converted to Islam and Honorable Minister Farrakhan forbids the vax”?
Surely political correctness must accommodate that.
 
To: Oshkalaboomboom
    Evidently “punk” does not stand for what I thought it stood for.
 
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posted on 
08/03/2021 11:33:22 AM PDT
by 
E. Pluribus Unum
("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy."  ― Mao Zedong)
 
To: Oshkalaboomboom
    You’ve got to keep them separated.
 
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posted on 
08/03/2021 11:34:21 AM PDT
by 
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
 
To: Oshkalaboomboom
    ( lead singer Dexter Holland holds a Ph.D in molecular biology from USC.) USC is a football school where they load great athletes with easy majors. 
 Molecular Biology is not one of them.
 
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posted on 
08/03/2021 11:34:35 AM PDT
by 
Michael.SF.
(Never do anything illegal, when you are doing something illegal. )
 
To: pepsi_junkie
    I like The Offspring. They have put out some great music. But you’re right. I haven’t heard anything from their new album.
 
To: pepsi_junkie
    LOL! The irony on this one is pretty thick! I hope someone hosts the drummers twitter statement.
 
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posted on 
08/03/2021 11:36:40 AM PDT
by 
gr8eman
(When you're bought and paid for by commies...you're a commie!)
 
To: Oshkalaboomboom
    wellll ... they’re punks after all.
 
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posted on 
08/03/2021 11:36:45 AM PDT
by 
knarf
(I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true)
 
To: Oshkalaboomboom; Pelham
    My neighbor Pete
Sucks
Nice guy..we are rural pool club pals
 
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posted on 
08/03/2021 11:38:19 AM PDT
by 
wardaddy
(Girls...in the end ....it's about them )
 
To: Oshkalaboomboom
    No kidding. They kicked the only punk they had out of the band...
 
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posted on 
08/03/2021 11:39:03 AM PDT
by 
Mathews
(It's all gravy, baby!)
 
To: Oshkalaboomboom
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posted on 
08/03/2021 11:39:33 AM PDT
by 
ifinnegan
( Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
 
To: knarf
    Like the latest fashion...
 Like a spreading disease
 
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posted on 
08/03/2021 11:39:47 AM PDT
by 
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
 
To: Oshkalaboomboom
    Came here to post that. I guess Punk now means conformist. I guess the rage against the man is out too.
 
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posted on 
08/03/2021 11:40:28 AM PDT
by 
Obadiah
 
To: Oshkalaboomboom
    He already had Covid so his immunity is better than the jab. The jab has become a religion.
 
To: Oshkalaboomboom
    Their newest song is “yellow star of Germany”....
;-)
 
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posted on 
08/03/2021 11:41:55 AM PDT
by 
cgbg
(A kleptocracy--if they can keep it.   Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
 
To: Oshkalaboomboom
    (A side note: lead singer Dexter Holland holds a Ph.D in molecular biology from USC.) "universities" are giving out degrees like prizes from a Cracker Jacks box these days...
 
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posted on 
08/03/2021 11:42:07 AM PDT
by 
kiryandil
(China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
 
To: Oshkalaboomboom
    I think I lost my walking partner from work-—we had a nice walk and on the way back he asked why I wear a mask in work. I said “ Company policy is those not vaccinated must wear a mask”.
He looked at me as if I had the plague——I said “You’re a smart guy, I had Covid, why do I need the vaccine”.
Another dead stare——
 
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