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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.
1 posted on 08/03/2021 11:29:02 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Whoa - Ooooooh!


2 posted on 08/03/2021 11:30:21 AM PDT by Tallguy
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

ignorance rules the day


3 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)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

In other surprising news, The Offspring is a band that still exists.


4 posted on 08/03/2021 11:31:30 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Why not just say “I’ve converted to Islam and Honorable Minister Farrakhan forbids the vax”?

Surely political correctness must accommodate that.


5 posted on 08/03/2021 11:33:01 AM PDT by nascarnation
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Evidently “punk” does not stand for what I thought it stood for.


6 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)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

You’ve got to keep them separated.


7 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. )
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( 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.

8 posted on 08/03/2021 11:34:35 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (Never do anything illegal, when you are doing something illegal. )
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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.


9 posted on 08/03/2021 11:34:41 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: pepsi_junkie

LOL! The irony on this one is pretty thick! I hope someone hosts the drummers twitter statement.


10 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!)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

wellll ... they’re punks after all.


11 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)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom; Pelham

My neighbor Pete

Sucks

Nice guy..we are rural pool club pals


12 posted on 08/03/2021 11:38:19 AM PDT by wardaddy (Girls...in the end ....it's about them )
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

No kidding. They kicked the only punk they had out of the band...


13 posted on 08/03/2021 11:39:03 AM PDT by Mathews (It's all gravy, baby!)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Yeah. Punk rock man!


14 posted on 08/03/2021 11:39:33 AM PDT by ifinnegan ( Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: knarf
Like the latest fashion...

Like a spreading disease

15 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. )
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Came here to post that. I guess Punk now means conformist. I guess the rage against the man is out too.


16 posted on 08/03/2021 11:40:28 AM PDT by Obadiah
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

He already had Covid so his immunity is better than the jab. The jab has become a religion.


17 posted on 08/03/2021 11:41:37 AM PDT by alternatives?
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Their newest song is “yellow star of Germany”....

;-)


18 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.)
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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...

19 posted on 08/03/2021 11:42:07 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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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——


20 posted on 08/03/2021 11:42:20 AM PDT by mikelets456
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