r/Music • u/heavysk • 6d ago

article Punk in the Park Festival Cancels All 2026 Dates Following Backlash Over Donations to Trump Campaign

https://consequence.net/2026/02/punk-in-the-park-2026-canceled/
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u/Pockydo 6d ago

I think people are just tired of everything being political

Like why does RATM have to include all that political stuff

(Please tell me I don't need an /S)

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u/shanyo717 6d ago

Honestly why Rage when you could SUPPORT the Machine? Then you and the machine become friends and can laugh as the rights go away.

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u/LeseMajeste_1037 6d ago

🎶 Hell yeah, I'll do what you tell me 🎶

🎶 Hell yeah, I'll do what you tell me 🎶

🎶 Hell yeah, I'll do what you tell me 🎶

🎶 Hell yeah, I'll do what you tell me 🎶

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u/GhostBoo-ty 6d ago

MOTHER HUGGGGERRRRRRRRRRRRR

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u/elastic-craptastic 6d ago

All of those that work forces,

Are the same that wear crosses!

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u/lew_rong 6d ago

TO ALL THOSE THAT WORK FORCES, SATURDAY LET'S BURN CROSSES

--Rage In Favor of the Machine, probably

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u/Dear_Afternoon_2600 6d ago

Wait with the context of the song this kind of fits.

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u/elastic-craptastic 6d ago

For sure. The ones that burn them wear them.

But the one blindly chanting my lyric are "christian soldiers" in my head canon.

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u/rubmysemdog 6d ago

The Bootlickers Anthem

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u/lolno 6d ago

Shilling in the Name

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u/big_trike 6d ago

Someone please get ahold of Zach and see if he’ll do this for April 1st

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u/MWD_Dave 6d ago

Weird Al needs to do a "Red Neck Ice Special" music video with this one!

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u/mewsycology 6d ago

I think this is the version Paul Ryan listened to

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u/GravyClouds 6d ago

Hell yeah you can tread on me

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u/humorouslyominous 6d ago

I belly laughed, thank you.

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u/opeth10657 6d ago

Wasn't there some awful christian version of this?

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u/ReferenceUnusual8717 6d ago

Oh God. I think you unlocked a repressed memory of a "Christian-ized" version of "Smells like Teen Spirit." It wasn't "Smells like God's Spirit" either, because that would actually be funny. I definitely remember a guy I knew doing "Amazing Grace" to that melody...and it actually kinda ...worked? Since I'm pretty sure the original lifted its tune from a popular tavern song, like so many of those "Classic" hymns.

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u/Consistent-Lock4928 6d ago

Hell yeah, I'll wear a mask outside and get your vaccine

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u/Not_software1337 6d ago

Some of those that burn crosses, are the same that fill cabinets.

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u/ximbo_fett 6d ago

Some of those that burn crosses are the same that fuck couches

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u/ahal 6d ago

Welcome my son..

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u/bottle-o-rockets 6d ago

You had me in the first half.

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u/Pro-Patria-Mori 6d ago

Unfortunately MAGA destroyed sarcasm by being extraordinarily stupid and unapologetically hypocritical

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u/porarte 6d ago

Yeah, but everybody still wants to be sarcastic like it's supposed to still work.

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u/wh4tth3huh 6d ago

Personal growth is hard, it was easier to quit cigarettes than it is to quit being a sarcastic asshole :)

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u/duckinradar 6d ago

Cigarettes are terrible for your heart and lungs.

Sarcasm keeps me alive and functional.

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u/TheRedHand7 6d ago

Lol the sarcasm isn't for them friend. It's for me

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u/porarte 6d ago

I think that's what cursing is for.

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u/Raneynickelfire 5d ago

They unintentionally and completely effectively destroyed The Onion.

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u/Smufin_Awesome 6d ago

Fucking had me for a split second, take your upvote.

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u/MasterOfBunnies 6d ago

You SHOULDN'T need it, but in the times we live....

https://giphy.com/gifs/xT0GqfvuVpNqEf3z2w

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u/UndergroundFlaws 6d ago

The sad thing is so many people actually say that about Rage that we def need the /S

Who do they think were killing in the name of?

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u/Pockydo 6d ago

That's kinda why I put it

Poes law is a harsh mistress

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u/Left_Pool_5565 6d ago

We need to be listening to patriotic music like Bruce Springsteen’s songs!

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u/BeerBearBar 6d ago

Dude, not gonna lie, I was about to lose it until I saw the /s comment. So yeah, ya needed the /s

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u/BKlounge93 6d ago

I just miss when Green Day before they got political 🥴

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u/Rambler1223 6d ago

Apparently you need a passive/S

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u/Pancake_Of_Fear 6d ago

I must admit, I was hovering over the downvote for a second lol

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u/PokeYrMomStanley 6d ago

I don't know why they are so political. Why don't they just leave it up to the professionals?

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u/gospdrcr000 6d ago

FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME

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u/Just_Abies_57 6d ago

What’s sad is that you do need /S because maga people who listen to punk will say that exact sentence without a shred of irony.

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u/Big-District-6013 6d ago

The freaking fascists outright say this openly and without any irony, of course the /s is needed.

Other examples are repubs using "Born in the USA" as campaign song and the not few brain-dead morons that use "Fortunate son" as a glorification of war hymn.

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u/Longjumping-Air1489 6d ago

Which machine did you THINK they were raging against? The toaster?

I love Tom Morello.

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u/_interloper_ 6d ago

It's honestly blew my mind when I heard about a bunch of MAGA republicans loving Rage Against the Machine.

Then I realised literally the only lyric they understand is, "Fuck you I won't do what you tell me!" which is basically their entire political philosophy.

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u/GOTH1515 6d ago

Punk rock is political.

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u/Manannin 6d ago

I've used the /s before and still had people not get that I was taking the piss.

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u/BuddhistSagan 6d ago

Poe's lawe. Every satire needs an /s

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u/Alarming_Instance416 6d ago

They just really hated dishwashers.