PANTERA Removed From Festivals Over Racism Allegations

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1. This cancel culture is getting out of hand..

2. This wouldn't have happened in the 90s geez sensitive AF who cares

3. People are just stupid nowadays no one can take a joke. Or they just want to ruin everything

4. Didn't this happen 20 years ago? Jesus christ, move on. I'm black and shit don't bother me. Grow a pair people….

5. I hate the cancel culture world we live in nowadays. Everybody has to be a pansy victim about everything.

6. Its astonishing that someone thinks doing that salute outside 30s, 40s italy/germany would be taken lightly

7. Pantera too based for metal in the 21st century.

8. The Green Party has nothing better to do than to deliver a death blow to All Pantera fans. This was Pantera’s last chance to shine and with the awesome Zakk Wylde. The Green party has taken it all away. Instead of doing anything constructive, like finding solutions to problems, the Green party is busy destroying careers and ruining Pantera for the fans. Pantera fans will remember the Green party on voting day, not just in Germany, but in EVERY country in the world.

9. “This is cancel culture” Yes, and that is to remain the case for other fascists and neo-Nazi’s.

   Also the nerds defending Pantera get over yourselves. They aren’t that good and it doesn’t matter their influence.

10. They will still play in Hamburg, Germany!!! Yeeeaaahhh 😎😃

11. the words of a drunk man are the thoughts of a sober man

12. Phil is an idiot for repeating his mistakes. Besides, Pantera was no more after Dimebag died.

13. so for some context. Here in Nuremberg where Rock im Park takes place, is the Reichparteitagsgelände which was built buy the nazis and when you see photos if Hitler standing in front of hundreds of thousands of people most of them were taken at this place. Germans take this part of history very seriously and to have a band come and play there of all places, who has had a history of performing the nazi salute on stage wont find it very welcoming here. Saying sorry is one thing, but still that kind of thing just sends the wrong message for Germans when someone who clearly doesnt understand the implications of it and the weight that gesturcarries in Germany. Its literally illegal here to do it.

14. Hail Phil!

15. Except for the fact that the man has SHARP tattooed on the side of his head, which stands for Skin Heads Against Racial Prejudice. So maybe people should pay more attention to that than some hand gesture he made years ago while being completely smashed. People do stupid stuff when intoxicated thinking they're funny. Listen to almost any pantera songs lyrics and you'll know hes not a racist, quite the opposite. Venues need to grow some balls and stand up to this BS. Cancel culture sucks and should be the only thing canceled.

16. Glad America has freedom of speech

17. But…. Hail Satan??? 😜

18. No way, punk!

19. Ffs Anselmo was mocking a few numbskulls in the audience when he did the salute, has all sense of nuance and proportion just left the public sphere altogether?

20. No room for anti-blackness and racism in Metal. accountability

21. Is it even a metal festival without Pantera? 🤔

22. Phil had some good messages to share but the addition of the booze made it hard to understand what he was on about.

23. Everybody acts shocked and surprised that Phil and the band says racist slurs. Apparently you’ve never listened to pantera before or payed attention to them when they were still a band in the 90’s. This is not the first time something racist has been said. This is pantera that’s how they act that’s how they’ve always acted since the very beginning and if you can’t handle it don’t listen to them

24. If Phil were a bigot then Charlie Benante would not have signed up, because Charlie is as progressive and inclusive of a person there is. All of Anthrax are, it's in their songs like "Who Cares Wins".

25. Phil has a way of putting his foot in his mouth through out his career unfortunately

26. Philip Anselmo is not a racist ppl misunderstand. waste of skill to not let them perform.

27. They had their chance to make music…… reunion tour with two members is crazy……..Pantera was dime……not Phil them mfrs had their chance like Van Halen…..b.a.n …..f em….

28. Wait are you seriously telling me this isn't something he just did but something he did years ago!? Why are we talking about this.

29. "Allegations"??? He can apologies till he's blue in the face. The Germans make KISS change their logo. And Phil wears his thoughts and feelings on his sleeve.

30. Come to Zurich Switzerland things are easier over here than in arrogant germany!!

31. I am curious if these people protesting even like metal. My suspicion is they don’t. If they did, they would know better.

32. Germany up to their old tricks again, I remember when kiss was banded from grease because they thought the song love gun was pro fire arms

33. Wasn't green party paedo advocates at some point?

34. We are going to riot! Don’t push us! I worn you!!!!

35. Wtf?! Screw those festivals. Phil may be a little racist but that doesnt speak for the band as a whole. What incredible asses they are….

36. The dude wrote an anti-racism song in 1991. I wish we could go back to that time.

37. Hey other metalheads! We dropped Pantera from our metal festival, but it's cool. Hey other metalheads…

38. I guess Germany don't remember killing 7 million Jews in WW2. But yeah let ban Phil for no reason.

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