As much as I dislike Gavin Newsom this is what opposition actually looks like, play dirty, be petty. Don't give them an inch.
this post was submitted on 20 Sep 2025
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I mean, I'm pretty sure this is just a tweet rather than an actual ban.
That makes more sense tbh, I was wondering, does he mean not allowing him the permits? How does he control that? So if it's just a tweet that actually makes way more sense lol
Yeah, the executive branch isn't supposed to be able to do anything without legislation, meaning unless there was an actual designation of Kid Rock as something that is legally banned, it was just them doing their stupid tweet stuff. Now if Newsome stated he has evidence that Kid Rock was part of Antifa, and was putting out an arrest warrant in his state, that would be another story
Most of the shocking stuff you've heard about is just tweet-deep posturing. The real damage is caused by subtle changes to laws that no one is paying attention to.
"Twitter is saying" tho.
I think that’s the point. It’s just as legally binding as Trump’s Truth Social mask ban.
Yeah I hope so. It's funny as a tweet and not so much as an actual action by the government
TIL not allowing some poser to bellow "KIIIIIIIDDD RAWWWWWWKK" before the world's shittiest country rap set is politics
Agreed. They are too scared to play dirty….but sometimes to get by you gotta stoop to your oppositions level, being “innocent” doesn’t help
Two different breeds of authoritarian in a pissing match?
It’s just an ironic tweet in this case
What kind of slap fight life do you lead?!! I can’t wait for you to passive agress/irritate the fascism away. lol
I didn't say this was the perfect example of the only example, I said this is what opposition actually looks like, considering the Dems aren't acting as much of an opposition party right now.
Yeah for real. Real men do real shit. How you fighting fascism?
Well… You should know we don’t post about that on the internet, dipshit. What we’re not relying on is more ‘gotchas’ and sick burns. Get a life, Citizen. And why you have to bring gender into this? Strange projection. Or maybe it’s lack of strange projection? What you can do: organize, educate, infiltrate, read some theory. What you shouldn’t do: rely on the paid for government actors to save you. Also, it seems you’re itching to tell us all what you’ve done, please elaborate. You vote real hard?
That's a lot of words without ever answering my question. Telling.
I didn't ask what I can do, I don't need the help of an online troll. I asked what you're doing.
Do you not know how to read? Are you a fucking cop? Do you think everyone is as dumb as you? ACAB, go huff more farts you strange-less loser…
Really emotional response. Doesn't leave a lot of room for reason. Probably explains all those wild, loaded questions. Also not sure what "strange-less" is but I'm sure you nailed me.
BAN KID ROCK FROM PERFORMING IN CALIFORNIA. THIS TALENTLESS FRAUD HAS BEEN TALKING DOWN OUR BEAUTIFUL STATE FOR TOO LONG. THE CALIFORNIAN PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO HEAR HIS TERRIBLE MUSIC POLLUTE THE ATMOSPHERE ANYMORE. THE RADICAL RIGHT REPUBLICANS AND THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO TRY AND REVERSE THE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE FOR OUR PEOPLE. BUT WE WILL FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT. FOR CALIFORNIA AND FOR AMERICA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
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First thought: I hate it.
Second thought: ok I get it.
I know Newsom is fighting dirty like the Magas, but this is only gonna get worse and blocking free speech will be normalized. Blocking a band because you don't like them is just gonna start happening everywhere.
That’s why you guys are in the mess you are today, the right is fighting with bazookas you guys insist on fighting with one arm tied behind your back out of some sense of decorum
Using their tactics against them is the only thing they understand. They have the power to stop it at any time.
Once people realize how this policy they support can be used against them, they usually demand a compromise.
yeah it needs to get worse for things to change, fighting cleanly isn't cutting it
Honestly the biggest surprise out of this story is that Kid Rock is still performing
He should update his stage name to Old Man Shitty Music.
Thank god someone finally did this lol
I think the left needs to play the game we at once point half jokingly accused trump of. Start committing acts so obviously outside of the intent of the law, but safely within the letter of the law, that the right takes advantage of it and sues our changes the law to tighten the loopholes. Fire people for being Christian, forbid a newspaper from reporting a negative story, publicly accept insider information and bread about how much money you made by knowing when to buy and sell, openly accept a bribe by starting a fake crypto, and cashing out right after a foreign company buys it for a million per coin and then dumps it. Make people understand openly how many hidden rules are free and open for the rich and political and shut them down.
I don't think that this will work what will probably end up happening is that the trump administration will only go after democrats who do this while ignoring anything coming from the republican party.
Even if it did I don't think the response to the trump administration taking our civil liberties away is to take more of them away I don't think anything positive can come from this.
In addition this will be used as propaganda to rile up their base
If people can't understand that the trump administration is taking away civil liberties I don't think democrats abusing the same rules will convince them.
It's only half joking, and this wouldn't be assumed at the administration but in demonstrating the loopholes in the laws that already exist. Too many people see Republicans doing it and letting them get away with it and look the other way. The idea would be to do things that are disliked but legal, and would make Republicans look weak if they ignore it when the enemy does it.
I like how this is causing a rift but this doesn't produce any material results and this really just is a circus
Is someone reporting this as news? Who did this?
Damn Kid ain’t long for this world, apparently.
Anyway,
Grampa Rock