Jordan Klepper

You know, this is when you should start.

Why do you think that is?

Is it the fear of cancellation in this moment?

I think you are right.

You articulate that punk music in itself has been talking about fighting fascism for quite some time.

Like, was that performative in essence?

Is this the time where it should be happening?

Or is that no longer in vogue musically?

Like, where do you see what you see?

I think back in the day, you didn't have this army of online trolls coming at you.

You didn't have threats.

But, you know, as we've recently learned from Twitter, you know, opening up where their accounts are from,

You know, people would say, the country's so divided.

It's 50-50.

You must hate that 50% of your fans hate you now.

And I said, is it really 50% of our fans?

No, I think it's, you know, it's a lot of hype and it's a lot of loudmouths that seem like they're more than they are.

So we feel like when we speak out, it's not necessarily to...

I know we're not going to change anything on our sub, but maybe we'll inspire another band to feel like, oh, we better do it, too, because there's nothing to fear out there.

If you're a band, you know what I mean, or anyone, whether it's a protest or whatever, stand up, speak up, don't be afraid to let your voice be heard.