- cross-posted to:
- palestine@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- palestine@lemmy.ml
Rapper Macklemore is a vocal supporter of Palestine and Gaza residents. During a recent concert at MetLife Stadium, he yelled “Free Palestine!” onstage, projected images of devastation in the area, and performed protest song “Hind’s Hall.”
Now, it seems that American venues are not willing to play ball with the Seattle artist, and he has been dropped from Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour.
“After discussions with stakeholders, Macklemore will not be performing on the remaining support dates,” according to Messina Touring Group, the promoter of Loop Tour. This news follows backlash from organizations like StopAntisemitism and others, such as pop star Pink.
It’s not Ed Sheeran you should be angry with. It’s the stadium owners. Ed was put in a horrible spot when the stadium owners refused the ongoing sold out tour with Macklemore.
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I understand the position Sheeran was in. But, at best (I don’t Sheeran’s beliefs), when it came to the choice he accepted the stadium owner’s demands over the moral demands Macklemore is calling all people across the world to recognise.
That act supports the unjust persecution of Palestinians and marginalises the few brave voices like Macklemore’s who are willing to stand up against these humanitarian crimes. Sheeran deserves the backlash as well, and whether its his lack of moral fibre, or his ideological alignments, this instance should always tarnish him.
The stadium owner being Epstein files resident and “definitely not trafficked after he paid the cops handjob” connoisseur Robert Kraft.
He considers himself apolitical, so he does ideologically support the status quo.
By all means, Macklemore did the right thing. Ed is in the wrong. I’m just saying to pull the plug for him while on tour is hard. Im not sure everybody could do it as a headliner.
eD sHeErAn iS aPoLiTiCaL DoEs nOt PicK sIdEs
Wrong. It IS Ed Sheeran we should be angry at. Just as much as every other celebrity who shoves their heads in the sand behind the faaaaake pretend-time facade of “ohh, I’m apolitical”.
Genocide is not “political”. It’s an affront to humanity. Those who support it should be fkn executed. Those who pretend to not notice it so they can make a buck are tacitly supporting it. In a perfect world, they would be tacitly executed.
Yeah, look at mighty keyboard warrior over here… Execute every last one of them😂
starting to execute people left and right who doesn’t agree with you isn’t the way to go. Even with the paradox of intolerance in mind
They are openly calling for us to be shot in the streets at their national convention. They have been openly calling us their enemy for the last 50 years. You can’t act upset that I now agree with them. We are enemies.
I want my enemies to die and I am going to work hard to make that happen for as many of them as possible. You can sit there and lick their boots and wait for your turn or you can fight back. I promise you, I am not waiting.