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Rock legend slams Ed Sheeran as US tour crumbles over Macklemore-Palestine controversy
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So if someone has a large platform, they shouldn't advocate for ending a genocide? Clearly you've never paid attention to music in your life. So much music is deeply political. Entire bands are strictly political. You sound like one of those MAGA supporters that's surprised when they find out RATM hates cops. Acting like musicians should stay out of politics is a fucking absurd take. Even this event of Macklemore being censored is a highly political moment. That being said, fuck Roger Waters for backing one genocide while decrying another. And fuck Ed Sheeran for having no spine.
So if someone has a large platform, they shouldn’t advocate for ending a genocide?
Donald Trump was someone people knew from entertainment. The entertainment TV show he was on made people think he was a good businessman or whatever. Do you think Trump successfully converting his notoriety in entertainment into political power was a good thing?
I remember Gina Corano making comments relating the treatment of conservatives to genocide. Do you think she was correct for making comments she felt was related to a genocide? She was fired for those comments, was that wrong?
Personally I just don't want to be thinking about the batshit things Gina Corano said when I'm trying to watch Star Wars. She has a right to say what she wants, but it negatively impacted her ability to entertain me.
Nah, pretty sure most music is about fucking. Either you haven't listened to a lot of music, or more likely, are being intellectually dishonest in an effort to impress your peers in your little hate group.
Speaking of MAGA, this is as ridiculous as boycotting Bud Lite for making a novelty can with a trans person on it one time. Same as them, you've been directed by social media to hate something for stupid reasons and so you have to fall in line because of social pressures. You're the exact same kind of person as the MAGA people, just the algorithms show you a different set of hate mongers that have different targets for you to hate.
Personally I don't care about what Roger Waters, Ed Sheeran, or Macklemore think about complex geopolitical issues. Political discussion shouldn't be dominated by non-serious people in the entertainment industry. Roger Waters and Donald Trump are in alignment on Russia, and I think they are both idiots. They're entertainment people, it's fine for them to be idiots... unless they start using their fame to push their ignorant takes on how the world is. Crossing that line from entertainment fame into politics creates a whole lot of problems.