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Ed Sheeran is a fucking coward that tried to say he can't have Macklemore talking about Palestine because of the children in the audience. The appropriate thing for someone with $400m in the bank would have been to cancel the tour, raincheck or refund the tickets and find decent venue owners for the next attempt.
Also, I'm pretty damn sure that Robert Kraft's stadium gets tax money for something. That should fucking stop immediately.
he can’t have Macklemore talking about Palestine because of the children in the audience
Meanwhile small children entertainment superstar Ms. Rachel: https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ms-rachel-criticises-ed-sheeran-macklemore-us-tour-1819728
Screenshot of her recent posts on IG:
She’s exactly right too.
He had zero problem being political with Ukraine, when it was pretty universally accepted.
His problem isn’t politics, it’s actually having a backbone and standing up against any sort of adversity.
As always, Miss Rachel 100% on point
No. The proper thing to do is take the stage and repeat Macklemores words and cover the song Macklemore covered.
Kraft also owns the new england patriots. Hate to give those athletes a splash effect of their owner's awfulness. But I also think thats the celebrity world for you. We have to make zionism as toxic in the business community as it already is in public opinion polls. BDS works.
“We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe.”
-Elie Wiesel
Goddamn anti-Semite!
(/s, clearly)
"I hate these filthy Neutrals, Kif. With enemies you know where they stand but with Neutrals, who knows? It sickens me."
-Zapp Brannigan
Sheeran posted this on IG:
I am appalled by the conflict between Israel and Palestine. The suffering and pain caused on both sides is a human tragedy.
But when a side has a 1000:1 kill rate and it's actively trying to remove/cleanse/genocide the other side from its foundation...
Hamas exists because Israel
I cannot imagine someone “both sidesing” a brutal fucking genocide. But here we are.
Ed Sheeran is a murder-supporting piece of nazi trash, and he is doing it for money.
Thank dog I never gave a crap about his music. I look forward to ignoring his future commercial endorsements for CapitalOne Bank and Smirnoff Ice.
The funny thing is that I have no interest in watching ed Sheeran, and here in Australia, pretty sure a lot of people would rather watch Macklemore
The real damage is done by those millions who want to 'survive.' The honest men who just want to be left in peace. Those who don’t want their little lives disturbed by anything bigger than themselves. Those with no sides and no causes. Those who won’t take measure of their own strength, for fear of antagonizing their own weakness. Those who don’t like to make waves—or enemies.
- Sophie Scholl
Sophie Scholl and her little group opposed the Nazis from inside Germany, she was executed 22. February 1943, she was 21 years old
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3vgyn49y4l7o
Ahahaha!
All of the remaining support acts on Ed Sheeran's US tour have quit, after the rapper Macklemore was dropped from the line-up for making pro-Palestinian remarks on stage.
Among them were Finneas, the brother of pop star Billie Eilish, who said in a statement: "Artists must not be silenced when they speak up for the oppressed."
Irish singer-songwriter Aaron Rowe and Danish band Lukas Graham also announced their departure. Irish folk band Beoga, who perform with Sheeran on stage every night, dropped out too.
Cunningham is bad ass, always has been.
How does one boycott Ed Sheeran when you already skip all his drivel?
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
– Desmond Tutu
On the one hand, no one should be taking their political opinions from fucking celebrities. On the other hand, being against genocide is a pretty easy one to get right and he still can't manage to do it...
How long before he caves?
He can't possibly play his next show, can he? If he does, the only gig he'll get after this is the Republican Convention.
I wish you were right but…honestly Zionism and genocide are highly tolerated in this country.
Yep and his "promoters decision" cowards framing is spineless.
I did not foresee Isreal/Palestine unseating Ed Sheeran's popular image, but here we are.
Never forget that Ed Sheeran showing up in Game Of Thrones was the harbinger of its inevitable ruin.