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[–] Gorillatactics@hexbear.net 34 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Was everyone in his circle just waiting for an excuse to cut ties?

[–] EatMoreMacroplastics@hexbear.net 26 points 16 hours ago

I wouldn't rule out a lot of this is the kind of situation were zionists feel attacked because they misread a FREE PARKING sing

oh wait we actually have an emoji for that lmao free-palestine

[–] InexplicableLunchFiend@hexbear.net 53 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

He could easily fix this by ending his both sides bullshit, but he won't. Lib Zionists are stuck in a rut. They have a circular idealist worldview where all sides are equals, clashing, it's all so complex. Nothing material can dislodge this because it's not based in any material understanding.

[–] davetortoise@reddthat.com 6 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

On a certain level I could definitely be convinced that Ed Sheeran is just totally politically oblivious and doesn't understand the gravity of this issue. The kind of stuff he's saying was maybe a common viewpoint like 10-15 years ago, which might be the last time he actually engaged with politics.

That said, ignorance isn't an excuse, and he's a dipshit either way.

[–] InexplicableLunchFiend@hexbear.net 10 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

it was the common viewpoint until 2023, but anybody still ignorant at this point is just an eternal ignoramus incapable of learning on their own.

[–] oliveoil@hexbear.net 4 points 9 hours ago

He's not ignorant, he doesn't want to admit to being in the zionist camp.

[–] Flinch@hexbear.net 60 points 23 hours ago (3 children)
[–] InexplicableLunchFiend@hexbear.net 8 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

why are you using a cropped photo that removes Zelenskyy?

[–] Flinch@hexbear.net 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

it was one of the first results when I googled "ed sheeran ukraine" and I didn't bother to look any further okay-okay

[–] InexplicableLunchFiend@hexbear.net 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Probably cropped by libs who support Ukraine and also Palestine and wanted to make a point about Sheeran picking sides without attacking or involving their hero Zelenskyy. Don't want anybody realizing Ukraine and Israel are on the same side of everything.

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 32 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

White supremacy is the black hole at the centre of liberal politics

(Apologies i don't remember the full original quote)

[–] Civility@hexbear.net 28 points 16 hours ago

White supremacy is the black hole at the center of liberal thought: not directly observable, but made apparent by how all of their other ideas orbit around it.

--@BeanisBrain@hexbear.net

[–] jackmaoist@hexbear.net 27 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Also gotta love that it ain't even some random Ukraine rally, it's straight up Ukrainian state media.

Zelenskyy himself is in the photo to the right, not sure why this cropped him out

[–] StalinsGiantSpoon@hexbear.net 117 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

He said he had never wanted to be 'an activist musician'

he did PR for Starbucks when it was union busting and also doin pro-ukraine shit. oh wait is it only activism when you are on the correct side of history?

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 65 points 1 day ago

Umm acktually, supporting the status quo isn't political, sweaty?

[–] EmmiLime@hexbear.net 49 points 1 day ago

activism when it's on the side of empire. politics when it's not.

That's why they have the whole "no politics" crap

[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 50 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

lmao, i missed the part in the article where his own cousin denounces him hahaha

[–] dragongloss@hexbear.net 7 points 12 hours ago

Go off cuz!

[–] Enjoyer_of_Games@hexbear.net 36 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

but do you condemn sheeran?


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[–] lilypad@hexbear.net 20 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

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[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 7 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

ron-devouring-his-pudding we even have an emoji for it

Edit: it’s desantis but it works lmao

lol, if you're the richest member of your family by multiple orders of magnitude and even they're publicly condemning you, you need to do a pretty serious inventory of yourself.

He said he had never wanted to be 'an activist musician' but had been drawn into what he called 'the most complex political issue on the planet'.

yeah, it's crazy how complicated this genocide is. lots of ins and outs. lots of moving parts. lots of players. am i against genocide? whew, that's a tough one. millions of dollars at stake, for me personally. can't i just push the buttons that make money flow from tens of thousands of people into my account, without having a lot of thinking going on?

[–] Florn@hexbear.net 32 points 23 hours ago

The world's smallest violin player dropped out of the tour

[–] Salah@hexbear.net 64 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sheeran’s PR person thought they were cooking when they wrote “the situation in the West Bank can not be overlooked” in his statement. It’s truly incredible how this statement is even worse than the first one.

[–] Rojo27@hexbear.net 56 points 1 day ago

They also thought they were cooking when they let him make this about his own victimhood. Imagine thinking that letting him go up on stage and cry about how everyone is distancing themselves from him for having a shitty opinion on an ongoing genocide.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 43 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The slow toppling of Ed Sheeran is even longer and more painful to watch than when they brought down the prime minister

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[–] EmmiLime@hexbear.net 53 points 1 day ago (4 children)

crazy to see someone who built up such a career from his time as a character in Game of Thrones for that one scene only to have it blown into smithereens for being such a shitlib zionist shrug-outta-hecks

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[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 55 points 1 day ago (2 children)

All he had to do to make this go away is say two words on stage. "Free Palestine".

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[–] raspberry_confetti@lemmy.ml 38 points 1 day ago
[–] Carl@hexbear.net 42 points 1 day ago

kraft and co were hoping to turn this into a rebuke of pro palestine messaging and it turned into exactly the opposite. shame messaging and massive public sentiment don't translate into policy.

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 54 points 1 day ago

LOL. LMAO even.

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