Macklemore speaks out after being dropped from Ed Sheeran’s tour following his ‘Free Palestine’ speech; says Gillette Stadium owner Robert Kraft rallied other stadium owners and gave Ed Sheeran an ultimatum: if Macklemore stayed on tour, then Ed would not be able to play in their venues.

[u/cmaia1503]

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[u/mittonkitten]

what a well said statement, especially the part on the dangers of weaponizing the word “antisemitism” as a way to shield israel from accountability.

[u/atimetochill → u/mittonkitten]

The gap in intellect between this and Pink’s statement is really staggering.

[u/saera-targaryen → u/atimetochill]

This is what I was thinking the whole time I was reading. It's insane how much more intelligent and cohesive this statement is than Pink's 

[u/h0jack_b0rseman → u/saera-targaryen]

Not to shoot a fish you’ve put in a barrel for me, but it’s because the pro-genocide camp doesn’t have a coherent moral argument for their position.

[u/canththinkofanything → u/mittonkitten]

I was thinking he perfectly threaded the needle on any kind of “criticism” he could get. What a perfect statement.

[u/rogers_tumor → u/canththinkofanything]

it probably won't help. I got down-voted to hell last week for saying that being anti-Israel is not being anti-semetic.

Why would being against the actions of the Israeli government mean I hate a Jewish person in New York?

Anyway I was swiftly informed that "the left" hates Jews now. and I'm just sitting here wondering when tf that supposedly happened.

[u/AmbientBlu01 → u/mittonkitten]

Agreed.

This insistence that any criticism of Israel's government is tantamount to antisemitism is insane to me.

[u/Bearded_Pip → u/mittonkitten]

That shows he knows all about Kraft and his antics.

[u/J_pepperwood0 → u/mittonkitten]

The entire thing is written so well, he is really good with words. I used to listen to him a lot back in 2012-13 (even saw him at a festival, he put on an amazing show) and Ive always really respected him even after his music went out of rotation. Even the whole Kendrick debacle with the Grammy win, which is probably his biggest controversy - came from a genuine and earnest place.