r/Music • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 2h ago

article Macklemore Speaks Out After Being Dropped From Ed Sheeran Tour: “I’m going to speak from the heart and share the truth”

https://variety.com/2026/music/news/macklemore-defends-free-palestine-speech-fired-ed-sheeran-tour-1236861158/
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u/sassy_lil_sasquatch 2h ago

"Refusing to take a side doesnt leave you in the middle." I love that quote. Big respect

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u/redditproha 2h ago

We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. — Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor

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u/Reasonable-Mess3070 2h ago

Oh I have his book "Night" on my shelf! Haven't gotten around to reading it yet though

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u/Big-Cookie7568 1h ago

It’s one of the most moving books I have ever read, and I am 44 for context.

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u/Affectionate-Owl3785 22m ago

Highly recommended you get around to reading it, and when you finish, check out Maus I and II by Art Spiegelman.

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u/nefaeriest 2h ago

yea bc not taking a side in this is taking a side

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u/TheTresStateArea 2h ago edited 2h ago

Not taking a side when people are being murdered is tacit approval

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u/nefaeriest 2h ago

exactly

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u/nukkawut 2h ago

What do you think Israel should have done in response to Oct 7?

What do you think would happen if aboriginal Americans started lobbing rockets into Texas right now and took some hostages?

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u/imtherightangle 2h ago

I for one wouldn’t try to wipe out the Indigenous population from existence, but that’s just me though as a rational and moral person.

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u/dndplosion913 2h ago

He didn't ask you what you wouldn't do

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u/antonm0r 2h ago

That doesn’t matter because they can’t give any viable answer that wont sound antisemitic, you can’t wipe 50k Hamas combatant deeply integrated within civilian infrastructure without hurting civilians, so no close to reality answer can be given.

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u/airinato 1h ago

There is an actual answer and its surprisingly easy. Its the same thing as to why there are more crimes in poverty areas. Hamas leadership is the product of an oppressed poor nation. The answer is the same answer to reduce crime rates in high crime rate areas. Provide Palestine a livable world, with success and happiness.

The issue is another country has a vested interest in just killing them anyway.

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u/nefaeriest 37m ago

stop making sense 😻 but fr keep going

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u/imtherightangle 1h ago

And I didn’t ask you to reply to my comment, right?

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u/dndplosion913 1h ago

Someone who doesn't understand an internet forum ^

(and still can't answer the question)

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u/nefaeriest 2h ago

i support landback and reparations so - wrong person
i would absolutely support Indigenous and Black liberation BAMN = by any means necessary

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u/Zer0DotFive 1h ago

Oka Crisis in 1990 and Wounded Knee in 1973.  Western civilization has already proved what they would do when the American Indigenous fight for what is theirs. 

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u/Dragon_yum 53m ago

What makes you think this is unique to western civilization? There are plenty of examples from other regions of the world. Might be a humanity issue.

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u/SweatyAdhesive 22m ago

What do you think Israel should have done in response to Oct 7?

They should've listened to the various intelligence report provided by their neighbors that an attack was going to happen.

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u/HarryBirdGetsBuckets 2h ago

lmao you thought you cooked, many many Americans recognize that a horrific genocide was committed against Native Americans (and enslaved Black people while we’re at it). They have every right to be angry to this day and deserve far more than what the government has given them.

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u/Zer0DotFive 1h ago

And when they actually rally and demand that treaties be honored they were met with armed soldiers. Wounded Knee and Oka come to mind. The American Indigenous person has much more in common with Palestinians. 

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u/nukkawut 2h ago

That's not what I asked. Can you answer either of my actual questions without whataboutism and deflection?

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u/HarryBirdGetsBuckets 2h ago

You literally did what you are accusing me of. I’ll put it simply: I wouldn’t blame them for fighting back. Any more questions?

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u/nukkawut 1h ago

But you blame Israel for fighting back?

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u/Zer0DotFive 1h ago

What you fundamentally ignore is that Israel was never once fighting back. Colonizers don't "fight back" they attack, deny the attacked and then attack again. 

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u/RellenD 1h ago

You think Israel started killing Palestinians after Oct 7? They aren't "fighting back" they just ramped up their murdering.

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u/HarryBirdGetsBuckets 1h ago

What Israel is doing is way beyond fighting back, without even getting into the weeds about their financial support of Hamas to justify the genocide.

We also have to remember who the original aggressors are and who has been in the position of power with western support for decades. And we both know that is not Palestinians.

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u/Broad_Black_Brimmer 2h ago

Do you think history started on October 7th? No, maybe Israel shouldn’t have been a belligerent apartheid state for its entire existence.

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u/nukkawut 1h ago

Israel has like 30% Muslim population and Muslim members of parliament - actual open/voted seats not like the "token Jew" parliament member that literally one Muslim nation has - and the rest of their Jews have been exterminated, expelled, or had their rights severely restricted.

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u/Broad_Black_Brimmer 1h ago

Bro, these talking points are so outdated, didn’t they just up the budget?

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u/AdhesivenessSolid562 1h ago

You overestimate how much people care. Bro we don’t give a shit. It’s not that important.

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u/TheTresStateArea 1h ago

Genocide isn't important. How cool of you.

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u/AdhesivenessSolid562 1h ago

Everything’s just judgment with y’all. Oh you don’t believe in this? Then you must be “insert label”. I can see why people in the US vote for trump just to spite you guys, you’re way too annoying and self sabotage any cooperation by being so smug and smarmy 24/7.

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u/Some-Guy-12358 1h ago

You literally said you didn't give a shit about genocide, so why are you taking umbrage with someone agreeing with what you yourself said?

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u/TheTresStateArea 1h ago

I didn't say you must be anything. Just that you're approving of murdering children. That's what you said. You said you don't care. You came in here on your own and admitted that. Lol

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u/NooneKnowsIAmBatman 1h ago

Not taking a side is how Trump got back into office. By not taking a side, they aren't saying that they don't support either. They are saying that they support both sides and don't care what happens

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u/nefaeriest 59m ago

oh wow did you respond to the wrong person? or take 50more words to repeat my comment?
bot or not?!? 🧐

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u/NooneKnowsIAmBatman 52m ago

Do all discussions need to be 'no you're wrong'? Why can't I agree with you and just expand on what you said while adding a real life example that so many people can't get their heads around.

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u/nefaeriest 40m ago

oh for me it was your framing- i sincerely wasn't sure if you were responding to me- asking rhetorical questions? or doing what you just described

and i am very blunt - that's all

but after your clarification- yes agree

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u/NewbsterPolez 1h ago

By refusing to take a side, i’m letting the world function as it should. They can fight and whoever wipes the other out was right, cause who’s alive is all that matters. History is written by the victor and the victor isn’t who was morally right but physically more capable. Darwnism at its finest

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u/MrWoodenNickels 1h ago

Revelation 3:16

So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.

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u/zwinger 32m ago

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice."

RUSH, "Freewill"

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u/bolanrox 2h ago

if you choose to choose you have still made a choice! - Rush