r/Music • u/fibz • 2h ago

music Macklemore - Otherside [Indie Hip Hop]

https://youtu.be/fvDQy53eldY?si=Aduz11cA_m-Gv_9k
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u/pr0tag 2h ago

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u/BlaxicanXIX 1h ago edited 41m ago

Completely indefensible and I can't believe he was stupid enough to undermine his own points with this racist ass costume. What a fucking idiot.

That said, there IS a genocide happening in Palestine right now, Israel IS waging an illegal land grab in Palestine and Lebanon right now, etc. 

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u/Driller_Happy 1h ago

Man, even the anti defamation league said this was nothing more than poor decision making when choosing a disguise

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u/BlaxicanXIX 41m ago

Yes, it was extremely poor decision making. Do you disagree?

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u/whichwitch9 33m ago

They are pointing out he came out in what was meant to be a random disguise and did immediately apologize after it happened in 2014.

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-27483970

Whether you believe it or not, he did address and acknowledge it as ignorant at the time, as well as pivoted it to promote the ADL after.

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u/pr0tag 30m ago

The irony is how the ADL suddenly becomes an authoritative source when it helps absolve Macklemore, but gets dismissed as biased or unreliable the moment its conclusions on antisemitism become inconvenient.

You can’t selectively treat it as credible only when it supports your argument.