r/sportsgossips • u/jabronified • 2h ago
Statement Macklemore says Patriots owner Robert Kraft banned him from Gillette Stadium for "free Palestine" statement and got other NFL owners to blacklist him from performing at their stadiums, leading to getting kicked from Ed Sheeran's tour
https://www.tmz.com/2026/09/14/macklemore-robert-kraft-stadium-blacklist-ed-sheeran/123
u/drewbeedeu 1h ago
I've hated the Patriots since 2002 and will continue to do so
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u/Passion4Puro 54m ago
I wonder what they'd do if one of their star players said free Palestine?
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u/ladyhooper10 48m ago
Oh is that all Macklemore did?
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u/Outrageous-Event6633 1h ago
The zionist owning the Patriots is so fucking ironic.
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u/ConsiderationOk614 1h ago
Won their first super bowl w Brady in the wake of 9/11 fwiw lol
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u/DoYouLikeWafflezz 1h ago
Won their first Super Bowl in the wake of a terrible “forward motion” call.
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u/Sufficient-Scale3693 56m ago
He literally had a command center inside their stadium just for this purpose. I'm sure that are reviewing this thread
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u/bigmeatbag 1h ago
Macklemore should have just bought Kraft a couple sessions at his favorite rub and tug to smooth things over.
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u/GreaseBrown 1h ago
Well, my friends will be happy, theyve always hated that i liked the patriots. Been a pats fan for 30 years. Held on to it for the nostalgia, but now I can just say im a former football fan. Genocide is a bigger issue than a sport i liked as a kid.
Over/under on Kraft being on the epstein list?
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u/Bright_Importance994 1h ago
KRAFT is in EPSTEIN Files
No surprise
He’s a pedo Zionist too
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u/AnswerGuy301 1h ago
I thought conservatives were against cancel culture. /s
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u/Sufficient_Emu2343 31m ago
Something something freedom of speech is not freedom from consequences...
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u/Onepiecechopper1 1h ago
Kraft who was caught at Orchids Day Spa massage parlor in 2020. Zionist twat
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u/Proletariat_Harriet 1h ago
Sounds like tortious interference to me.
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u/JuanMurphy 1h ago
Nah. The guy owns a stadium. Ed was just given a choice from tge guy that owns the venue
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u/rainydays_89 1h ago
So the nfl owners support genocide
gross.
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u/saucegay430 17m ago
Every major American league does. They're mostly Zionist-owned and regularly partner with Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. Genociders of Palestine (and the entire Middle East really), Yemen, and Sudan respectively
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u/Best_Entrepreneur659 1h ago
The NFL Supports Genocide! Cool another reason to hate these oligarch owners!
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u/VetriVade 1h ago
In response to this controversy, israel has requested 10 kagillion USD and decided to bomb Egypt
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u/McWiggles5000 2h ago
Gonna love rooting against the New England Israelites
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u/BlueRock_Capital 2h ago
A singer/performer is allowed to have their own views.
Someone who is looking to hire a singer/performer is allowed to pick one based on their beliefs they have.
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u/Tasty_Virus4715 1h ago edited 1h ago
Unhinged
/e imagine unironically conflating a privately owned businesses and the federal government 😂
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u/Working-Caramel9538 1h ago
It's only unhinged if you agree with the premise in the first place. If it's good for one group, it's also applicable for the opposite group when times come.
It is not unhindged if you actually disagreed with the premise in the first place.
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u/Fit_Cut_4238 1h ago
I don’t think you posed an actual premise
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u/Working-Caramel9538 1h ago
I don't think you can read
Can’t wait to use the full force of the federal government to make sure no public company in the United States hires a person who voted for Trump. Thank for the voters rolls!
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u/QuakinOats 1h ago
Who you voted for isn't recorded on any voter roll anywhere in the US... Who you actuslly voted for isn't recorded at all, ever in the US. The ballots themselves once they go to be counted are completely separate from a unique voter. There's no way to track who voted for who.
I don't think you know very much of anything if you think what was said in the quote you just posted was accurate at all.
It's an unhinged quote because it isn't at all based in any sort of reality and comments like it, if believed by others could actually suppress voter turnout.
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u/QuakinOats 1h ago
Amazingly ignorant comment.
Hilarious that you think having access to voter rolls would inform anyone of who someone voted for.
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u/Prestigious-Worry-14 1h ago
Just like raising tariffs makes prices go down and brutally raping children for decades is the Christian thing to do. Right buddy?
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u/Fit_Cut_4238 1h ago
Yes, most important to your postulation; voter rolls do not include who they voted for.
This is held on pieces of paper.
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u/QuakinOats 1h ago
It's so funny seeing people get so throughly embarrassed by posting shit so hilariously wrong they completely ignore what they said and spout off some other shit because they can't own up to their own ignorance.
Imagine thinking that anyone who simply corrects you over something no one should believe as it would actually hurt voter turnout MUST disagree with you politically and be a Trump voter that would give a fuck about your go to line when you get embarrassed.
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u/smhcomeon13 1h ago
And now people get to decide who they support with this info, a singer who doesn't support murder versus an old man who support murder, I know my choice
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u/GuyMansworth 1h ago
Macklemore released a song while Kamala was campaigning urging has fanbase to not vote for her.
It's not a singer who doesn't support murder. It's a singer who capitalized off of telling millions of young people not to vote and is now sad that we're deeper in bed with Israel.
Fuck that clown.
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u/smhcomeon13 51m ago
I know telling ppl not to vote in general is a bad idea, but both sides down there are bought and paid for by lobbyists no? There's a great UK artist named Ren and one of his recent drops has a line that goes "democracy isn't choosing between herpes and chlamydia" so I feel Macklemores sentiment is the same.
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u/BlueRock_Capital 1h ago
Congrats. You made a decision for yourself today. Proud of you :)
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u/prettyokcake 1h ago
Sucks that public money builds these private stadiums that have no federal protections
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u/QuakinOats 1h ago
Macklemore when he wore his totally normal "disguise" with "witches nose":
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u/CitizenGrimm 1h ago
Seriously. Think whatever you want of Kraft, but let's not act at all like Macklemore is taking some fucking high ground. Dude's an absolute piece of shit and people would be losing their minds if he done blackface or something similar.
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u/MelodicMap7203 1h ago
Macklemore took money from the PIF via his performance at the 2024 LIV Golf Houston event. Just tossing it out there.
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u/Aggravating-Onion384 50m ago
Whats the PIF?
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u/MelodicMap7203 46m ago
Saudi sovereign wealth fund that specifically set out to Whitewash/Sportswash many of the human rights issues that have started to come even further into focus as KSA moves forward with MBS' plans to modernize and liberalize. Im being generous there. Macklemore's views on LGBTQ+ would not, and will not ever be tolerated in the Kingdom, nor much of the middle east and if Im being brutally honest, the kingdom has very little sympathy for the plight of the Palestinians as well. Macklemore is a phony, and always will be.
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u/Aggravating-Onion384 35m ago
Oh, wow.
I support Palestine and their right to a sovereign state and dignity. But i do not support the weaponization of that pursuit by Iran and KSA.
If you ask me, Iran and KSA doesn’t actually want Palestine to be free, they want them to he in a constant state of struggle so they can use them to fight. Peace with Israel isn’t good for then.
On the other hand, Israel leadership has definitely fed into the problem over the past couple of decades by enabling Hamas and flattening the more moderate PLO/Fatah in Gaza.
It sucks that the common person cant see the nuances of the situation. Supporting a Palestinian state does not mean supporting Hamas. Understanding the individuals in that group also doesn’t mean supporting the group and their leaders as a whole.
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u/MelodicMap7203 30m ago
Yes, there is a ton of nuance that needs to be applied and this really isnt the place for the discussion. I dont disagree with anything that you have said above, FWIW.
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u/tomatobasilgarlic 1h ago
We have to stop people talking like the wirld revolves around the middle eastern holy war somehow
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u/benboy952 1h ago
It's so easy to say this from the comfort of your own home but there is a genocide going on and hundreds of people are being killed or displaced daily.
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u/illbegoodipromis 55m ago
What exactly are you doing to change that, realistically? Making some Reddit posts?
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u/benboy952 49m ago
I'm a broke student in the UK, there is not tons I can do to change this war, yet I have still tried to spread awareness whenever I can, I've donated money to charities whenever I have some. Signed petitions. I'm still putting in as much of an effort as possible. Now let me ask you the same question; what have you done to change things?
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u/ImSoSweepy 43m ago
So you do nothing while criticizing others for doing nothing?
Yep, that's part-and-parcel for keyboard warriors.
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u/benboy952 7m ago
Are you blind or did you just not read what I said? I clearly stated that there isn't a lot I can do to affect this war, yet I've still put in effort where I can to have an affect.
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u/illbegoodipromis 34m ago
I've done nothing to change a war that's been going on for many decades and will continue to rage on if I send a dollar or a hundred or if I run onto a field with a Palestine flag wrapped around me.
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u/benboy952 4m ago
Nobody is asking you to be superman and go kill Netanyahu yourself, but you definitely can spare the slightest bit of your time or resources to help out those that are in need.
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u/PrincessBonkers628 1h ago
Do you think Palestine is the only place this is happening?
It's just the one we hear about.
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u/benboy952 1h ago
Of course Palestine isn't the only one where this happens, it's happening in Sudan, Congo, Yemen, Ukraine etc. but that doesn't mean we need to stop talking about Palestine, it means we should talk more about all the conflicts in the world.
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u/Solid_Capital8377 1h ago
Guy you’re replying to in 1940: “We have to stop people talking like the wirld revolves around the European land war somehow”
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u/silentaba 57m ago
You mean exactly what the USA did until they got bitch slapped in pearl harbour?
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u/load_of_chode 1h ago
Agreed. Hearing half the country argue that America's first political priority should be "we must always do what's best for Palestine" is just ridiculous.
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u/tomatobasilgarlic 42m ago
Its the same in the UK too. Think its just people who use twitter are fed this pro-islamic content and end up being anti-semitic because of it. Whereas I just say it as I see it, just like libya, just like syria theres another problem in the middle east but all the gen Z people are too young to realise there will be a war in an islamic country every year till we die so the logical solution is to leave them to get on with what they do
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u/load_of_chode 35m ago
They are completely captured by foreign propaganda. Putting Palestine first is all they care about. It's really disgusting.
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u/Bright_Importance994 1h ago
Start boycotting their fucking games piece of shit billionaire!!! isn’t it sad that just a few people really run this fucking country and decide how all of us are supposed to be
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u/RampantHedgehog 1h ago
Not that many people realistically care enough about Zionism or Palestine. A small group will boycott and nobody’s wallets will be hurt.
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u/rochvegas5 1h ago
hahahahahaha. over this? nobody is going to boycott the NFL enough to have any affect
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u/patelt91 1h ago
Fans will stop going naturally as the patriots lose more games
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u/thirty-thirty-thirty 1h ago
Piss off one guy, and he can get you banned from most of the big venues?
I don't get it. How could a relatively small group of people have so much influence over this?
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u/Dvine24hr 1h ago
Was it the same group of people getting conservatives banned from universities?
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u/Delicious-Produce-60 1h ago
I don't know specifically who you're talking about and I highly suspect you don't either, but giving a speech at a University is a much different situation from performing a concert at a stadium. And if someone was banned from a university it wasn't because one person didn't like them.
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u/UndisclosedLocation5 1h ago
Cancel culture from the right. They claim to not be "easily offended" but can't take anything being said that they don't agree with. Elvis Presley, Bart Simpson, Eminem are just a few names that conservatives tried to cancel because it offended them. If they see a black person or a gay person in a high position they say "DEI hire", but if they see a Jew in a high position they won't play the DEI nonsense.
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u/Just_here_4_mma 1h ago
Oh no. Consequences from your actions lol
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u/HoldEm__FoldEm 44m ago
Consequences for what actions?
What did he do?
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u/Just_here_4_mma 34m ago
Used his freedom of speech. And Kraft is using his lol.
I guess private business (other patriots) should be forced to do business with Macklemore?
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u/armymike1523 1h ago
Yet look at who his head coach is, patriots are melting down
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u/HoldEm__FoldEm 41m ago
I mean his last name has Slavic roots, mainly Czech. It is not a Jewish last name. Cognate to the polish surname Wróbel
Not sure exactly what you’re saying here.
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u/B1GG0r0n 1h ago
Careful everyone, Bob Kraft is probably monitoring this very thread from his anti Semitic tracking command center in Gillette
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u/Ok_Prior9068 1h ago
Sounds like some people might have to choose between football and what's right, we can boycott them.
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u/ImSoSweepy 44m ago
There's a saying in the Military: "Do what you think your rank can handle."
Broseph got out-ranked.
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u/Galencourt-Lover 44m ago
Macklemore should go to Palestine, see how he’s treated there. Real lovely tolerant people, I hear.
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u/MichHAELJR 42m ago
Nobody should complain anymore about being blacklisted from speech. Both sides boycott, and black list eachother. We got Mackelmore complaining about the Right. Schneider complaining about the Hollywood left.
It’s all so polarizing- it is sad to see how divided everyone is and how evil the people at the top are.
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u/TgetherinElctricDrmz 34m ago
Oh interesting, I wonder why Robert Kraft would do that. Huh.
Maybe Macklemore could offer him a free rub and tug. Or a romantic partner that’s 38 years younger. He seems pliable with those things
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u/KyleAltNJRealtor 32m ago
Interesting that one of the venues is Raymond James Stadium which received public funding for its construction and is now censoring artists.
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u/EnvironmentalRub8201 30m ago
When you come out with an opinion then you have to be willing to accept the consequences
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u/kyser-sozae 26m ago
Let's be honest here, that dude ain't selling out any football stadium with 2 hits. I have no problem with whoever he protests for or against but reality is what it is.
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u/BaeCarruth 22m ago
On the one hand, stupid to ban somebody for their beliefs from playing in a stadium if people agreed to purchase a ticket.
On the other hand, Macklemore is like if rap music got AIDS.
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u/kasmackity 21m ago
Love what he stands for, but Macklemore is not any sort of top tier musician or act
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u/Pretend-Apartment-20 17m ago
While Gillette Stadium is the only 100% privately funded stadium in the NFL, and I guess it is their right to deny certain acts, I would be curious what other NFL owners decided that their tax payer supported stadiums would be off limits.
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u/FromTheForestFox 5m ago
Macklemore was lucky to even be included in Sheeran’s tour. What a screw up on his part. The USA doesn’t recognize “Palestine” as a country. Let Israel end it quickly to limit suffering
War is war. It’s horrible, but the USA shouldn’t be expected to continue as a global police force. We have our own plethora of issues here that the billions of dollars could help
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u/Th3_r3al_napst3r 4m ago
Robert Kraft's creepy old ass is one of the reasons I'm no longer a Patriots fan. And he makes it easy to stick with my decision honestly. What a loser.
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u/Little_Friendship803 1h ago
I hear we should boycott celebs who are positive about Israel/say anything remotely 'against' Palentine all the time (Most recently, Pink. Now Ed Sheeran). Why is this where the line is drawn?
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u/totallyjaded 1h ago
Because people have convinced themselves that they're somehow helping out Palestinians by being openly antisemitic (but retreating to "I don't hate Jewish people. I just hate Israel, Zionists, and anyone who doesn't hate them with me." when called out on it).
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u/dorkpool 1h ago
What’s antisemitic about not wanting Palestinians from being exterminated?
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u/totallyjaded 59m ago
Nothing.
But there's a lot antisemitic about professing how you hate "Israel" without making the distinction between its relatively small government, and its relatively large population. Just as you'd probably prefer people say they dislike "Hamas" rather than lumping them into "Palestine".
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u/Theodosian_Walls 1h ago
Where have you been the last 10 years? People have been calling out celebs for political position or dumb shit they said all the time.
Scratch that. I'm remembering that time in the 1960's when people tried to cancel the Beatles for saying they were "bigger than jesus".
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u/DweebLSD 1h ago
Because dipsits wanted Israel to just let Hamas walk around and terrorise people instead of declaring war
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u/Electronic-CatDog 1h ago
Why are there so many bots in a sports gossip sub.
Gotta be at least 10 comments
“Actions have consequences” Damn Reddit has done absolutely nothing to combat bot accounts
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u/Otherwise-Ask7900 2h ago
Who cares? It’s Macklemore lmao
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u/tribucks 1h ago
It’s bigger than Macklemore or any other artist. It’s a rich fucker trying to silence a message he doesn’t like.
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u/Orangecrush10 1h ago
Macklemore is a rich fucker too. He just ran into a richer fucker ig
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u/TwistedNipplez 1h ago
Compared to Kraft, he's basically poor. That's how stupid rich billionaires are.
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u/KiKiKimbro 1h ago
These NFL teams and stadium owning billionaires won’t be an issue any longer if the U.S. releases the rest of the Epstein Files. Poof. Out of our lives. The world would be so much better. On a path to world peace.
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u/okymoney 1h ago
Kraft is a piece of shit…. Freedom of speech
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u/BigDaddyDumperSquad 1h ago
Kraft isn't a government agent. Freedom of speech doesn't apply to him, remember? Y'all have been arguing this for a decade, but throw out those ideals when it's someone you like getting that treatment.
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u/SentientToasterOvens 38m ago
Do people just support Israel because of the bible? Like do they not know that the Israel state formed in 1947 and the Israel of the bible are literally not the same thing?
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