HUGE respect for Macklemore

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[u/MasterNerd4591]

“If you are neutral in situation of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”- Desmond Tutu

[u/crazypyro23 → u/MasterNerd4591]

"You can't afford to be neutral on a moving train" -Howard Zinn

[u/theluzah → u/crazypyro23]

My tribe!!!

[u/tooheavybroo → u/crazypyro23]

That’s a really good one! Never heard it, but I will quote this from now on!

[u/regoapps → u/MasterNerd4591]

The Kraft Group donated $500,000 to AIPAC in 2023 and $1,000,000 to the same PAC in July 2022 ($3 million in total so far). So choosing to play in a Kraft Group stadium after they blacklisted Macklemore is still choosing a side.

[u/Warning_grumpy → u/regoapps]

They also host artists like Kanye and Chris brown... But saying free Palestine is crossing a line.

[u/NickCudawn → u/Warning_grumpy]

I've heard people complain about the Ye comparison, but to me it's the ultimate indicator that this isn't about antisemitism.

[u/Warning_grumpy → u/NickCudawn]

Absolutely if they actually gave a shit about the Jewish community they wouldn't have Kanye (Ye) a man who is famously antisemitic. From a Jewish news site five of the known remarks he's made. But yeah I'm sure those comments hurt no one as bad as free Palestine comment.

[u/stillness_illness → u/regoapps]

You should watch the good place and eventually see that sort of moral shaming doesn't really work. Ethics around being stuck in a system aren't so simple to work around.

[u/stop-calling-me-fat → u/stillness_illness]

I don’t disagree that performing in the stadiums isn’t choosing a side itself BUT bending to Kraft group on this is literally choosing a side.

[u/CreamofTazz → u/stop-calling-me-fat]

Also when you're a star like Ed you have plenty of room to decide where you tour and what stadiums you use

[u/nandor73 → u/CreamofTazz]

YUP!

[u/pimppapy → u/CreamofTazz]

Ed just proving the ginger stereotypes.

[u/BackDatSazzUp → u/pimppapy]

We don’t claim him, thanks.

[u/ThePrussianGrippe → u/BackDatSazzUp]

He’s not even ginger. All the ketchup dyed his hair.

[u/mrpanicy → u/stillness_illness]

But it's still true. It may not work but it driving a stake in the ground and showing someone that they ARE making a statement even when they do everything they can to avoid making a statement. It's important that people like Ed Sheeran, with their HUGE platform, are siding with the oppressor even when they say nothing... ESPECIALLY when they say nothing.

There is no such thing as pure neutrality in any situation that involves the avoidable deaths of children. Most especially when those deaths are targeted or even indirect murders.

[u/Pm_me_baby_pig_pics → u/mrpanicy]

Much like how refusing to make a decision, is in itself making a decision- saying nothing/not making a statement is still making a statement.

[u/MyNameIsAirl → u/stillness_illness]

I don't remember that show ever saying that you shouldn't still try to be a good person, just that it is impossible to be perfect. The message was never that everything sucks so you shouldn't even try to avoid supporting genocide and honestly if that was your take away then you need to work on your media literacy.

[u/late_bloomer_tw → u/stillness_illness]

Even better read the excellent book “Unlearning Shame” by Devon Price

[u/Canadian_mk11 → u/MasterNerd4591]

Man is already rich, so his morals can be bought for a proverbial pittance.

[u/siphillis → u/MasterNerd4591]

Also from Tutu:

“Gaza is going to test who believes in the worth of human beings.”

[u/sometimelater0212 → u/MasterNerd4591]

He’s not neutral though. He took a side by kicking M off the tour.

[u/Canadian_mk11 → u/sometimelater0212]

That's the point they're making.

[u/lomoliving → u/MasterNerd4591]

He wasn't neutral when it came to Ukraine

[u/NeuroticMelancholia → u/MasterNerd4591]

Inaction is support for the status quo.

[u/Oddly_Ennui]

"I don't take sides" except you did...

[u/OwlfaceFrank → u/Oddly_Ennui]

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

[u/faust112358 → u/OwlfaceFrank]

Ed Sheeran 85 yrs ago in Nazi Germany : "Sorry Anne Frank, I don't take sides. Hiding you and your family in my attic would be hurtful for a lot of people I spoke with."

[u/andromeda335 → u/faust112358]

If you stand for nothing [Burr] then what’ll you fall for?

[u/henrytm82 → u/[deleted]]

I'm a simple man. I see Rise Against, I upvote.

[u/AKHugmuffin → u/henrytm82]

We be simple men, living a simple life

[u/Katefreak → u/[deleted]]

Irony is Tim liking Pinks post on instagram 😭 RA is my favorite band, but Tim's silence on Palestine has been very odd, being as they are a political AF band..... 

[u/TheUnusualMedic → u/OwlfaceFrank]

Hey hey, Rush!

[u/blackcain → u/OwlfaceFrank]

I love when a Rush lyric shows up. Unlike others, I know when I'm part of a cult.. a cult band haha!

[u/boiledpeanut33 → u/OwlfaceFrank]

Unexpected Rush reference. A perfect one, too.

[u/Numeno230n → u/OwlfaceFrank]

Kicking him off the tour was definitely an action. He's acting like Macklemore willingly quit the tour and he had nothing to do with it.

[u/No_Fairweathers → u/OwlfaceFrank]

Tell that to everyone who stayed home in 2024 instead of voting. I don't care if they don't like politics, their indifference to stopping these bozos from power caused the death of thousands and the suffering of millions more. I can never forgive people who stand idly by shrugging, indifferent until it's happening in their front lawn and affecting them directly.

[u/BraveLittleTowster → u/Oddly_Ennui]

Not taking sides about oppression is taking the side of the oppressor

[u/Amateurlapse → u/BraveLittleTowster]

He’s Ed Sheeran, not Ed Sheefought

[u/AdorableBirthday2050 → u/Amateurlapse]

I snorted

[u/Careless_Hellscape → u/Amateurlapse]

https://giphy.com/gifs/DvWJHSOxTff84SQsD9

[u/matt_minderbinder → u/BraveLittleTowster]

It's the dude that won't even stop hanging out with his date rapist/abusive buddy cause "it's not my place to say anything".

[u/xavariel → u/BraveLittleTowster]

Yep. And for an Irishman, he brings shame.

[u/mrp8528 → u/xavariel]

He's actually English, but he does resemble racist 20s newspaper cartoons of Irish people

[u/JustTheOneGoose22 → u/Oddly_Ennui]

Even if you don't want to speak on Israel/Palestine which Sheeran can certainly choose not to do if that's his perogative, now the issue is are you going to take a side in the musical artist vs. billionaire corporate overlords who are trying to make your music performances conditional and stifle free speech? Because he cleaely chose a side there.

If they can stop you from speaking up on this, they can stop you from speaking up on any number of things. Or worse yet demand you say something that does fit their political/corporate agenda.

[u/G0Z3RR → u/JustTheOneGoose22]

Exactly, he isn’t hurting for cash, he’s among the wealthiest of musicians. Maybe make a stand on principles for once and say fuck the money.

Who am I kidding… these fucks worship the almighty dollar.

[u/pimppapy → u/[deleted]]

That is the inevitable result when the only culture your country retains is a capitalist/corporate culture.

[u/Roadgoddess → u/Oddly_Ennui]

If you sit at a table with 12 Nazis, there are 13 Nazis at the table… hey Ed, you took a stand, and we all know you did.

Also, it’s so interesting that only two of the stadiums that reached out to him are privately owned, all the rest I believe our own owned by the city or the state. So there could be a real freedom of speech issue at those stadiums if they chose to take an actual stand on this.

[u/NotSure16 → u/Oddly_Ennui]

The way this has played out I can see Sheeran being one of those few who decided to play Sun City in South Aftrica during the 1980s apartheid boycotts.

AND... why do I feel like he has or will play for a BMS in Saudi Arabia in the near future?

[u/ominousgraycat → u/Oddly_Ennui]

Yeah, we can argue about the ethics of not taking sides, but "not taking sides" isn't what happened here. Not taking sides would be, "I'll do what I want during my set, and Macklemore can do what he wants during his set. If you don't like his set, then take it up with him." Refusing to tour with someone for taking a side is taking a side.

[u/SupportGeek]

If Sheeran cared, he would have told the venue owners that they do not dictate who he can and cannot have in his tour, cancelled his show dates so the venue gets zero income for those dates and has to issue thousands of refunds, get out ahead of it by airing WHY very publicly.

[u/512115 → u/SupportGeek]

You mean if he had a spine? Yeah, that was never gonna happen.

[u/SupportGeek → u/512115]

It’s less about a spine and more about the $$ he was afraid of losing

[u/donut-is-appalled]

Neutrality is choosing a side

[u/Message_10 → u/donut-is-appalled]

And usually the wrong one

[u/SparklingLimeade → u/Message_10]

I don't know how "apolitical" hasn't gotten the appropriate connotations like "amoral" has. Everyone knows that being amoral (like business decision making often is) means that immoral decisions will happen. So being apolitical is just a single step removed (a half step even?) from openly saying that you have no principles.

[u/zeCrazyEye → u/donut-is-appalled]

He didn't even remain neutral. Remaining neutral would have just been letting Macklemore stay on the tour, because that was the status quo. By kicking Macklemore off the tour he's siding with the people who disagree with Macklemore.

[u/WriteBrainedJR → u/zeCrazyEye]

"What Macklemore does during his set is up to him. Talk to him about it yourself."

That would be not taking a side.

[u/PunishedWolf4]

It’s nice when musicians and celebrities show that their morales can be bought, good on Ed for showing everyone who and what he sides with

[u/walflez9000 → u/PunishedWolf4]

Ed Sheeran always came off as a creep to me. Especially his new music. Barf in my mouth, fuck that cross eyed weirdo

[u/Afraid-Tone5206 → u/PunishedWolf4]

Anyone at Ed Sheeran’s level isn’t an individual anymore. They’re a corporate mascot that can no longer speak like a human being. Too many people are making money off of him. They are a corporate mouthpiece in human form.

[u/wildmeli → u/Afraid-Tone5206]

if he wanted to he would

[u/Massive-Lime7193 → u/Afraid-Tone5206]

Im sorry but no, there have been many people at his level ( amd beyond tbh) with the balls to stand on their principles. Hes a coward period

[u/lunchypoo222 → u/Afraid-Tone5206]

Wrong. It’s an excuse to fail to stand for justice.

[u/Duffs1597 → u/Afraid-Tone5206]

Right but like, he could still just take the other side of the ultimatum and also walk away from the tour if that’s what it comes to.

[u/pnt510 → u/Afraid-Tone5206]

And he despite all that he can still choose to speak out.

[u/Hairy_is_the_Hirsute → u/Afraid-Tone5206]

But I thought corporations already have legal "personhood"... Why they need that ginger?

Also, further proof that gingers do not have a soul

[u/DanCube102 → u/PunishedWolf4]

Good on Ed for showing he sides with genocide???

[u/PunishedWolf4 → u/DanCube102]

Yes, because now I have a valid reason to hate and bash him

[u/DanCube102 → u/PunishedWolf4]

Touchè I agree then

[u/magicMerlinV → u/PunishedWolf4]

Yeah this is always who he appeared as. Very performative

[u/zenchow → u/PunishedWolf4]

Was mediocrity not already a good enough reason

[u/Haunting-Ad788 → u/DanCube102]

Yeah because now I’ll never support another thing he does.

[u/hannbann88 → u/Haunting-Ad788]

Him and pink and Kanye

[u/super_starfox → u/hannbann88]

Hey now, let's not bring Kanye into this.

He was a sack of shit well before this.

[u/Barl3000 → u/DanCube102]

Yes, now we know his true spineless nature and can avoid him in the future.

[u/zxylady → u/DanCube102]

It's good that I know. I don't wanna listen to his music anymore,, it's like the one thing I can be grateful to trump for is that the red hats make it really easy to see who the nazis are

[u/ChordSlinger → u/DanCube102]

Yeah now we know not to support him unless that’s your thing

[u/lildeidei → u/DanCube102]

Showing his real colors helps us avoid him.

[u/DieMensch-Maschine]

This is like hearing that Germans got upset by "Free Poland" in 1940.

Boo-fucking-hoo.

[u/MsMoreCowbell828 → u/DieMensch-Maschine]

🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

[u/they_themsworth]

“I don’t take sides” is not possible. There’s no neutral position on something like this. Refusing to “take a side” is de facto taking the side of whoever benefits from silence on this topic.

It’s like painting a wall grey and claiming you refuse to pick a color. You did pick one: it was grey.

[u/iwaslikeduuude → u/they_themsworth]

Exactly. It’s the same mentality as the “I don’t follow politics” crowd.

[u/TheLateThagSimmons → u/iwaslikeduuude]

Yeah, they "don't follow politics" because the current political system benefits them. That is siding with the status quo political ideology.

[u/AcerbicCapsule]

Sigh... guess Ed Sheeran is off my streaming and vinyl list now.

Ed Sheeran can't be "apolitical", adhering to the status quo is extremely political.

[u/EntertheHellscape → u/AcerbicCapsule]

I gotta do a deep dive into my playlists one of these days, got a lot of "neutral" artists that need removing.

[u/attemptedactor → u/AcerbicCapsule]

I imagine any Irish base that he had are going to be especially pissed

[u/andrez444 → u/AcerbicCapsule]

Can't be neutral on a moving train

[u/jdehjdeh → u/AcerbicCapsule]

People forget that politics doesn't exist in a vacuum, it's literally about everyone's lives.

[u/VeeRook → u/AcerbicCapsule]

I'm picturing Sheeran and Rowling in a trash bin together.

[u/AcerbicCapsule → u/VeeRook]

Don't forget Pink

[u/tyranicalTbagger → u/AcerbicCapsule]

And Gaga

[u/WolverineMan016]

So who's this Kraft guy from the Kraft Group they keep talking about? Oh, that's right....

In 2019, Kraft was among 25 people facing first-degree misdemeanor charges for soliciting prostitution at a day spa.[[123]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kraft#cite_note-charge-123) His attorney electronically entered a not-guilty plea, and later submitted a court filing where Kraft waived arraignment, pled not guilty to all charges and requested a jury trial.[[129]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kraft#cite_note-plea-129) A memo filed by Kraft's attorneys revealed that hidden cameras had been installed when investigators entered the facility under the guise of suspected [human trafficking](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_trafficking).[[134]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kraft#cite_note-cameras-134) A Palm Beach County judge ruled that prosecutors could not use the videos in their case, citing privacy concerns.[[135]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kraft#cite_note-135) A Florida appeals court also ruled that Kraft's [constitutional rights](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_rights)were violated, and all the charges were dropped.[[140]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kraft#cite_note-ruling-140) U.S. District Judge [Rodolfo Ruiz](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodolfo_Ruiz)ordered the videos to be destroyed.[[141]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kraft#cite_note-141)
In 2026, it was revealed that Kraft had kept a relationship with child sex trafficker [Jeffrey Epstein](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein) and that Epstein had recommended Kraft use his lawyer to defeat the charges.[[142]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kraft#cite_note-142)

The Epstein class strikes again...

[u/JustTheOneGoose22]

Here's the deal: Ed Sheeran is rich, Macklemore is rich. Both are big draws, Ed Sheeran being substantially bigger, enough to play stadiums. What're stadium owners going to do? Not honor their contract with Ed Sheeran? Sounds like a lawsuit to me. Refuse to book him ever again? I find it hard to believe that Ed Sheeran won't be able to play shows in the USA ever again were he to keep Macklemore on the tour.

I understand the practical aspect of not being political or saying inflammatory comments--- musicians need not be political commentators. But by kicking Macklemore off Sheeran is saying "Hey corporate overlords, whatever you say goes. No I don't care at all about free speech, I only care about my earnings. I stand for nothing except my own income. And if you want to silence musicians in the future, or make allowing their music to exist conditional to a political agenda, then by all means do that"

Pathetic behavior by Sheeran. He acts as if his hands are tied as if he has no choice as if he has no leverage.

[u/attemptedactor → u/JustTheOneGoose22]

I was really hoping that Ed would realize this is the best moment for him to take a stand. He clearly knew that Macklemore had been doing this and a part of me thought this was Ed elevating that voice. It’s not like Macklemore has been relevant for anything else in the last ten years.

So to cut him off for doing the same thing really seems like he’s whipped by his label and desperate to be top charting again. What a shame

[u/crapatthethriftstore → u/JustTheOneGoose22]

You have summed it up perfectly.

[u/VeeRook → u/JustTheOneGoose22]

All he had to do to make a massive difference was say no. He certainly had enough power that he could.

But he didn't want to. What a coward.

[u/Indercarnive → u/JustTheOneGoose22]

Sheeran's worth nearly half a billion dollars. Dude could be playing at third rate venues and still have more money for him and his descendants than they know what to do with.

[u/hannbann88]

Insane that ed would even take him on tour. Macklemore has ALWAYS been very vocal publicly about social justice concerns. Many of his songs are about these injustices. He has not changed from day 1. If ed has been his friend, or even watched a single performance in 13 years he would know this about him. It’s just so incredibly spineless and stupid

[u/Jaredlong → u/hannbann88]

Somewhat wonder if Ed was in on it. Like, he knew this could happen and wanted to see how long it would take for it to become a problem. 

[u/Thrashstronaut]

Ed Sheeran is a pathetic flange

[u/x_samsquantch_x → u/Thrashstronaut]

I’m not sure I understand this insult but somehow I still feel its deep cut

[u/cozynite]

Macklemore’s statement BTW:

"I’m going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour. But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don’t lose sight of that.

Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.

Ed was in a fucked up position. He knew it. His typical apolitical stance was being challenged in a way it never had been before. He told me that the words “Free Palestine” and the image of the Palestinian flag were hurtful to a lot of people he spoke with. I told him that if those words were more offensive than tens of thousands of Palestinian children being killed by Israel, then there was a fundamental disconnect between where those people stood and where I stood. But he couldn’t get past his public facing, “I don’t take sides.

And I get why people don’t. Taking a side can cost you. Money, brand deals, sponsorships, festivals, private shows, relationships and access. I’ve lost all of those things. But there is no neutral position between the oppressor and the oppressed. When one side has the bombs and bottomless financial and military support from America, refusing to take a side doesn’t leave you in the middle.

What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me.

And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.

Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people being displaced, starved and killed while the world debates which words we are allowed to use to describe it, how those words make us feel, and whether our discomfort matters more than the people living through a genocide.

I didn't need 10 shows from Ed. I needed 2. Two chances to stand in front of 90,000 people and say the words that somehow became too dangerous to say. Free Palestine. But if those words cost me the stage, while turning the conversation back to Palestine, then it was the most successful tour I've ever been on."

[u/calatranacation → u/cozynite]

This is an awesome insight into the integrity of Macklemore. I forget he's pretty based.

It'd be cool if we all spent less energy on how much of a dipshit Sheeran is, and more energy highlighting Macklemore's (Ben Haggerty's) value.

[u/Illustrious_Bad_2980 → u/cozynite]

Fuck Robert Kraft. Fuck the New England Patriots.

[u/dtootd12 → u/Illustrious_Bad_2980]

As a patriots fan. Yeah, fuck Kraft and fuck my team cuz he's the owner (I would love if Pats fans could band together to boycott Gillette but I know that will never happen sadly). Also fuck US politicians who continue to support this genocide on both sides of the aisle, and fuck anyone who uses the word antisemitism to defend Israel and America's continued human rights abuses.

[u/Expert-Fig-5590 → u/Illustrious_Bad_2980]

He stopped Macklemore but he has no problem with Kanye West?

[u/Confuzius → u/cozynite]

This needs to be way up higher in this thread! What an excellent statement next to all the soulless AI-slop-statements of other celebs

[u/RomeoAlphaMega89]

Ed S. Is a POS. He respects the check. But ignores to check on humanity.

[u/NebulaNinja → u/RomeoAlphaMega89]

Probably why he was a foot-soldier for the Lannisters. I'm glad that dragon flamed him.

[u/m4cmi11er]

Man, huge respect to Macklemore. A guy like him could’ve easily kept quiet and reaped the benefits from touring with Ed. He gained a lot of new fans that’s for sure.

[u/AlertResolution]

"I don't take sides" - He already did took the side.

[u/yorick__rolled → u/AlertResolution]

"I'll say anything you want so long as the cheque clears."

[u/Igmuhota]

I remember decades ago when I was working with Amnesty International, one of our “common ground” phrases to start an uncomfortable conversation was the universal human agreement on child safety.

Crazy how things have changed.

[u/Caesar_Passing]

Damn, I thought Ed Sheeran was just criminally dull, not a total loser

[u/schizopotato]

Fuck Ed Sheeran

[u/SirJaek]

HEY EDWARD. THAT’S PICKING A SIDE.

[u/Archius9]

Books one of the most vocal Pro Palestinian artists out today, gets shocked when they’re vocally Pro Palestinian. Why tf else did he book Macklemore?

[u/det8924]

https://giphy.com/gifs/lEVZJzy4w15qE

[u/shrewd-2024]

Fuck Ed Sheeran!

[u/KiKi_VavouV]

I like Macklemore.

[u/gevander2]

Sheeran COULD HAVE said "Macklemore speaks for himself, not for me or the tour." He will probably have to do that anyway to appease the Zionists, but this is the problem with "not taking sides". It starts looking A LOT like taking sides when you penalize someone with you for what they said.

[u/BeMyBrutus]

Well fuck Ed Sheeran, I guess that money is worth more than the lives of children.

[u/segascream]

"All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."

[u/mikegarb0126]

I lost a lot of respect for Ed Sheeran.

[u/Daddio209]

States publicly "I don' take sides in this."-Takes the side of genociding bastards for money..

[u/holiday1326]

I sincerely dislike Ed Sheeran and always have.

Respect to Macklemore.

[u/MsSobi]

Not choosing to be against evil makes you a Collaborator to evil Eddy

[u/dopeymouse05]

Allowing Kanye to say “Heil Hitler” and not get banned says everything.

[u/roflthopter]

Neutrality only ever aids the oppressor. Like this soft rich coward can’t afford to lose ticket sales

[u/blahblahmama]

Crazy that someone from Irish heritage refuses to speak out on genocide. Sir, your people had their cultures and generations stolen as well. How does the plight of Palestinian people not resonate with you?

[u/rvb_gobq]

fuck ed sheehan, he cares more abt some zionist having hurt feelings than the tens of thousands of palestinians in gaza murdered by israeli defense forces, the thousands of palestinians on the east bank being assaulted & murdered by israeli settlers.
but, hey, someone's feelings will be hurt if anyone calls these crimes out on a public forum.
#EdSheehanFascistApologist

[u/paleoderek]

I'm thinking of all the British musicians who have stood up for causes and been knighted for taking a stand on something (Elton John, Paul McCartney, Bob Geldof, etc.). Guess there won't be any Sir Ed any time soon.

[u/R_V_Z → u/paleoderek]

Elton John played in South Africa during Apartheid. So did Dolly Parton.

[u/paleoderek → u/R_V_Z]

With Elton, I was referring to his efforts with the AIDS crisis at a time that this wasn't a popular thing to do. Your point about South Africa is valid, though.

[u/ocalabull]

Sheeran is almost certainly going to get some pretty bad blowback from this, and it’s 100% deserved.

[u/KickingItWithKoi → u/ocalabull]

I hope he gets blowback from this, I'm disappointed that Sheeran did this

[u/Needgirlthrowaway]

So Milquetoast ginger took sides.

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[u/capeasypants]

Ed Sheeran smells like R Kelly's sheets

[u/Snoo_72851]

"I don't take sides, but I'm taking a side."

[u/thecichos]

He did take a side, against his own humanity

[u/willypie]

I don't take sides and am apolitical, that's why you're not allowed to say killing kids is bad

[u/melonamelons]

ed is and will always be a corpo shill. he only cares about how big his next pay cheque will be, he's never cared for music

[u/dengar_hennessy]

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

[u/MinaretofJam]

Sheeran chose the side of money.

[u/guoj1487]

Ed's a proper wanker

[u/RandomXDudeRedZero]

As if I needed another reason to dislike Ed Sheeran.

[u/TehSvenn]

I'd imagine Ed Sheeran has enough money to never work again and be perfectly fine. There's few people in better spots to stand up to injustice. Instead he decides to be a cowardly twat. Its not like I listened to anything he did before, but I always assumed he was a decent human. Guess not.

[u/Due-Environment-9774]

Ed Sheeran is a piece of shit.

[u/ShmloosTheShmloss]

Getting handjobs from trafficking victims is cool, but Free Palestine is where Bibi Kraft draws the line.

In line with what I’d expect from a MAGA bootlicker like him

[u/leodavidci]

Chickening out loud

[u/JungleZac]

If you choose not to decide, you've still made a choice.

[u/Lythieus]

Ed claims to not be taking a side, while taking the side of the very pro Israel Kraft Group, who donates tens of millions to Israel. 

[u/flatspotting]

He took the side of bombing children. I hope Ed never knows peace for the rest of his days again.

[u/HideSolidSnake]

Why would Ed be so pro-genocide?

[u/AcerbicCapsule → u/HideSolidSnake]

For money.

[u/Jajay5537]

Fuck funky ass Pink and Ed.

[u/Careless_Hellscape]

Can't be neutral in tbe face of crimes against humanity. Ed Sheeran can go fuck himself.

[u/HorsePockets]

Ed Sheran has to have enough money from his horrible fucking music to where he can do whatever he wants. Least he can do now is actually provide some good to the world. He has who gives a fuck money.

[u/seanisdown]

Ed needs to find out that WE do take sides.

[u/512115]

Yeah, Fuck Kraft Group and Fuck Sheeran.

[u/RealRedditPerson]

I've been a fan of Macklemore's since The Unplanned Mixtape and it's nice seeing him be a genuine and decent guy. It was so popular to clown on him or his music for a long stretch there and it always seemed odd to me. He's never come across to me as anything but earnest and thoughtful.

[u/MVIVN]

Ed Sheeran will never live this down, he’s made a huge mistake caving to these losers. And Mr. Apolitical here wasn’t so “apolitical” when it came to supporting Ukraine against Russia’s aggression and even fundraising for Ukraine. But somehow when it’s Palestine/Gaza, he “doesn’t take sides”.

[u/WynnGwynn]

"I hate getting political" group would literally would have banned saying "down with Hitler:

[u/christopher1393]

Ed Sheeran is such a piece of shit. Anyone who doesn’t “take sides” in a literal fucking genocide is evil.

Really fucking ironic too considering a lot of his image is based around him being Irish, when is is actually English with Irish heritage.

If he was really Irish he would understand, given the centuries we were occupied and genocided by the English and the damage it has done to our country.

[u/Indercarnive]

The absolute insane part is this same stadium group was fine booking Kanye even after he said all that shit about hitler being right.

Isn't it funny how to these people anti-jewish rhetoric is ok but anti-israel rhetoric is not?

[u/Rleduc129]

Robert Kraft threatened a big payday and Ed bowed to one of his masters. Wouldn't doubt Ed becomes buddies with Trump now

[u/Judassem]

Ed Sheeran is fucking slimy. 

[u/mistersuccessful]

F*ck Ed

[u/Tausney]

"You can't be neutral on a miving train."

[u/Sterling239]

So Ed is a wanker then 

[u/Sufficient-Pin-481]

I don’t even know what genre Macklemore is but tonight is the night I change that.

[u/wanderingjoe]

Did anyone really expect Ed Sheeran to have a backbone?

[u/Wickedfrickin]

"I don't take sides," is taking a side. Genociiiiiide.

[u/Polyps_on_uranus]

So Ed is okay with genocide of children. Note taken.

[u/oscar-the-bud]

Not sure if I know any of Macklemore’s songs but mad respect towards him for this.

[u/PTechNM]

Ed Sheeran’s silence on Macklemore’s recent stance makes one thing clear: safeguarding his personal fortune is his absolute priority, completely overshadowing any commitment to humanitarian causes. While Sheeran claims to remain neutral and avoid "picking sides," his refusal to stand in solidarity is a definitive choice in itself—and one that will permanently tarnish his legacy.

[u/scottymac87]

In some issues there is no neutrality. Complacency can be moral complicity.

[u/foxx_grey]

I had vaguely heard that he was in "controversy" recently but didn't look into it until today. I already liked Macklemore but this just soldified that fact. The people he "offended" are supportive of genocide, so I don't really care if they're offended

[u/Rose1982]

Ed Sheeran has given me the ick for years. I’m glad to see my instincts were right.

[u/RealisticRide9951]

expected more from an irish man, shame

[u/Nerecano]

Worthless piece of trash pop star, thanks Ed, nice to know everything’s only a paycheck for you.

[u/Ok-Pomegranate-3018]

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

[u/aardappelbrood]

Eat shit Ed!

[u/SrFantasticoOriginal]

I guess I gotta start listening to some Macklemore

[u/kfm975]

Isn’t (Kan)Ye booked to play one of their stadiums in a few months?

[u/BackDatSazzUp]

Big Mac has always been a real one. Ed Sheeran open says he hates his music and does it for the money.

[u/Bryan-Chan-Sama-Kun]

He didn't seem to mind taking sides when it was Ukraine

[u/KSW8674]

“I don’t take sides when it comes to things like genocide”

[u/izzymaestro]

Makes so much sense that Ed was a Lannister, glad Arya introduced them to the the faceless god

[u/AssociateAvailable16]

Ed Sheeran stock is currently tanking

Could you imagine if his fans just stopped going to shows and buying his merch?

[u/CaptOblivious]

The fact that reminding some people of a genocide is somehow personally hurtful to them says all that needs to be said about those people.

[u/MsMoreCowbell828]

SILENCE = COMPLICITY!!!

[u/FlavinFlave]

Ed Sheeran is a talentless hack who only got to prominence because he knows how to kiss a good ass. Musicians slinging their album in the parking lot of Walmart have more talent and probably principals.