I'm going to post the full text of #Macklemore's response to his cancellation from #EdSheeran's tour
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I'm going to post the full text of #Macklemore's response to his cancellation from #EdSheeran's tour
I'm not going to editorialize. I'm not going to provide context- you can search the news
I think it's important because he doesn't get angry. He doesn't burn bridges
And he doesn't back down from a clear moral stance. He's generous and even-handed
Effective communication on an important topic
https://www.instagram.com/p/DdRdsy0m2HK/
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@benroyce
Wow, you are the target of a cultural boycott by proxy. The people currently in power in Israel find your words 'unpleasant'. Words that reveal the truth, they desperately want to hide itIt seems that you are important enough to them to lobby or pressure Kraft. I can't believe the leadership at Kraft took the call and actually acts on this? They even lobby other venues to join this cultural boycott.
You managed to get under their skin. I see that as a victory, however a bitter one.
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@benroyce I read it earlier today and I admire the way he addressed the situation. Like you said: "he doesn't get angry. He doesn't burn bridges And he doesn't back down from a clear moral stance.''
@CatherineBabault its easy to get pulled into the emotion, but that only serves the main aggressors. On either side. Supporting those who can make that stand, make it with calm, and accuracy, is the best way forward, I am sure.
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@benroyce
Wow, you are the target of a cultural boycott by proxy. The people currently in power in Israel find your words 'unpleasant'. Words that reveal the truth, they desperately want to hide itIt seems that you are important enough to them to lobby or pressure Kraft. I can't believe the leadership at Kraft took the call and actually acts on this? They even lobby other venues to join this cultural boycott.
You managed to get under their skin. I see that as a victory, however a bitter one.
@benroyce
#Macklemore that is. -
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I'm going to post the full text of #Macklemore's response to his cancellation from #EdSheeran's tour
I'm not going to editorialize. I'm not going to provide context- you can search the news
I think it's important because he doesn't get angry. He doesn't burn bridges
And he doesn't back down from a clear moral stance. He's generous and even-handed
Effective communication on an important topic
https://www.instagram.com/p/DdRdsy0m2HK/
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@benroyce My respect for Macklemore just got much higher. I wonder who Robert Kraft is and all these other "stadium owners" that went to pressure Ed Sheeran.
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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.14/14
@benroyce Level headed and sound guy.
Inspiring.
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I'm going to post the full text of #Macklemore's response to his cancellation from #EdSheeran's tour
I'm not going to editorialize. I'm not going to provide context- you can search the news
I think it's important because he doesn't get angry. He doesn't burn bridges
And he doesn't back down from a clear moral stance. He's generous and even-handed
Effective communication on an important topic
https://www.instagram.com/p/DdRdsy0m2HK/
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@benroyce As I just said on another post, the other artists need to get the hell off of that tour. That goes double with some of the same venues also hosting Kanye West.
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I'm going to post the full text of #Macklemore's response to his cancellation from #EdSheeran's tour
I'm not going to editorialize. I'm not going to provide context- you can search the news
I think it's important because he doesn't get angry. He doesn't burn bridges
And he doesn't back down from a clear moral stance. He's generous and even-handed
Effective communication on an important topic
https://www.instagram.com/p/DdRdsy0m2HK/
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bless macklemore
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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.
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"Ed was in a fucked up position"
Hmm, Ed Sheeran has earned a lot of money, and he could afford to cancle a concert if the venue owner blackmails him...
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I'm going to post the full text of #Macklemore's response to his cancellation from #EdSheeran's tour
I'm not going to editorialize. I'm not going to provide context- you can search the news
I think it's important because he doesn't get angry. He doesn't burn bridges
And he doesn't back down from a clear moral stance. He's generous and even-handed
Effective communication on an important topic
https://www.instagram.com/p/DdRdsy0m2HK/
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@benroyce Amazing.
Here's his performance that led to this:
https://www.instagram.com/macklemore/reel/C1PjbMhxekC/ -
@benroyce "...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."
Oof.
This whole statement is
@ApostateEnglishman @benroyce He really adopted the "there is no thank for a duty" phylosophy.
Respect
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"Ed was in a fucked up position"
Hmm, Ed Sheeran has earned a lot of money, and he could afford to cancle a concert if the venue owner blackmails him...
@ckd @benroyce Ed Sheeran has 27 rental properties in London; He's still going to be "earning" millions every month if he never touches a guitar. He could still play, maybe not in stadiums, but…
He had every chance to take a stand for what's right and didn't take it because it'd cost him money (he already has more than he could ever need, and it's not like he's using it to change the world)
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I'm going to post the full text of #Macklemore's response to his cancellation from #EdSheeran's tour
I'm not going to editorialize. I'm not going to provide context- you can search the news
I think it's important because he doesn't get angry. He doesn't burn bridges
And he doesn't back down from a clear moral stance. He's generous and even-handed
Effective communication on an important topic
https://www.instagram.com/p/DdRdsy0m2HK/
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@benroyce My appreciation has grown for Macklemore and someone else still needs to learn that you can't be neutral on a moving train and he should take responsibility for the gift he's been giving.
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I'm going to post the full text of #Macklemore's response to his cancellation from #EdSheeran's tour
I'm not going to editorialize. I'm not going to provide context- you can search the news
I think it's important because he doesn't get angry. He doesn't burn bridges
And he doesn't back down from a clear moral stance. He's generous and even-handed
Effective communication on an important topic
https://www.instagram.com/p/DdRdsy0m2HK/
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@benroyce While the citation seems coherent to me and fair, German Wikipedia has some more on #Macklemore
They cite several experts that claim he uses antisemitic images and serves stereotypes. For example a picture of a child from the Warsaw ghetto next to one of a child in Dschenin.
The commissioner for antisemitism of the German government considers his lyrics and the images used clearly antisemitic.
So I'm not sure, at best this is grey, but not black and white.
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@benroyce While the citation seems coherent to me and fair, German Wikipedia has some more on #Macklemore
They cite several experts that claim he uses antisemitic images and serves stereotypes. For example a picture of a child from the Warsaw ghetto next to one of a child in Dschenin.
The commissioner for antisemitism of the German government considers his lyrics and the images used clearly antisemitic.
So I'm not sure, at best this is grey, but not black and white.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacklemoreDisagree
If a person makes a statement as firmly and as clearly as Macklemore has made, this other controversy obviously does not apply anymore, or perhaps never applied and it was a misunderstanding
The wikipedia article says that the neutrality of the section on antisemitism is disputed. Having read the section I agree the accusations are without solid foundation and with little consideration for honest mistakes. It's my opinion that wikipedia section should be cleaned up
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Niko I did not do alt text because everything posted above these images is a transcript of the text in these images. The images are just for the record. Alt text is not necessary here
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I did not indicate exactly what these images are. So someone with a vision impairment could not know. So I will edit the thread to indicate exactly what these images are
