• ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org
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    12 hours ago

    Can we also talk about how his #1 song is promoting heterosexuality? More than 80 % of children who heard Shape of You in the 2010s now identify as heterosexual, and it continues to air on the radio and show up on streaming services without as much as a content warning. What the fuck?

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    21 hours ago

    The entire thing comes at a rather unfortunate time. He was trying to save up for a second private jet, and this is exactly why he always said it’s better to leave politics out of it.

    That said, it’s shocking that a bland artist making unmemorable over produced garbage has no moral spine either.

    I really wish they would stop calling him an artist. He’s a businessman, like the Zuck, like Musk and like Trump. And this is how a businessman reacts when something is bad for business.

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        8 hours ago

        Nashville huh… I would make a joke about red states but to be honest Nashville has its progressive parts. However his money will inevitably come from MAGA supporters.

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      This whole thing is even more ridiculous. This backlash isn’t happening because he was silent on the genocide, he’s been silent on it for years. It’s happening because he as the headliner allowed his tour mates to be excluded due to their speech. At no point did he need to denounce the genocide, he just had to speak up internally and say “well that’s Macklemore’s opinion on it and I’m not going to stifle a fellow artist’s speech like that”.

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        Well, a bunch of venues threatened to not let him play… which I’m pretty sure he could’ve spun into a PR boost by making a public statement about it, just like all his supporting acts did. Even for those parts of his audience that doesn’t care about politics, him calling out the venue owners might direct the backlash at them instead. Hell, maybe other bands would make statements about not playing at those venues too. It would have been a bold move, but he can take the financial hit, and there’s a chance at least some venues might have backed down. It would have been the right thing to do.

        Like you say, he wouldn’t even have to make a statement on genocide directly, just about freedom of speech, artistic expression or something along those lines. There have been other recent instances of artists either cancelling shows in solidarity or using the stage for a statement in support of their fellows. Even this kind of “middle of the road” take would’ve been better, and probably smarter too. Setting the precedent that venue owners can push him around can’t possibly be a sensible idea.

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          100%. Maybe get more ironclad contracts next time when planning a world tour if he doesn’t want to take the hit next time, but just eat it here if they push him to it.

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      If only shit like this came back to hurt zuck, musk, or trump. Then you realize tons of it does, but it somehow goes unoticed with them for some reason.

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    6 hours ago

    Today, kids, Ms. Rachel is going to teach everyone about all the different meanings for the word “chicken.” Yay!

    Ok I applaud this author, that was funny.

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    21 hours ago

    I’m sure he’s crying into his millions of dollars while being consoled by his highschool sweetheart wife that a youtuber said mean things about him.

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        There’s certainly a chance he’s a narcissist - I don’t know him personally. But this whole situation doesn’t inherently mean he’s one. He’s just an absolute sell-out coward bitch that decided it was more important to not “rock the boat” than to use his platform to back up his friend and more importantly denounce genocide.

        It’s been genuinely heartwarming to see so many calling him out for doing this horrible thing.

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      Are you perhaps completely new to the internet and/or the world? Sharing screenshots from one platform on another platform is the majority of all posting, has been for decades