• b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    23 hours ago

    He deserves it. Check out some of the comments on Macklemore’s YouTube videos. Many of the repeated comments are calling out Sheeran saying “being silent in the face of oppression is choosing the side of the oppressor.” They are right, and a lot of people need to be called out in the same way, and feel the weight of their supposed neutrality. It’s about time some of these “apolitical” arseholes felt some heat.

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      21 hours ago

      Well said.

      Apolitical = complicit.

      Fuck Ed “I’m not complicit” Sheeran.

      • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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        16 hours ago

        Apolitical= really means i am conservative, but i want to keep the “peace” and not BITE THE HAND THAT feeds me.

        • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          4 hours ago

          People like this are always “apolitical” as long as the Republican party is in charge and doing awful shit. They never want to talk about it because they’re aware of the optics.

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        20 hours ago

        Exactly. We need to make it uncomfortable to be apolitical. Only those with the most privilege can afford to be apolitical and we clearly have the power to change that.