Thanks all. Wasn’t aware of the double standards by him. Loflyer is right he should of known about what Macklemore could / would say.
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Both produce fantastic music.
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Why don’t they release some of it then?
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I miss the days when I could enjoy music and not worry about which side of the political fence the musician was. I blame U2.
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And Rolf Harris.
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I would suggest you look deeper.
Pink and Ed and especially Epstein’s mate Kraft…
- Kraft. In the ultimate Streisand Effect, censoring artists.
- Pink! Lying about feeling threatened when Macklemore explicitly said he was about love and peace and not conflating Israel with Judaism, and demanding sackings and refunds.
- Anyone who didn’t go and didn’t hear it and somehow still feeling attacked
- Ed. For being hypocritical. For having fark-off money and not using it when so many other people with less fark-off money do it all the time. He got it terribly wrong, but his position is still saveable.
On the right side.
- Ed’s band. Who very much had the most to lose. Nobody knows who they are and they did it anyway.
- Macklemore
- The other support artists who looked at the billionaire controlling artists freedom of expression and said fark the whole hell out of that.
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Let’s not forget our own history. From the deep dark ages of 2017, when Macklemore dared to sing a song at the NRL GF (he was awesome, btw, and so were the friggin’ Storm).
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The Politician Backlash: Several conservative, anti-marriage equality politicians objected to the performance, arguing that a sporting event should not be used to push a political message.
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Tony Abbott: The former Prime Minister of Australia actively backed a petition to ban Macklemore from singing the song, tweeting that “Footy fans shouldn’t be subjected to a politicised grand final.”
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Peter Dutton: The Immigration Minister at the time suggested that if the NRL allowed a pro-marriage equality song, they should achieve “balance” by playing a song against same-sex marriage as well.
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Bob Katter:
The independent MP famously slammed the choice, comparing the performance to “seeping sewage into the debutante ball.” [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
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Goddamn, I seriously Hate conservatives. I hate how they pretend to be nice. They’re not. They’re genuinely awful.
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I mean…seriously…Dutton’s not so bad once you get to know him.
**Dutton literally agitated for a ‘Gay Marriage Sucks’ song at the NRL Final. In 2017.
That’s who he was.
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So bad, this was the best line the media could come up with in an attempt to make him more likeable:
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Extraordinarily hard disagree, different strokes etc wotchootalkinaboutwillis?!
A certain ■■■■ making a ■■■■ of himself with his rant at the UN.
I can think of two people this could apply to
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This one’s a bit of a yahoo, I think.
Has to be Trump, everyone walked out on Bibi. ■■■■■■■ psychopath
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Still considered a rant even if no audience
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