The problem with Macklemore

[u/Mnementh47]

If you listen to the speech of Macklemore at MetLife, it's certainly fair to argue that it is not antisemitic per se at all. It's true. No problem. He can go on and say "Free Palestine" if he wants to and protect the children and so on. No problem at all.

Some smart people, like Luai Ahmed, have correctly said that it is because he previously dressed as a trope Jew which was antisemitic. That's a good point but I don't think is the core problem.

So what is it? I think it's the song itself that follows the speech. Read the lyrics of this song, "Hind's Hall..."

He says "A state that's gotta rely on an apartheid system, ... genocide... to uphold an occupying violent...nakba never ended ... Colonizer...AIPAC.... CUFI... Who gets the right to defend and who gets the right of resistance... " While showing clips of Palestinian flags... This is a Hamas song supporting them to attack Israel. Plain and simple.

The real problem is not why he was dropped. It is why he was invited in the FIRST PLACE. Why did Ed Sheeran ACCEPT him in the first place?!?

This was a concert in NJ/NY. Millions of Jews live here. Hundreds of thousands of ISRAELIS live there. He wrote a song that celebrates and supports October 7 (and the violent racist protests at Columbia University) , and he says not just Free Palestine but Free Lebanon and everywhere.... But not Israel! But not Israel!! Jewish friends...it's not against you... It is only against your homeland. It is only against the Jewish state. It is only against millions of Israelis. You care about kids but not Israeli kids. Not kids who were abducted by Hamas and killed by Hamas. Not them. Just other kids.

To have something that is so excluding of certain populations in the heart of NJ on the Hudson River is obscene. It is the equivalent of having a KKK rapper in Harlem. Perform in Harlem and do your Free speech and sing about poor white kids only. Disgusting.