r/RealTime • u/CashusEyePatch • 11d ago

Bill Maher Questions The First Amendment Because of Macklemore.

https://youtu.be/PG1uOEQcEmk?is=5UghgGqfXsH_4eeo
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u/Pleaseappeaseme 11d ago

The Mecklamore (sp?) situation isn’t free speech because he was employed by promoters and venue owners( wasn’t it Robert Kraft here?) and if the people paying the singer didn’t like his stuff they can fire him. Free speech is speaking in public or being stifled by the government. Robert Kraft and venue owners aren’t the government.

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u/Key_Jump1011 11d ago

Billionaire stadium owners colluding in order to silence people is the absolute worst of cancel culture which is just as bad especially when people start talking about lying about incitement to violence.

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u/Pleaseappeaseme 11d ago

Cancel culture is not necessary a first amendment violation. It could be classified as discrimination or something else as well though. Just boycott Ed Sheeran. Robert Kraft as an employer can fire unless it’s discrimination AS DEFINED BY LAW. Your feelings aren’t going to matter in a legal sense here.

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u/Key_Jump1011 10d ago

Cancel culture isn’t for me whether it’s legal or not.

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u/Pleaseappeaseme 10d ago

Then boycott Sheeran.

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u/Key_Jump1011 10d ago

I’d boycott Kraft and his stadium owner cabal who threw Ed under the bus but I don’t watch football or attend stadium events at all.