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This Instagram comment of his bugs me. This is the kind of shit that gets said to silence people. He can't tell you specifically what it is that was wrong, just a general feeling of "how it was conveyed".
Thank God Sheeren was informed of this so he can go on with his life without worrying about doing the right thing.
This is exactly the kind of shit MLK was talking about. That the moderate was worse than the KKK because the moderate says "I agree with your goal but not your methods of direct action." Because he believes he can set a timetable for another man's freedom while they wait for a more convenient time.
That's all paraphrased, the actual quote is much more eloquent.
"First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to 'order' than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: 'I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action'; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a 'more convenient season.' Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection."
I very much got "racist gaslighting" vibes
When George Floyd was murdered and people were protesting and using his name as a call to action, there were so many comments I read online that said something like, "I agree with your message in general, but you shouldn't be using George Floyd for this cause he was such a shitty person."
It was some backhanded way of saying, I'm not saying you're wrong, but I also don't want anyyhing to change.
It's a weasle-word-way for the promoter to say "you can't speak out against genocide"
Which is a weasle-word-way to say "you can't speak out".
Which is a weasle-word-way to say "you can't speak".
Ed Sheeran is just too dumb to realize it. That's my read. He's a great performer with a pretty face and not a whole hell of a lot behind it (aside for an uncanny ability to mix 4 chords with words and rhythm).
The role of musicians and celebrities should be to speak out about this type of shit. Fuck. They have the podium, they have the privilege.
The reason why we are in this shit is because promotors/sponsors/owners of, well, everything and everyone, have done a damn good job of convincing everyone that they can't speak.
And then they hand him a microphone, and they have to decide....can they speak? Or do they believe that they can't?
Like tieing up an elephant to a wooden stake.
I think he's plenty smart, but he runs one of the highest grossing tours of all time and he needs the billionaires on his side so he can keep making that money.
He's plenty rich already, what he needs more for?
How else will he become a billionaire himself so he can enjoy the finer things in life? Like asian message parlors, trips to Israel and locally sourced children...
So a quick google search tells me his net worth is estimated at 400 million dollars. Do those other things only unlock once you hit 1 billion? What do millionaires get?
Smart AND greedy