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    Stupid of Sheeran and his team to assume that the IRISH backing band wouldn’t care.

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    Does that mean I can do backing? If So, I’ll wear my “fuck the trumps” shirt

    I only know how to play clarinet (and marginally), but it’s probably no worse than Ed’s shitty music anyway

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      Ed Sheeran is worth $400 million and is one of the top 3 touring musicians bar none. He had every piece of power to say “fuck you” to Robert Kraft and in the moment where it mattered he was spineless.

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      Ed Sheeran has too much power and wealth to be gentle with. He’s chosen the Zionist side even when his livelihood wouldn’t be in jeopardy.

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      By boycotting the concerts at their venues, you are directing anger at them, and hurting them financially.

      His backing band and all opening acts pulling out means the tour should be cancelled, and that’s hitting Kraft and other venue owners right where it hurts.

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          No, not one off events. Sustained boycott is the only way, I don’t give a single penny to any of these assholes, and I know other artists will play the venues and lots of people who were outraged about this will attend at those same venues. I don’t count on them anyway, they will continue to live life like their actions have no consequence, and pointing out that Kraft and other billionaires are bad won’t change that.

          It’s not like we need more people to know what billionaires are bad, only the braindead don’t realize that. We’ve reached peak awareness, everyone knows what’s going on.

          That’s why I believe it’s more effective to point your fingers at the person willingly taking the fall for money. The pressure on Sheeran and the fallout will hopefully translate to other celebrities realizing that cowardice is not an acceptable option for them. That can translate to artists boycotting the venues (even out of self preservation).

          Of course it doesn’t change who they are, but it can effect their ability to suppress the truth.

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      Ed showed us all that he considers himself more in line with those stadium owners then the rest of us though, so fuck him

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        Or possibly he’s on the side of people who spent a lot of money to see him in concert

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          Cancel and refund the tickets, can you imagine the media coverage he’d be getting instead if he had just done that to the affected shows, and then found smaller venues that welcome them?

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            Oh no it took the small venue two nights per night to get all the original ticket sales in I bet the artist is heartbroken.

            Said no one, ever

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    “I have spent this week trying to build bridges, to find a solution and unfortunately, was unable to do so.

    I tried so hard to find a middle ground between the genocide supporters and everyone else and I just can’t seem to do it. People who hate genocide are just so rigid and uncompromising!

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    Unfortunately for him, he will be the poster child of cowardice for the next 10 years.

    Hated to see this happen to someone but it’s about fucking time it did happen to someone.

    But then again, I don’t hate that it happened to him. Because if that’s the way he is, then that’s the way it is.

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    I doubt many folks are viewing this through a sports lens, but as a Sounders fan I am very pleased to see the part owner of the Seattle Sounders (Macklemore) stand up for what’s right against the evil New England Revolution owner (Kraft).

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      I too am a huge fan of sounding but what’s that have to do with sports or Macklemore?

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        They specifically said what it had to do with Macklemore (and Kraft) in their post. Kraft being the catalyst for all of this..

        Yea, I fucked that one up.

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          Just a joke man. If you don’t know what it is, don’t look it up on any NSFW sites… Trust me, I’m sparing you here. To each their own but I wish I didn’t see it myself!

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            Oh no, I know what it is. I just completely overlooked that part of your post. I’m disappointed in myself because it’s a great comment. I edited it to not look like a dick and to correct my mistake.

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            Oof, you’re right. I completely missed the first half of that comment and just saw the sports part.

            Big woosh indeed.

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      The Seahawks beat the Robert Kraft owned New England Patriots last year in the Superbowl. We beat them last week with our back-up quarterback. Small wins in life, yeah?

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        Sadly I’m a Patriots fan and until this Kraft had a decent reputation for most fans. He can go fuck himself now.

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          You must not have heard that he’s in the epstein files?

          In 2019, Kraft was among 25 people facing first-degree misdemeanor charges for soliciting prostitution at a day spa.[145] His attorney electronically entered a not-guilty plea, and later submitted a court filing where Kraft waived arraignment, pled not guilty to all charges and requested a jury trial.[151] A memo filed by Kraft’s attorneys revealed that hidden cameras had been installed when investigators entered the facility under the guise of suspected human trafficking.[156] A Palm Beach County judge ruled that prosecutors could not use the videos in their case, citing privacy concerns.[157] A Florida appeals court also ruled that Kraft’s constitutional rights were violated, and all the charges were dropped.[162] U.S. District Judge Rodolfo Ruiz ordered the videos to be destroyed.[163]

          In 2026, it was revealed that Kraft had kept a relationship with child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and that Epstein had recommended Kraft use his lawyer to defeat the charges.[164]

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kraft

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            Given the number of legit famous people Epstein surrounded himself with because he was, at that point, rich himself: no being mentioned in the files isn’t a defacto “that person is complicit”. I don’t think Stephen Hawking, Bruce Willis, or Cate Blanchett were diddling kids either despite being in the files. DeCaprio… Well that one wouldn’t surprise me.

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              I haven’t looked into this, but you’re right that a lot of people are mentioned. However, from the little I’ve heard of this, this guy seems to be more than a mention. From what I’ve heard, it sounds like he was an associate.

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              DiCaprio who has no sexual allegations against him, surprises you - but a billionaire who buys prostitutes in a spa suspected of human trafficking gets the benefit of the doubt?

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                They were probably referring to the whole “DiCaprio is afraid of women over the age of 25” thing. The man has historically broken up with women as soon as they’re nearing 25, only to start dating a new 18 year old a week or two later.

                I believe his current girlfriend actually holds the record for his oldest, at ~28 years old.

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              He’s also a vocal Trump supporter on top of his other transgressions. He’s always been a piece of shit.

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                Look if there was evidence of wrongdoing I’d want him to spend just as much time in prison as anyone else, but can we agree what you describe is a pretty far cry from evidence he was fucking kids? Come on now.

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                  The videotaping at the business lasted for five days, and wound up recording two women and two men receiving legitimate massages, not just the men paying for sexual services."

                  Four people over five days received an actual massage lol. They destroyed the evidence because of a technically. Did you even read the article?

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                  I mean, it sounds like the court ordered the evidence destroyed, so there’s no way to know one way or the other. But isn’t that like kind of shady

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          Okay then fuck the Seahawks go Packers.

          Either way some billionaire gets more billionarey.

          Bread and circuses and all that.

          But, seriously, Arsenal does try to walk it in.

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            Ownership-wise the Packers are probably the best pro sports team to root for because they’re the only non profit community owned professional sports team in the US.

            But I live in Minnesota and Minnesotans like to pretend there’s some kind of rivalry there lol.

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              Also the MST3K guys mention them a lot in their riff of The Giant Spider Invasion which is also enough for me to love the Packers forever. Also, who doesn’t love cheese?

              I really have no loyalty.

              Go. Packers.

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      I have to say, pretty sure Sounders is the worst name in pro sports. I would assume a sounder is one that partakes in sounding.

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        It’s for the Puget Sound! A sound is a body of water! Get your head out of the gutter!

        (It’s okay I grew up calling the rumble strip on the side of the highway a sounder and also thought it was a weird name at first)

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    What a lot of these people don’t understand is, there is no sitting on the fence anymore, the fence is gone, it’s just a line in the sand now and you’re either on the right side or the wrong side.

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      Has been this way from day one, when they cut off water and power and declared their intention to wipe off the “human animals”, “little snakes”, and “future terrorists”.

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      …you are either on the right side or the side you are paid to be on.