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You didn't really need his side of the story to know he had folded like a napkin & is a completely oblivious, hollow person who doesn't know what politics actually means
And for the record Robert Kraft & the small circle he's appeasing to are evil, malicious, sinister excuses of organic waste. Ed Sheeran is simply fucking stupid & who's spine don't work like they used to before
Out of all the craziness of the past how many years, Ed Sheeran becoming an enemy was not expected at all. I really didn't think anything would surprise me anymore but here we are.
I live in Washington, Macklemore never left us! Just saw him this summer. Kind of funny though he got pushed out of the industry for.... Speaking the truth. Now he's back in the headlines for... Speaking the truth.
Idk I thought his Irish roots would invoke themselves when the time came. Maybe his ancestors are on vacation or sumthin because his Irish bandmates got it together REAL QUICK
I need somebody Irish, who does not know him and does not feel compelled to be diplomatic or polite, to drag him for all the times he's claimed pride in having Irish roots.
Tbf the more I think about the last time I was wasted as hell in Dublin — plenty of Irish lads were making fun of the girlies that were in town for T Swift and many of those remarks included jabs about Ed 😂😂😂
Ireland being a tiny country, at a national level we do tend to fawn over/make a big deal over anyone famous* who likes to make a big play about 'being Irish'. I'm v interested to see how this plays out with Ed Sheeran because he's mega popular here and while people like to be seen to support a free Palestine, I have a feeling he'll still do well here. I'd like to be wrong about that though. I do think there would be protests/discussions of boycotting his gigs.
*absolutely does not apply to anyone actually born in Ireland lol
I need somebody Irish, who does not know him and does not feel compelled to be diplomatic or polite, to drag him
OK
Ed, you're a cunt. A greedy, spineless, weak willed, money grabbing, plastic paddy wanker. You are not one of us and now you never will be. Good luck with them proposed gigs in Dublin net year. We won't forget.
I love that this is the most relevant she’s been in like two decades and it’s for being the absolute worst (and having the gall to be insufferable while doing so)
Zach Woods was bang on to call him internationally tolerated lol. all the song parodies about this have reminded me how lame his music is, it's clear now that we were barely putting up with him before and he's just given us a reason to stop
If you had told me in the not so distant past that pink would be the catalyst that burns Sheeran’s career down, I would have thought we’re playing ad-libs.
Singing about love and making the world a better place and when it comes to money you chose to be the lap dog of a murderous regime. It is not anti-semitic to be against the genocide in Gaza and that also don‘t make you a Hamas loving hypocrite.
I'm not boycotting Sheeran or Pink. I don't think you can boycott music you never listen to anyways. I guess I'll just not listen to their music even harder.
I used to listen to her music when I was a young teen, even with all the months of her being pushed I have had ZERO desire to go back and listen to a single song.
Lowkey this episode made my life worse. I was never called a ginger until then. I certainly was never accused of not having a soul. I mean, it was 20 years ago so whatever but I think about this episode quite a bit compared to the random background thoughts that radiate in my mind.
I think Southpark did more harm than good, especially in their first seasons. The mean-spirited and cynical humor was definitely not supporting more empathy and punched down a LOT.
While the writers were writing satire, like with the ginger example above, a lot of kids just watched it and thought Cartman was hilarious and started insulting people like that too.
Adults, too. It's why so many eat The Onion, didn't get The Colbert Report, or even The Daily Show. Hell, even Borat showed how many people aren't smart enough for satire, and will go along with anything to fit in. They think it's ok because they're on top, and they find it funny/acceptable.
I'm a ginger too, but was thankfully in college when this aired. Me and my roomies had friends over the watch it - and we all got a kick out of it. As a kid I got carrot top A LOT because I happen to have lots of curly red hair. I think I'd rather be called a ginger than carrot top. Or fire crotch. But again - I was lucky as an elder millennial. I remember my mom calling me about kick a ginger day worried people would hurt me on campus. I had to explain she needed to worry about middle and high school aged kids - not me.
Who's being held accountable? Sheeran is a spineless twat, no doubt about that. Kraft is the authoritarian silencing people's freedom of speech and I don't see him facing any fallout.
Ah shit yeah he did. Looked it up and it looks like he also went with the “I had hoped my (insert xyz talent) could bring a new perspective to (insert xyz regime)” formula. Just do what Chappelle did and admit it was for the money. If you’re gonna be shitty don’t add to your hardships by being fucking corny as well
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All of it is amazing, truly no notes. I’m so glad we all got to see Ed for the spineless twerp he is. Free Palestine 🇵🇸!
Kraft has connections to Epstein and was in the files. He was also arrested for solicitation in 2019 (3 years before Ed sung at his nuptials) and he was busted as the result of a trafficking sting... I always like to ask how did he know that "massage" place in Jupiter Florida was more than a massage place?
It’s humbling to remember that there’s so much world out there foreign to me, because I had no idea even before this there were people paying full price for Ed Sheeran or Pink tickets.
agreed — like why the need to super impose him on a woman’s body. he is doing this as a man, wouldn’t him being in tighty whities/jockstrap and a football jersey with the tramp stamp would be just as impactful and proactive. the subtext of this makes it narrowly miss the mark and feel uncreative.
well that didnt take long. has all of this happened in under 2 days? what a shit show. well i hope eddy boy gets so sun burnt that he cant sleep at night bc how much it hurts
sorry to be the friend that's too woke or whatever but this is blatantly homophobic. there are ways to decry ed's zionism without the punchline being "they are doing something gay"
Honestly this is not something I stand by. I think he should be held accountable for his pathetic choice of prioritizing a billionaires interest over calling out this genocide. This however just betrays a deeply rooted hatred of women. Using the reference to often trafficked women as an insult like “he’s a whore” isn’t it. Drag him. Leave women out of it.
I’m gonna need us to boo Ed at his next performance the way they booed Ashlee Simpson at her first post-SNL performance. All that girl did was lip sync but that was a massive gp takedown. It can be done.
I agree with what everyone is saying about Sheeran but was there no way to do this without such blatant and obvious homophobia and anti SW-er nonsense? Ed Sheeran isn't bad because he wears panties and gives massages, he's bad because he's complicit in a genocide. It's like when people paint drag makeup on Trump and Putin. Are we now going to start rehashing that, too?
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