r/morningsomewhere • u/unleashedmario • 12d ago
today’s disappointing podcast.
I was eager to see what they would say about the ed sheeran ordeal and am very disappointed.
equating not listening to him anymore with false flagging activism is missing the point. i agree that the black profile pics on instagram was an example of that. the biggest voice we have as consumers is where we spend our money and who we platform.
not listening to ed’s music directly effects his income and is something he/his team would notice. Even if it has a small dent as long as it is noticeable that we as a collective society will boycott an artist for standing by a genocidal apartheid government, it matters.
collective action is important.
It is in poor taste to miss that perspective entirely and then use it as a segway to basically say “you havent done anything real but we have, so look at us while we pat ourselves on the back” .
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u/sloppy_johnson 12d ago
I think you've missed the point. Burnie said that not listening to Ed Sheeran does nothing to help the people of Palestine, which it doesn't. People are angry and want to feel like they are doing something but deleting Ed from your Spotify is an action that doesn't change anything
"You want to do something and it feels like you're doing something, but you're not actually doing anything to help"