now i understand what people feel like when he speaks french because i'm watching this and my brain is going blablabla, proper name, place name, backstory stuff
- reads from teleprompter
- immediately starts with October 7th
- still won’t call it a genocide
- says he doesn’t know enough about what’s happening
- makes no apology to Macklemore or addresses dropping him from the tour
- doesn’t mention where his donation will be going to
- doesn’t encourage anyone to donate
- won’t say Israel is the reason Gaza is suffering
- won’t say free Palestine
- only cries when he sees people showed up to the concert because that’s what he cares more about.
Fuck him.
I think what's commendable and exceedingly rare about Macklemore's statements on Palestine is that he correctly articulates "Free Palestine" as support for Palestinian Resistance. In this follow-up statement he doesn't just say that he stands with Palestinian people - he also (and most importantly) stands for Palestinian people's "fight for their liberation". He also expresses support for the fight for self determination (by any means necessary) in Hind's Hall 2, where he declares: "Long live the Resistance if there's something to resist".
This is what true solidarity looks and sounds like. Anything less coming from those with comparable or larger influence are engaging in miseducation and cowardice.