Post #4814048 · Elektrine

2026-09-16 01:44 UTC

It’s a testament to the power of PR firms to control the narrative that everyone is talking about how terrible Ed Sheeran is for not canceling his tour to stand up to the venue owners. It is kind of odd that the venue owners, the actual people who made the decision to blacklist Macklemore, are treated by the majority of these social media posts like they’re not important. nbcnews.com/…/macklemore-says-was-dropped-ed-shee… “Ed also told me that [Robert] Kraft had rallied some of the other stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues,” Macklemore wrote. Why is Robert Kraft’s name not being mentioned at the top of the story? Ed Sheeran is bad because he didn’t stand up to who? Robert Kraft. That’s who did this, not Ed Sheeran.

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@zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 2026-09-16 02:08

We’re talking about Ed Sheeran because he’s one of the few people on his tour not standing up to Robert Kraft. Pointing out Ed’s cowardice is mentioning Kraft’s name, at least implicitly.

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@ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2026-09-16 04:24

Lmao you’re literally doing the PR spin you are pretending to rail against.

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@IamMoonPie@lemmy.world 2026-09-16 05:56

Robert Kraft and Ed Sheeran are not the same. This is a false equivalence argument. The “mass” is angry as Ed Sheeran because Ed Sheeran has “mass” appeal. While I understand you are speaking from a capitalistic power perspective, in that Krafts’ $15.2 Billion buying power compared to Sheeran’s $400 million buying power. I mean obviously. But Sheeran’s cultural buying power is not just astronomical but also profoundly meaningful. He had an opportunity to make a very LOUD stance — but instead he decided to knee down mouth open. We already know Robert Kraft is a self righteous piece of human filth. The mass expects nothing of him, but much of Ed Sheeran.

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@daannii@lemmy.world 2026-09-16 06:11

Reminds me of how everyone blames heavier people for why airplane seats are so packed tight. Completely ignoring the fact that airlines made the decisions to keep shrinking seats and putting the rows closer together.

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