Comment on ‘A maelstrom of his own making’: how Ed Sheeran’s tour turned into a full-blown culture war
clifmo@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
I flew home to see the family this weekend, down in the deep south. My brother picked me up from the airport and took me to a local pub for a burger and beer. I went for my second glass and two regulars at the bar were chatting with the bartender.
“Just don’t make it political. Keep politics out of it”, said one of the men to the bartender. “Fuck Robert Kraft”, I loudly replied. The bartender cocked a half smile before mentioning that they were just discussing how Kanye was able to tour again. "Some things in this world are forgivable like, apparently, ‘heil Hitler’, I opined for the whole bar to hear.
Aghast, the avowedly non-political regulars could only stare back at me. Unsurprisingly they seemed reluctant to defend a billionaire known for his bad behavior, and also recently for his collusion with his other rich pals to cancel a music act from playing at two stadiums overlapping Kanye’s recent tours.
“But, save the children? Well, that really depends on exactly which children”. I took my 6% ABV lager back to my table to resume my half-hearted interest in my brother’s WoW guild and hype over the re-re-release of vanilla, or whatever.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
It’s wild to me that people talk to strangers
Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 weeks ago
Really? You’re doing it right now.
1D10@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
No I’m not, there is no evidence you even exist.
kreskin@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I just assumed we were all bots here.
clifmo@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
If you think I even graced those bozos with so much as a glance, you’re sorely mistaken, stranger. I was speaking to my bartender.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
That’s more than fair. Unfortunately most bartenders are strangers as well
clifmo@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
Can’t really avoid taking to him, ya know? And if you’re asking why I didn’t keep my mouth shut, recall the topic is a papered-over genocide.
absentbird@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Isn’t that what you’re commenting on Lemmy for?
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
Feels way scarier in real life
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
But I can Lemmy from home. Doesn’t count.
elucubra@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
Never been to Spain, no?