'Do not misconstrue the word 'fuck' for the word 'hate,'' the pro-Palestine rapper cautioned. 'It's different to be angry than to disown.'
"Do not misconstrue the word 'fuck' for the word 'hate,'" the pro-Palestine rapper cautioned."It's different to be angry than to disown."this week—bordering on, but not quite becoming, an apology—after leading a crowd at a show last Saturday in a “Fuck America” chant in protest of the United States’ support of Israel during the current violence in Gaza.
Macklemore was referencing a performance he gave on September 21 at Seattle’s Palestine Will Live Forever festival, where he reportedly led the crowd in chanting “Fuck America.” Backlash over the comments/chant has caused the “Thrift Shop” rapper to come under criticism, and to be dropped from Las Vegas’ upcoming Neon City Festival in November.
In his post this week, Macklemore makes it pretty clear that he regrets the form of the message at the Seattle festival, but not the underlying sentiments, laying out his ongoing despair over the violence in the Middle East, and U.S. support for Israel’s actions. “But,” he cautions, “Do not misconstrue the word ‘fuck’ for the word ‘hate.’ It’s different to be angry than to disown.”
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