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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Frank Underwood" data-source="post: 444316" data-attributes="member: 35">I get the sentiment, and I normally would agree.  I think some entertainers can get overly preachy on stage, which I'm not a fan of.What makes this feel different to me is that Macklemore simply said "free Palestine."  To me, that feels more like compassion towards an oppressed population than a political spiel.  He didn't invoke any politicians or go on a tangent about specific foreign policy objectives; he simply expressed his desire for the people of Palestine to be free.  The fact that a bunch of pampered, professional victims felt attacked by that statement is quite ironic.  Personally, I think that says more about them than it does about Macklemore.</blockquote>