Tim Pool: no problem with what Macklemore said, but doubts his activism is informed
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Tim Pool defended the substance of Macklemore's remarks while questioning the tour removal and dismissing his activism as uninformed.
“Cancel culture is not firing somebody... because they are an offensive person. That's not cancel culture... So that's why I say this actually does kind of qualify. It's close... I actually have no problem to be completely honest [with what Macklemore said]... I'd be willing to bet he doesn't know anything about it.”
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Macklemore’s “Free Palestine” speech and removal from Ed Sheeran’s U.S. tour
At two Ed Sheeran concerts at MetLife Stadium, Macklemore called for a free Palestine, accused Israel of apartheid and genocide, and said criticism of Israel was not criticism of Jewish people. After venue objections, tour promoter Messina Touring Group said he would not perform the remaining U.S. Loop Tour dates. Critics characterized the performance as hostile or inappropriate; Macklemore defended it as a call for equal treatment.
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Tim Pool video ("MASSIE FILES TO IMPEACH HEGSETH") on his Timcast News channel, discussing both Massie's impeachment push and Macklemore's removal from Ed Sheeran's tour.
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Said in a September 16, 2026 video on his Timcast News channel discussing Macklemore's removal from Ed Sheeran's tour.
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Said in the same video discussing Massie's impeachment push against Hegseth.
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Pool defends the substance of Macklemore's on-stage remarks ("I actually have no problem... with what he said") while questioning whether the removal genuinely qualifies as cancel culture and separately dismissing Macklemore's activism as uninformed -- a conditional position combining agreement on the speech itself with skepticism about the surrounding dispute.
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