Okay, he hedged a bit but I have to give him kudos for calling Hamas what it is. Evil.
Posted on 08/14/2025 5:03:06 PM PDT by Rummyfan
The mad backlash against U2 confirms pop music is under the spell of Islamo-fascism.
Bono’s getting flak again. What’s he done now? Foisted another U2 album on iPhone users? Donned his expensive shades for yet another gurning selfie with some president or pope? Nope, it’s far worse than that – he criticised Hamas.
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Under the title ‘On Gaza’, all four band members offered their thoughts. It’s mostly typical Boomer fare on the horribleness of war. But then there’s the Hamas slamming. It is a testament to the choking conformism of our Israelophobic moment that it feels balls-out radical to see a rock act criticise that neo-fascist militia. Drummer Larry Mullen Jnr even opens his remarks with a furious dig at the ‘Hamas-led massacre of Israelis’ when ‘innocent music fans [were] slaughtered, beaten and abused at the Nova music festival’. He goes on to rail against Israel, natch, but my mouth was nonetheless agape: a musician mentioning the savagery at Nova? Can it be?
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It is Bono’s comment that is most striking. He lays into Israel, which is what the pitchfork-wavers wanted. But he lays into Hamas, too. ‘The rape, murder and abduction of Israelis at the Nova music festival was evil’, he says. He dares to humanise the youth of Nova. They were ‘music lovers and fans like us’, he says. It feels like sweet moral relief from the anti-Semitic damning of those dancers in the desert as ‘settler-colonialists’ who had it coming. To think of those kids ‘hiding under a stage in Kibbutz Re’im’ is awful, writes Bono. And then they were ‘butchered’ by Hamas, he says....
(Excerpt) Read more at spiked-online.com ...
Okay, he hedged a bit but I have to give him kudos for calling Hamas what it is. Evil.
Lineup announced for Palestine benefit concert at Wembley Arena, helmed by Brian Eno
Hope no one blows themselves - and others - to smithereens!
Never heard of any of them.
Recovering after finding a camel’s head in his bed.
I imagine his “struggle session” talk show apology tour will be forthcoming soon.
Me, neither.
Heard of Eric Clapton, though.
“Eric Clapton released a new song and held a benefit concert to raise money for the children of Gaza called “Voice of a Child” and was accompanied by a video featuring images of destruction in Gaza and pro-Palestinian protests around the world.
The concert, titled “To Save A Child”, was a taped online broadcast in January 2024, with proceeds going to aid relief for Gaza.
During the concert, Clapton played a guitar painted with the colors of the Palestinian flag.”
Spin.
They are only evil to Bono because they murdered people at a music festival. Not because they genocidally hate the race of certain people.
Not really a kudos moment to Bono as far as I am concerned.
Clapton’s nickname was “slowhand”. Looks like we need to change it to “slowbrain”.
I knew Sonny Bono. He ain’t no Sonny Bono.
“to raise funds for Choose Love, a British charity working with 23 partner organisations in Gaza to deliver food, medical supplies and other support.”
Good God, are they that naive? Are they aware 88% of trucks going into Gaza are hijacked by Hamas?
Hey Boner, you can never be left enough for the left. You’re welcome.
Dipshit should always keep his fool mouth shut... And please don’t ever sing... You can’t.
You want to save children? Eliminate Hamas.
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Brian Eno is good to go. Aimee Echo named her dog Eno. But, being old and crippled, I don’t know any of those perfomers.
Clapton’s a douchebag and his guitar playing is so 70s. I’ve moved on... I wish he would too.
Sonny Bono composed Koko Joe, Don & Dewey's 1958 hit, under the name Sonny Christy. I doubt if that other Bono, whoever he is, could do that.
Awful!
If Trump doesn’t get the Nobel peace prize than it’s just further proof that it’s only about leftists and their pet projects... As always.
I’ll give EC some credit for doing an early no-mask, no vaccine proof concert.
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