Kneecap...

[Truthsayer]

Fair play to them, raising awareness and using their platform when many others aren't.

Cheering on Hamas and Hezbollah (who killed Sean Rooney). Calling for MPs to be killed
That's really going to help.

Sean Rooney's killing was a terrible deed. Is many awful acts carried out by these groupings.
Israel and the US has committed mass atrocities for decades. Armed groups are going to appear in the face of an imperialist onslaught, often on a population of innocent civilians. IRA was same here.. who were the terrorists though?
Did Kneecap call for killing of Tory MPs? Stupid if true although in the euphoria of a gig, I doubt they meant it literally.

When Israel are trying to paint everyone who objects to their genocide as Hamas supporters, idiots like Kneecap give them an open goal. They need to grow the f**k up and get wise otherwise they will be destroyed (attempt ongoing).

Idiots for calling out genocide? And destroyed by who exactly?

No, idiots for calling for People to kill their local MP!

Witch hunt. This is from November 2023... the British have supported slaughter of over 50,000 people.. it was stupid thing to say but pales into absolute insignificance against the support of genocide. Is British politicians should be called out...
Micháel Martin jumping on the bandwagon now. Is an abiding image of him pointing at a hole in a ceiling caused by Hamas. A US/Israel lackey...

[imtommygunn]

It is a witch hunt but that's how it works when you're this critical this publicly. It doesn't make them wrong
 - it just means they are put in a position where they will be discredited repeatedly publicly to try and shut down their argument. No one is justifying that but that is the way the world works these days sadly.

[Pub Bore]

Meanwhile the Taoiseach in the Republic has urged Kneecap to give "urgent clarity" on their views of Hamas and to publicly denounce threats of violence against public representatives.

One of the funniest things I've read in ages.  He really is dense.

[marty34]

This is what the DUP leader Gavin Robinson said about Kneecap:

"Promoting sectarianism, glorifying violence and spreading division under the guise of "art" is still hate. Kneecap need to be investigated for their hate crimes.

If anyone else did this, they'd be in a courtroom, not a stage."


I kid you not - he actually tweeted this and us a few months out from July 12th.

You couldn't make it up.

[marty34]

Free speech is alright with people....until someone says something that you disagree with.

[Pub Bore]

Is cuma leosan foc faoi aon MP.

[Dag Dog]

People are giving Kneecap a lot of leeway because they're on the same side.
If a group from a Loyalist area quipped 'kill TDs' or 'up the IDF' during a rap solo, I doubt the same appeals for free speech would hold.

[Truthsayer]

People are giving Kneecap a lot of leeway because they're on the same side.
If a group from a Loyalist area quipped 'kill TDs' or 'up the IDF' during a rap solo, I doubt the same appeals for free speech would hold.

From the same side? Only a fascist could be on the side of the IDF.
Kill MPs was one stupid comment... have you heard what passes for music bands here every July? #funded

[Milltown Row2]

People, media and those for and against are giving examples/excuses or using but they are worse or whatever..

Just nail it for what it was, stupidity, turn round and apologise for saying the MP thing, done, at this stage it'll be damage limitations and it'll go away, those that are annoyed wouldn't give them the light of day anyways.

If they double down then they could lose out on a lot of current projects they have been booked for, be a shame as they've put in some shift since starting out.

Btw I haven't heard one song, rapping wouldn't be my thing, but like to see local talent do well internationally.

I don't see the issue with Hamas supporting or calling Israel out at every opportunity

[Armagh18]

Fair play to them, raising awareness and using their platform when many others aren't.

Cheering on Hamas and Hezbollah (who killed Sean Rooney). Calling for MPs to be killed
That's really going to help.

Sean Rooney's killing was a terrible deed. Is many awful acts carried out by these groupings.
Israel and the US has committed mass atrocities for decades. Armed groups are going to appear in the face of an imperialist onslaught, often on a population of innocent civilians. IRA was same here.. who were the terrorists though?
Did Kneecap call for killing of Tory MPs? Stupid if true although in the euphoria of a gig, I doubt they meant it literally.

When Israel are trying to paint everyone who objects to their genocide as Hamas supporters, idiots like Kneecap give them an open goal. They need to grow the f**k up and get wise otherwise they will be destroyed (attempt ongoing).

Idiots for calling out genocide? And destroyed by who exactly?

No, idiots for calling for People to kill their local MP!

Witch hunt. This is from November 2023... the British have supported slaughter of over 50,000 people.. it was stupid thing to say but pales into absolute insignificance against the support of genocide. Is British politicians should be called out...
Micháel Martin jumping on the bandwagon now. Is an abiding image of him pointing at a hole in a ceiling caused by Hamas. A US/Israel lackey...

Spot on.

[Armagh18]

Doubt they'll lose any support and the digging up stuff from 2 years ago just proves it to be a witch hunt by the permanently offended/Israel lovers. Probably not the smartest thing to say but doesn't really seem too bad when you're comparing it to the murder of thousands of innocents in Gaza.

Could be wrong but they seem like the sort of lads that would rather lose out on big money than sell out on their beliefs. (In all fairness I don't know any good living Tories either!)

[skeog]

Cannot understand how they do gigs in the UK.

[Dag Dog]

People are giving Kneecap a lot of leeway because they're on the same side.
If a group from a Loyalist area quipped 'kill TDs' or 'up the IDF' during a rap solo, I doubt the same appeals for free speech would hold.

From the same side? Only a fascist could be on the side of the IDF.
Kill MPs was one stupid comment... have you heard what passes for music bands here every July? #funded

Just because the other side has knuckle draggers, it doesn't follow that you should match them.
These guys seem a bit like James McClean, just when it seems you have the high moral ground, you put the ball in your own net.

[Milltown Row2]

Doubt they'll lose any support and the digging up stuff from 2 years ago just proves it to be a witch hunt by the permanently offended/Israel lovers. Probably not the smartest thing to say but doesn't really seem too bad when you're comparing it to the murder of thousands of innocents in Gaza.

Could be wrong but they seem like the sort of lads that would rather lose out on big money than sell out on their beliefs. (In all fairness I don't know any good living Tories either!)

I wouldn't know too many decent tories but I'm not going to ask people to murder them.. again what the governments are not doing with regards to Israel's genocide has nothing to do with that stupid probably off the cuff comments they have done twice.

[GTP]

Kneecap will have lost media support, and they will not be able to generate the same kind of good attention for legitimate causes they want to support. Doesn't matter if it was Nov 23 or last week they said something from here on in they can be described by those against their message as terrorist supporters who called for the death of MPs.
The comments attributed to them are misplaced, inappropriate and unfortunately has made them the story not genocide or the Palestinian people.