In the wake of Ed Sheeran ousting Macklemore from his tour, it’s quite strange to see the rapper framed as a victim while hate and conspiracy theories are being launched at Robert Kraft.

Those casting Kraft as the villain are ignoring the context. Macklemore — who in 2014 went on stage dressed in “Jew-face,” donning a wig, a beard and a large, prosthetic nose — propagated legally baseless charges that fuel calls to violence against Jews.

Mere weeks before the third anniversary of Oct. 7, he sang a song glorifying the extremists who engulfed Columbia University in antisemitism and forced Jewish students and non-Jewish workers to fear for their safety. The song is filled with medieval antisemitism about shadowy figures, dark money and power as the force controlling the media and the government.

To be sure, there are gray areas in debates over antisemitism and criticism of Israel. But Macklemore (and his prior conduct) inhabits none of........

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