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Today we’re going to talk about culture, but in a bit of a rapid fire way.

GO ON AND MACKLE, BUT WAY LESS

Ed Sheeran is in a bind. Or was. Maybe still is.

He booted Macklemore from the opening spot on his tour, specifically at Robert Kraft’s demand. Well, specifically, they asked Macklemore to keep Mackling, but way less. Maybe ditch the annoying “free Palestine” diatribe in your act before you play in my stadium, Kraft allegedly said to one or both.

Look, I get it, even I’m a bit more of an Israel skeptic lately. But good lord is this act annoying as hell. I’d want a refund.

Regardless of where you fall on the I-Question – that is, Israel – can we all agree that going to a concert shouldn’t require sitting through a lecture about freeing Palestine … and Lebanon, Cuba, Sudan, Congo and then oddly “all the people of America”?

I’m not spending other people’s money to attend a class at Columbia. I’m spending my money to hear music.

Should everyone be free? I’m not talking about slavery, but I also don’t think everyone should be “free.” Certainly the “Free Britney” movement made a huge mistake. She should not be free. Ward of her parents was certainly better than ward of the state, which is where she’s headed no doubt.

Did you know that Gaza has had elections? They did. They elected Hamas. Even Hamas knows Gazans can’t be free. Gazans seem to know that as well.

Freedom does not work well in some cultures. In fact, in most.

When the so-called “Arab Awakening” started happening about 15 years ago, I was somewhat sympathetic. At the time, the ouster was taking aim at ruthless dictator Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, but it would eventually come for Gadhafi in Libya and al-Assad in Syria.

I was legitimately shocked when I started talking to actual Egyptians. People I’d consider moderate Muslims were saying the only thing keeping the peace in........

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