The Real Reasons Musicians Stay Silent on Palestine

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  • Опубликовано: 28 янв 2025

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  • @Spacecow78993
    @Spacecow78993 6 месяцев назад +5

    The real reason is they do NOT care about savages

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  6 месяцев назад +35

      You really got on the internet to call an entire group of brown ppl savages huh...

    • @samba-v8c
      @samba-v8c 6 месяцев назад +13

      Get pin of shame'd

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  6 месяцев назад +11

      @@samba-v8c it's honestly the only useful function of that feature fr

    • @Spacecow78993
      @Spacecow78993 6 месяцев назад

      @@samba-v8c savages for SAVAGES! CONGRATULATIONS Sewage!

    • @Spacecow78993
      @Spacecow78993 6 месяцев назад

      @@squarecymbals I MEANT SEWAGE INSTEAD OF SAVAGE!

  • @longshank59
    @longshank59 7 месяцев назад +97

    As an old white Trans woman 7 years younger than Sylvia and 14 than Marsha. People have hated us but one of the reasons lots of the rights that you have now are because we've fought Patriarchy and won. We Act Up when nobody else would. We won then we will win again

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  7 месяцев назад +9

      Facts!!!

    • @norafatty7837
      @norafatty7837 6 месяцев назад

      Why don’t you go see a doctor ok
      Why do you need to bring this onto our street why you what the fuck think about you , do you think you spiiciel

    • @LordMalice6d9
      @LordMalice6d9 6 месяцев назад

      Trans people are some of the most privileged people in the entire world. When most of the governmental institutions bend over backwards to prop up and even promote mas media exposure of trans people, then you are by definition not oppressed. You are represented by the status quo.

    • @Katy-sh3ru
      @Katy-sh3ru 5 дней назад

      ❤❤❤

  • @BeehiveBoy
    @BeehiveBoy 7 месяцев назад +54

    I saw someone saying "yeah, you dont Have to say anything, but why dont you WANT to?" like these people have enough money to live the rest of their lives in comfort and luxury. If all their labels and businesses dropped them tomorrow theyd be FINE. There is nothing but greed stopping these people. I know thats more of an absolutist perspective but its how i feel man, it just gets under my skin

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  7 месяцев назад +15

      It definitely rubs me the wrong way when I sit and think about it

    • @habeashumor9814
      @habeashumor9814 7 месяцев назад +8

      Yup. The measure of a person's character is whether they do the right thing even when it costs them something. The rich and famous can most afford the cost of doing the right thing.

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  7 месяцев назад +5

      @@habeashumor9814 exactly

    • @Katy-sh3ru
      @Katy-sh3ru 5 дней назад

      I have a whole video essay of my own to say on this topic, but for now, it's still just inside my head.

  • @lurmirari
    @lurmirari 7 месяцев назад +43

    i have never even listened to a dj khalid song (haven't been avoiding it, it just hasn't happened) but i somehow did know he's palestinian, which makes it all the more disappointing
    then again if the nft craze taught us anything is that big artists will almost always chose, to quote you, the short term bad over a long term layer of respect from their audiences… and even over the moral/ethical ideals their public image implies they have (even if many times they actually didn't say anything and it's just part of the mystique they built around themselves)
    as far as beyoncé goes, i've always felt that while she clearly seems to have a social conscience, she will always put the capital first
    taylor swift, what can i say, she's always been applauded for advocating for the bare minimum, no surprises here

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  7 месяцев назад +9

      The spectrum is truly wild but not surprising for sure

    • @eeyorehaferbock7870
      @eeyorehaferbock7870 4 месяца назад

      Just because he’s Palestinian doesn’t mean he should support terrorists. I’m part Levantine Arab and I’ve come to hate Hamas even more than the Israeli government.

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  4 месяца назад

      @@eeyorehaferbock7870 sheesh you doing backflips on Izzy's meat rn

  • @fingerhair
    @fingerhair 7 месяцев назад +24

    Cool video. you hit the nail on the head when you said Taylor (and celebrities at large) are a tool used by the neoliberal establishment to further their interests, that’s why I find it silly to try to make sure the celebrities you follow aren’t “problematic” because ultimately they are going to align with right wing stuff to some extent just by nature of being a celeb

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  7 месяцев назад +3

      It's interesting for artists tho, which is something I might dig into in a future video. Cuz they need us to support them in order to maintain their lifestyle. Musicians need an audience, that's engaged and tapped into what they're doing. More so than say an actor or model

    • @fingerhair
      @fingerhair 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@squarecymbals Yeah for sure but it’s easy when general audiences are cool with the status quo and are mostly liberal and are kind of more right wing than they think; like most Taylor swift fans I assume are generally pro LGBT but are completely cool with capital or even the US military. If general audiences had class conciousness or were communists it would be a lot harder for celebrities to exist and we are first seeing a glimpse of that with the Palestine block movement

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  7 месяцев назад +3

      @@fingerhair yeah, that applies to some pop musicians, but not all. Even Ariana grande and the weeknd have used their resources to spotlight what's happening in Palestine. So it really just depends on the artist

    • @Vesperad0
      @Vesperad0 7 месяцев назад

      I agree, especially from a ""forced diversity"" perspective. Not that's actually a real thing lmao, the world is diverse no matter how much people don't want it to be, but moreso the corporate side choosing generally progressive ideals to put in the spotlight/media while actively watering down important aspects. Y'know, the whole "pride flag and BLM logo on a missile accepted by democrats". It's not even genuine, and truly has no way to be authentic. At the end of the day marginalized people are just another source of income, like how women entering the workforce was less about giving them autonomy and more about subjugating more americans to capitalism.
      And for that last bit...yeah. if any celeb was genuinely as woke as the right wing imagines them to be, half of them would've had a heart attack and died. To be fair most of the ones in power are incredibly ancient, but a heart attack is still a heart attack. Literally nobody who hates "woke ideology" has any understanding of what that is, just another whitewashed aae/aave term.

    • @eeyorehaferbock7870
      @eeyorehaferbock7870 4 месяца назад

      “Right wing stuff”? Oh, you mean like Hamas’ right-wing politics which mirror that of actual white supremacists to a T?

  • @anthonys8680
    @anthonys8680 7 месяцев назад +6

    I’m loving this RUclipsr and his excellent critical thinking. Love this Brotha

  • @moe3235
    @moe3235 7 месяцев назад +13

    Here from Tirrrb, and TOO glad he set me up with the link 🤣🤣💪

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  7 месяцев назад +4

      🙏🏾😭🙏🏾🖤😭🙏🏾 the love is real, thanks for tapping in

  • @linguisticness
    @linguisticness 13 дней назад +2

    So glad I stumbled upon you via the revolutionarymemes IG reels (and then sought you out on YT for the full-length breakdowns). I love what you're doing, both when you're playing drums with text overlays as well as more traditional vids talking into the mic. And lots of great points made in this one.

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  13 дней назад +1

      Thanks, got more on this subject dropping soon

  • @levibain4543
    @levibain4543 7 месяцев назад +27

    This was good! I would've liked a segment about Black men in hip-hop, especially Kendrick's generation and younger

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  7 месяцев назад +16

      That's actually pretty interesting! As with most things, hip hop youth seems to be pretty anti Zionist, even Drake signed a letter for a ceasefire back in October I think. But going back to Wu Tang Clan hip hop has learned towards Palestinian support. Tyler The Creator, Earl sweatshirt, redveil, noname, Lupe fiasco and method man would be on the short list for rappers who support Palestine but I'm sure it's much longer than that. And then there are artist I like (Danny Brown) who are firm two staters, which isn't awful but feels like a cop out to me. But to wrap it up there's even huge musicians who support Palestine like Sza, the weeknd and Ariana grande so it's really all over the place

    • @levibain4543
      @levibain4543 7 месяцев назад

      @squarecymbals I don't know if I agree that it's all over the place -- it feels very heavily in favor of zionism! As for mainstream Black men in hip-hop, I can't think of an artist from Kendrick/Drake's era and more recent who has made Palestinian liberation a prominent or consistent part of their messaging at any point. Even Drake co-signing a ceasefire letter pales in comparison to his continued relationship with Lucian Grange -- a zionist by your own account whose pockets he knowingly continues to line. The lack of concrete actions to mobilize audiences / to organize with audiences is concerning, just as with Beyonce/Jay-Z using Black liberation aesthetics only to push anti-Black agendas. Actions aren't adding up to support for Palestinian liberation & I have to believe that's a calculated choice at some point. All that said, I think the spirit of hip-hop is w Palestinians, & 1000% I agree that there are artists who have shown up.

    • @AlexMartinez-nn2cm
      @AlexMartinez-nn2cm 7 месяцев назад +6

      Denzel Curry has been pro-Palestine for a long time, he signed a letter in support of Palestine in 2022 and has spoken up about the current escalation of the genocide

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  7 месяцев назад +1

      @@AlexMartinez-nn2cm yup yup yup

  • @pizzahutz_inthegarage
    @pizzahutz_inthegarage 7 месяцев назад +7

    Great video 👍 seeing videos like these make me less pessimistic about the free palestine movement

  • @nourkhaled8888
    @nourkhaled8888 7 месяцев назад +8

    Free Palestine ❤❤ فلسطين حرة

  • @jayessarr1
    @jayessarr1 6 месяцев назад +4

    Damn you drum in two of the best bands on earth and drop facts about Palestinian liberation?! Keep up the amazing work!

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  6 месяцев назад +1

      @@jayessarr1 you're too kind, appreciate you

  • @Jamielicavespring
    @Jamielicavespring 7 месяцев назад +19

    Interesting video. More information from a different perspective than mine doesn’t hurt. The fact is all of this is money motivated.

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  7 месяцев назад +7

      Choosing a short term bag over a long term layer of respect from ones audience is a wild choice, let's see how it works out for them

    • @Vesperad0
      @Vesperad0 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@squarecymbalshonestly I hope it doesn't. I'm not wishing for poverty on anyone, that's an awful thing to do, but I would love to see how most celebs would react when they realize the short term doesn't mean as much as the long term.
      Nobody respects you, nobody being forced to idolize you, struggling (with) sponsors, unable to keep up unnecessary lifestyles-hopefully the downward slope celeb culture is going is eternally permanent. There may be some I genuinely like, but nobody needs that much money or that many eyes on them, while living in the same world where people can't find clean water.

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  7 месяцев назад +1

      @@Vesperad0 I don't really care about the attention, the money is a big part of the problem, but that mainly has to do with how society is organized. Folks have class resentment for celebs and not the real business owners paying them. which is a deeper issue.

    • @eeyorehaferbock7870
      @eeyorehaferbock7870 4 месяца назад

      @@squarecymbalsso are you gonna comment on all the protesters blocking roads and preventing ordinary working-class people from getting to their jobs? Or are their lives worth no more than whoever Hamas kills?

  • @rudetuesday
    @rudetuesday 7 месяцев назад +3

    Here from Tirrb's recommendation, and newly-subscribed. Good video!

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  7 месяцев назад +2

      Many thanks, really appreciate the love

  • @Katy-sh3ru
    @Katy-sh3ru 5 дней назад

    This video deserves more views. Also, yay for sharing Pissed Magistus 🙌

  • @fullmooneve1651
    @fullmooneve1651 7 месяцев назад +4

    Thank you for this video. Subbed! 🇵🇸

  • @bearsfanstl
    @bearsfanstl 7 месяцев назад +12

    Taylor Swift is the president of white women 😂 You're not wrong tbf. Great video btw!

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  7 месяцев назад

      😅 thanks, had fun writing it and bringing a spotlight to the cause

    • @justiceriser8970
      @justiceriser8970 7 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@squarecymbalsfun fact swift and some female celebrities actually went to pro palestine event

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  7 месяцев назад +1

      @@justiceriser8970 I mention that in the video, it seemed like a fundraiser for Gaza, but she's been tight lipped about it

    • @justiceriser8970
      @justiceriser8970 7 месяцев назад

      @@squarecymbals yeah u got to wonder whatever celebrities are secretly supporting the Palestinian course

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  7 месяцев назад +1

      @@justiceriser8970 yeah it's kinda annoying, cuz she literally has so much political power

  • @Roman-lz5gl
    @Roman-lz5gl 7 месяцев назад +5

    Ur channel is underrated 😢

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  7 месяцев назад +1

      You're too kind, imma work real hard to get more stuff up soon🙏🏾🖤

  • @a.d.9729
    @a.d.9729 7 месяцев назад +5

    Yes I feel for Sudan and Congo, but this Gaza situation is different. The money printer and the people who control the cameras are revealing themselves in this situation. It’s way scarier than we think.

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  7 месяцев назад +1

      More or less, it has so much to do with the United States and its investment in Israel as a project to further exploit the middle east

    • @eeyorehaferbock7870
      @eeyorehaferbock7870 4 месяца назад

      @@squarecymbalswhat is there to exploit in the Middle East though? Other than oil, which ARAB COUNTRIES ALREADY SELL TO US WILLINGLY?

  • @yasielromero8236
    @yasielromero8236 7 месяцев назад +14

    I'm sure this isn't the first time Taylor is called the president 9f white women but it is still funny
    Good video!

  • @civirebel
    @civirebel 7 месяцев назад +5

    I approve of these messages wholeheartedly, good vid. #FreePalestine❤

  • @eblaser7407
    @eblaser7407 7 месяцев назад +8

    Tirrb sent me

  • @ninskdesign
    @ninskdesign Месяц назад +3

    Absolutely gutted with how much of a disappointment Thom Yorke has been but I think Macklemore deserves a lifetime cringe pass for Hind’s Hall. He gets a lot of grief but his heart seems to be in the right place.

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  Месяц назад +2

      I'm gonna talk about Thom and Johnny in the follow-up video I'm making about this

    • @ninskdesign
      @ninskdesign Месяц назад +1

      @ looking forward to it!

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  Месяц назад

      @ninskdesign 🖤🙏🏿

  • @daniatras
    @daniatras 7 месяцев назад +1

    Great video🎉 excited to see similar content

  • @sollykhan2385
    @sollykhan2385 7 месяцев назад +2

    An amazing video, Thank you for posting this intelligent take on the present climate of hysteria and foreboding, it is def time to take sides, are we on the right side of history ? towards the end the response to that 'celebrity' not being as powerful as the public imagined was a turbo charged putdown of truth Bomb delivered with quantum blast. please continue to post more, Bless 😇🙂

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  7 месяцев назад +1

      Got more coming soon, thanks for the kind words

    • @sollykhan2385
      @sollykhan2385 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@squarecymbals Thank you, looking forward to it, take care and Bless 😇

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  7 месяцев назад +1

      @@sollykhan2385 🙏🏾🖤

  • @ahsenzafar8037
    @ahsenzafar8037 7 месяцев назад +4

    Free Palestine

  • @lolkthnxbai
    @lolkthnxbai 3 месяца назад +1

    11:15 is straight up Herbert Marcus one dimensional man shit, love it.

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  3 месяца назад

      @@lolkthnxbai it's an interesting moment for sure

  • @jag-stang29
    @jag-stang29 7 месяцев назад +3

    great video

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  7 месяцев назад +2

      Many thanks, the research was pretty straightforward which made the script develop naturally

  • @thischannelisdead3165
    @thischannelisdead3165 3 месяца назад +1

    Simple cause of 💰

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  3 месяца назад

      @@thischannelisdead3165 maintaining the bag to be specific

  • @notablenothing2912
    @notablenothing2912 7 месяцев назад +2

    Boost! Nice vid

  • @gabrieleduardoronlezama7757
    @gabrieleduardoronlezama7757 7 месяцев назад +1

    Fantastic

  • @trueactionchannel
    @trueactionchannel 6 месяцев назад +2

    god how you gonna drumm so hard and spit so hard too

  • @Dave102693
    @Dave102693 7 месяцев назад +2

    All of this

  • @LordMalice6d9
    @LordMalice6d9 6 месяцев назад +1

    Calling someone like Taylor Swift a musician is being very generous.

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  6 месяцев назад +2

      @@LordMalice6d9 not really, she sings, participates in song writing and plays guitar for a living, that definitionally makes her a musician lol

    • @LordMalice6d9
      @LordMalice6d9 6 месяцев назад

      @@squarecymbals I never said anything about her not writing her own songs or playing guitar. But the caliber of musicianship is simply not there. I have meet street performers in my own hometown who are infinitely more talented than she is, but they will never, ever get the recognition or $billions that she will. There is no justice in this world.

    • @LordMalice6d9
      @LordMalice6d9 6 месяцев назад

      @@squarecymbals I never said anything about this woman not writing her own songs or playing guitar. But the caliber of musicianship is simply not there. I meet street performers in my own home town who are infinitely more talented than she will ever be, yet they will never, ever get the same amount of clout or $billions in US dollars that she will get.

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  6 месяцев назад +2

      @@LordMalice6d9 just because you don't like her stuff (fair cuz neither do I) doesn't mean that she isn't a musician. Y'all are weird, playing music is her job, so she's a musician lmao. Just say you don't like her

  • @Vesperad0
    @Vesperad0 7 месяцев назад +1

    Also towards the end, I have to say even though it's not well thought out or perfect as you said, I'd rather there be online movements with genuinely good intents than silence. These things add up, and take time. As much as it sucks i know I'll definitely die before i get to personally see capitalism trip over it's own shoelaces, or any of the bad things haunting us since colonization. But it doesn't matter as long as my generation isn't putting the grunt work on the younger gens, and as long as people become more and more *awake* to this shit world in front of us. I wasn't alive during the time of hippies or the civil rights movement, but even if certain ideals seem to be not enough compared to the present moment, it had it's use in the past. Even if there's plenty of aspects to criticize much like the hippy movement taking from various cultures and playing pretend, i would like to see the (admittedly very thin) silver lining to such acts. I don't want to give up hope for the future, I feel as if I can't. And we shouldn't, if any of us likes having basic human needs and rights-really shouldn't be a political or controversial thing to say you want human rights for everyone on the globe, but that's the manufactured world we live in.

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  7 месяцев назад

      This is true, it'll take time and the more time ppl stand up for truth the shorter that time gets

  • @apolodelsol
    @apolodelsol 7 месяцев назад +6

    In this context, silence is complicity, speak up, FREE PALESTINE

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  7 месяцев назад +1

      That part

    • @apolodelsol
      @apolodelsol 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@squarecymbals I mean, if you have a voice USE IT

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  7 месяцев назад

      @@apolodelsol but the money tho

    • @eeyorehaferbock7870
      @eeyorehaferbock7870 4 месяца назад

      @@squarecymbalssorry, but I don’t need money to not want to support actual terrorists.

  • @IBY2K
    @IBY2K 6 месяцев назад

    Well dude, as an Israeli myself who subbed you for your drum covers (we have the exact same music taste and play drums!), needless to say I'm surprised seeing a video like this. I think what hurts most is that you showed a TikTok at 0:50 saying Israelis aren't civilians (even covering the word Israelis/writing "There are no innocent Israelis") You have your right to your opinion and you seem like a smart well-informed dude, if your mind is open to talk about this issue from other perspectives let me know. There is a lot of mess around this war, I'm telling you this from a first hand perspective. All in all horrible situation on all sides.

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  6 месяцев назад +2

      @@IBY2K I stand by the vids used, not that I think that every person in Israel should be harmed, but Israeli society as a whole is complicit in the oppression of Palestinians, just like how many white people in America are complicit in white supremacy, and how it sound be the goal of those complicit to dismantle these oppressive structures

    • @eeyorehaferbock7870
      @eeyorehaferbock7870 4 месяца назад

      @@squarecymbalsand what does that mean? Slaughtering all of us? Because that’s what Hamas and their ilk want you know.

  • @ish247
    @ish247 6 месяцев назад

    Dj who...isn't he the coward who sold his soul to the devil
    .

  • @JackHoward66
    @JackHoward66 7 месяцев назад

    I don't wanna hear their political opinions. Either sing or shut up.

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  7 месяцев назад +1

      You should take your own advice crodie

    • @JackHoward66
      @JackHoward66 7 месяцев назад

      I'm not a celebrity. Who cares.

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  7 месяцев назад

      @@JackHoward66 yeah we know, you can be quiet any way tho 👍🏿

    • @JackHoward66
      @JackHoward66 7 месяцев назад

      Maybe you should. You're quite boring, actually.

    • @eeyorehaferbock7870
      @eeyorehaferbock7870 4 месяца назад

      ⁠@@squarecymbalsthen you be quiet. You’re not any more entitled to speak than any of us you know.

  • @eeyorehaferbock7870
    @eeyorehaferbock7870 4 месяца назад

    Alternate title: “Why Aren’t Musicians Meddling in Situations They Know Nothing About and Trying to Solve Them Even When They Have No Idea How and Doing So Would Probably Just Make Things Even Worse?” There, I fixed it.

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  4 месяца назад +1

      @@eeyorehaferbock7870 there's a character limit
      Also just saying genocide bad isn't doing much but admitting what's actually happening

    • @eeyorehaferbock7870
      @eeyorehaferbock7870 4 месяца назад +1

      @@squarecymbalsso where’s your plan to prevent genocide of both Arabs AND Jews AND whoever else is involved in this? Because I’d really like to see one.

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  4 месяца назад

      @@eeyorehaferbock7870 I'd like to see where the arabs or Palestinians are getting these resources to commit genocide from cuz it's looking very one sided according to the facts bro

    • @eeyorehaferbock7870
      @eeyorehaferbock7870 4 месяца назад +1

      @@squarecymbalsyou don’t think they were trying to commit genocide on October 7? And if not, then why were they mostly attacking civilians as opposed to the government or military itself? Also, it’s not like neighboring Arab countries have a history of waging war on them to destroy them or anything. Or that a lot of Arabs literally supported the N*zis and a lot of them still think the H-man was based to this day. Let’s just ignore ALL of that.

    • @eeyorehaferbock7870
      @eeyorehaferbock7870 4 месяца назад

      @@squarecymbalsOctober 7? You really think they wouldn’t do that again if Israel did nothing?

  • @satiricgames2129
    @satiricgames2129 7 месяцев назад

    😂😂😂😂 LOL PROPAGANDA . SAGE ZONES ARE NOT WHERE WEAPONS ARE STORED 😂😂😂

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  7 месяцев назад

      Bro you can't even do basic hasbara, please keep up with your propaganda before you come in here spitting old debunked shit

  • @sjam1159
    @sjam1159 7 месяцев назад

    You've been lied to.

  • @adikravets3632
    @adikravets3632 7 месяцев назад +11

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

  • @asapseed
    @asapseed Месяц назад +1

    just watched your sza video & now this one. new follower i love what i’m seeing 🫡

    • @squarecymbals
      @squarecymbals  Месяц назад

      Thanks, I put so much love into these