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Cowardly halfwit Ed Sheeran bows to the anti-Israel bullies

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Ed Sheeran’s opening number at his Saturday night show in Philadelphia was a reminder that even our most gifted songwriters are often intellectual and moral halfwits. 

Rather than sing — which is what people pay him a lot of money to do — Sheeran slouched onto the darkened stage and delivered a monologue.

He had mishandled the most recent controversy, he said, referring to a slow-rolling PR disaster that began with his opening act, Macklemore, ranting about “Palestine”; continued with venues threatening cancellation; and ended with all opening acts quitting the tour and demand for tickets dropping so rapidly that promoters had to slash prices by as much as 50%.

Why are people losing interest in Sheeran? Left-wing media would have you believe it’s because tens of thousands of Americans are passionate exclusively about Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and only support entertainment produced by artists who stand with Hamas.

A more likely reason: Most people just want to enjoy good music, not whiny lectures by know-nothing ninnies. 

Sheeran, on his end, delivered plenty of the latter.

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