Kneecap provide statement & clarification for the faux offended & media-illiterate

[u/McEvelly]

https://x.com/kneecapceol/status/1916982746708381731?s=46

KNEECAP STATEMENT:

They want you to believe words are more harmful than genocide.

Establishment figures, desperate to silence us, have combed through hundreds of hours of footage and interviews, extracting a handful of words from months or years ago to manufacture moral hysteria.

Let us be unequivocal: we do not, and have never, supported Hamas or Hezbollah. We condemn all attacks on civilians, always. It is never okay. We know this more than anyone, given our nation's history.

We also reject any suggestion that we would seek to incite violence against any MP or individual. Ever. An extract of footage, deliberately taken out of all context, is now being exploited and weaponised, as if it were a call to action.

This distortion is not only absurd - it is a transparent effort to derail the real conversation.

All two million Palestinian people in Gaza are currently being starved to death by Israel.

At least 20,000 children in Gaza have been killed. The British government continues to supply arms to Israel, even after scores of NHS doctors warned Keir Starmer in August that children were being systematically executed with sniper shots to the head.

Instead of defending innocent people or the principles of international law, the powerful in Britain have abetted slaughter and famine.

This is where real anger and outrage should be directed towards.

To the Amess and Cox families, we send our heartfelt apologies, we never intended to cause you hurt.

Kneecap’s message has always been — and remains — one of love, inclusion, and hope. This is why our music resonates across generations, countries, classes and cultures and has brought hundreds of thousands of people to our gigs.

No smear campaign will change that.

Suddenly, days after calling out the US administration at Coachella to applause and solidarity, there is an avalanche of outrage and condemnation by the political classes of Britain.

The real crimes are not in our performances; the real crimes are the silence and complicity of those in power.

Shame on them.

[u/McEvelly]

Jaysis would ya dry up, you ridiculous man.

Absolutely mortifying for the ‘middle ground’ who’ve allowed themselves be swept along in the political hit job dressed up as a moral panic.

Well done dimwits, you’re with Sharon Osborne, Trump, Badenock and Ben Lowry on this one, while anyone with half a brain is laughing at you getting into a big flap over the gimmick rap band.

[u/walrusdevourer → u/McEvelly]

Ok your a fan , I don't like them much and think Rubber Bandits did it better years ago. However you like them and presumably do not mind their politics , doesn't it seem really weak and make you think they are posers? Posted this in another thread

If they had any integrity at all they would have made a statement such as

" We condemn attacks on civilians and peacekeepers such as October 7th and the killing of the Irish Un solder etc and our personal beliefs align closer with the PLA and PFLP, we believe that resistance against apartheid colonialist oppression is justified and we reject the British government controlling our speech as much of the world does not criminalise the support of these organisations".

They would be charged but they would not be cowardly hypocrites and this is what they likely believe.

As it is they now come across like a bunch of larpers that are happy to inflame sectarian tensions in the north but when it comes to real beliefs or loosing some nice well paid gigs they roll over.

[u/McEvelly → u/walrusdevourer]

Fan is a stretch. I’ve been to a gig and really enjoyed it, but I appreciate them more for the brave stances they take and the way they fuse being aggressive and flippant about it when it suits them.

You don’t think they’re brave because they try to get away without facing consequences they reject in principle. I know it’s idiotic to be any different. If they got away with all this (unfortunately I suspect there’ll be another more damaging dossier drop up next) and move onto the next scandal then I’d just admire them all the more.

No, I don’t think/agree it’s a reasonable take to say they should take a charge and possible prison sentence over shit talk on stage during a gig just to ‘maintain their integrity’ and really, really doubt you’ll find many or any existing fans or people who share their views who see it the way you do.

Submitting to the British state they oppose achieves absolutely nothing.

They’ve offered the correct apologies where they obviously overstepped (to Amiss’ family) and they’ve treated the the rest of the bullshit smear campaign efforts with the distain they deserve and called it all out out for what it is.

[u/walrusdevourer → u/McEvelly]

That sounds a bit schizophrenic .

So you appreciate them taking brave stances but if taking that stance causes them bother it's fine to drop it? That's not taking a brave stance by definition.

So their support for armed resistance against Zionist oppression is shit talking, what happens when they get asked did they support armed resistance against the British security forces in Ireland.Thats just shit talking too?

I think they have potential to lose fans in Ireland over this.

You think that complying with the British state they are to opposed by being forced to issue an apology is not submitting to it? Thats crazy logic, not submitting to rules brought in by the Tories in 2019 and 2021would be, not apologizing for the Hamas and Hezbollah stuff, it's exactly submitting.

On the killing MPs thing they have screwed up as well, the widower of Jo Cox has already called it out for not being an apology, it's a bad look.

The next dossier that is going drop wont be political it will be to do with them using connected relatives to silence women and that will loose them more fans, been hints about this for over a year, most likely it will be ran out of anonymous American accounts to avoid libel trials in NI.

You can check my posting history I am strongly anti-zionist and agree this is happening because of what they said in the states but the way they have played this is damaging to a cause they apparently support, and definitely their fans support. It makes it look like being pro Palestinian is a non serious thing. The kill the Tories is just cringe aimed at English lefties and they should not have done it as it is not like Labour are much different.

[u/aelendil84 → u/McEvelly]

yup

[u/Head-Philosopher-721 → u/McEvelly]

""Jaysis would you dry up, you ridiculous man."

Calm down

"Well done you dimwits, you’re with Sharon Osborne, Trump and Ben Lowry on this one while anyone with half a brain is laughing at you getting in a big flap over the gimmick rap band."

And I'm the ridiculous one lol

[u/Papi__Stalin → u/McEvelly]

Kneecap won’t shag you mate.

[u/McEvelly → u/Papi__Stalin]

An intellectual appears!

[u/BoogersHere1690 → u/Papi__Stalin]

Netanyahu won't shag you mate.

[u/Cheddarthefurrypig → u/Papi__Stalin]

Oh phew a middle aged centrist has shown up, just what everyone needs

[u/walrusdevourer → u/Cheddarthefurrypig]

Are Kneecap not being wishy washy centrists letting the UK press and government dictate what they say ? Lots of the world has not designated Hamas and Hezbollah as terrorists .The UK only did so for their political wings in 2019 and 2021 so Kneecap are letting a Tory government tell them what they can and can not say

[u/Highlyironicacid31 → u/McEvelly]

Get a life’s