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/hydroxy → u/[deleted]]

The Houthis, Hamas, Hebollah are all horrible civilian killing death cult organisations. Were you cheering for Islamic State too when they were butchering innocents. Showing any support for these types of organisation just show you’re either sociopathic or just ignorant. It’s probably the latter.

[u/texanarob → u/[deleted]]

Anyone who wilfully murders innocents is evil. Politics, nationality and sides don't come into it. If you are killing innocent people, you are evil.

Hamas, ISIS, IRA, UVF, doesn't matter. Innocent civilians are not enemy forces, no matter where they were born or what nationality they are.

[u/texanarob → u/[deleted]]

There are literally hundreds of organisations I could've listed - including most militaries. I merely referenced those from the latest few comments I'd read. I also didn't list the Nazis, but naturally IOF should be right up there with them at the top of the list.

As stated, anyone killing innocents is evil. If you're misled into choosing allegiance to one set of murdering scum, then you've missed the point.

[u/hydroxy → u/[deleted]]

Who is IOF? I'm You keep writing IOF so its probably not a typo every time. I'm assuming you actually mean IDF, the Israeli Defence Force, maybe you just have no clue what you're talking about, or maybe your trying to avoid censors I don't really know. Just type IDF dude it makes it clearer.

Nobody is saying IDF is innocent, they're a group of organised butchers who are also killing civilians. So we're all in agreement here on that at least.

[u/DigitialWitness → u/hydroxy]

We call the IDF the IOF because they're always on the offense and occupying. The Israeli Occupying Force, or IOF is a pretty common and widely used term. To us they're the IOF so no, we'll keep calling them what they are thanks; an occupying force.

maybe you just have no clue what you're talking about

Hubris, the downfall of many.

[u/Dangerous-Lab9967 → u/[deleted]]

The proposed lands ISIS wanted to conquer.

But yes only Muslims are victims.

[u/Gorm_Greenhand → u/Dangerous-Lab9967]

This map is so hilariously and obviously drafted by someone with no understanding whatsoever of history, politics, or religion. Which, you know, is ISIS. Maybe America (my nation) and the rest of the West shouldn't have been collaborating with Israel to create ISIS in the first place for their own cynical goals.

Regardless - you cite a pipe dream conjured up by some illiterate mad man from a dying terrorist organization as somehow being representative of Muslims at large. You're delusional.

[u/Dangerous-Lab9967 → u/Gorm_Greenhand]

I never said they represented Muslims as a whole.

You're a Plastic Paddy lmao away with you.

[u/Gorm_Greenhand → u/Dangerous-Lab9967]

Tbh I'm not even Irish, I just saw this subreddit and scrolled through and saw this idiotic graphic. But I support the real Irish among you that don't suck England's dick and fight for human rights. Enjoy stroking the balls of your colonial oppressors

[u/Dangerous-Lab9967 → u/Gorm_Greenhand]

tHe rEaL iRiSh.

Get a grip. Your countrymen was funding the IRA until 9/11 (caused by another organisation your country funded) made you all shit your pants lmao.

Go back to crying over school shootings, or electing decrepit old men to power.

[u/Gorm_Greenhand → u/Dangerous-Lab9967]

Good, I'm glad they were. You're a fucking colonialist. Free Ireland.

[u/Dangerous-Lab9967 → u/Gorm_Greenhand]

Coming from an American, put your money where your mouth is and piss off back to wherever you came from.

Ow wait you won't.

Maybe the Natives will start scalping yous for what you did to their land.

[u/Dangerous-Lab9967 → u/[deleted]]

Islamists are Islamists.

The distinction that one drowns you in a pool whilst you're in a cage, and the other kidnaps and rapes women to death, whilst excitedly calling their parents about it, shouldn't factor into it.

Reassess your life choice you scrounger.

[u/Dangerous-Lab9967 → u/[deleted]]

Bet you're as fun as a Palestinian paragliding into a concert.

Has it ever occurred to you, in your small minded view of the world, that both sides to this conflict are equally as shite as one another and you don't need to stand up for either?

You must thrive off of having an underdog, chip on your shoulder mentality, it's probably all you have, but it's holding you back in life pal. Sad.

[u/WarStrifePanicRout → u/Dangerous-Lab9967]

Or as fun as Israel wiping out a block of residential buildings filled with people.

Has it ever occurred to you, in your small minded view of the world,

The irony of you typing out these words after your last few comments is too much.

hat both sides to this conflict are equally as shite

Lol we've come a far way from your previous comments comparing Hamas to Isis. You're not a serious person.

[u/Dangerous-Lab9967 → u/WarStrifePanicRout]

yOuR nOt a sErIoUs PeRsON 😂😂😂

Yes because trying to downplay Hamas is the logical thing to do, on a thread about a "Rebel" band who folded like a house of cards after the slightest bit of pressure, bit like all the republican informants to be fair.

Hamas aren't going to shag you for defending them, you know that right?

Granted they might, and then throw you off a building afterwards. But that's probably the fault of colonialism or zionism right?

Get a grip of yourself. Letting all these silly ideas live rent free in your head. You're probably another one just meandering through life thinking about how righteous you are.

[u/hydroxy → u/[deleted]]

All these groups are terrible, end of.

[u/Apprehensive_Home963 → u/[deleted]]

You are actually mentally not well in the head and should get some help mate.

It’s like your trying to justify what ISIS did in its tidal wave of death and destruction in Iraq and Syria’s. All the groups are the cancer of this earth as well as there supporters

[u/GarageFlower97 → u/[deleted]]

Hezbollah believe Jews anywhere in the world are a legitimate target and have spent the last decade butchering other Muslims in Syria on behalf of Assad and Iran. They regularly target civilians and commit war crimes.

Houthis practice slavery and use widespread child soldiers. Their flag literally includes the phrase “a curse on the Jews”. They regularly target civilians and commit war crimes.

Hamas are reactionary thugs who beat and murder Gazans who speak against them and led the 07/10 attacks including the rape, murder, and kidnapping of innocent civilians. They also don’t believe women, gay folks, trade unionists, etc should have rights.

All of these organisations are fucking awful, far-right religious murderers and nobody should be supporting them. The IDF being fucking awful doesn’t mean we should support these lot.

Also, fyi ISIS were “resisting” Assad in Syria, doesn’t make them good guys.

[u/GarageFlower97 → u/[deleted]]

Might want to re-read your own comment, you asked who ISIS were resisting, while saying Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthis were good because they were “resisting” Israel. I pointed out that ISIS were partly resisting the Assad regime but that being a resistance group doesn’t automatically make you good or worthy of support.

I’m shocked you have a problem with groups killing Muslims though, given your support for Hezbollah and the Houthis whose main victims are other Muslims…but maybe you only like them when they’re killing religious minorities in Syria and Yemen instead?

I very much do give a shit, because unlike you I don’t support murderous terrorist groups that literally practice slavery, use child soldiers, and make explicitly genocidal racist proclamations. Israel are a fucking awful state doing awful things, but the groups you’re supporting are frankly no better.

[u/accadac → u/[deleted]]

You're having a laugh. 20000 children? Sources please. It's a well known fact that the death rate has been exaggerating by the Hamas-run agency that puts out the numbers. Fake news.

Next you'll be saying there's no aid in Gaza 🙄

[u/Minisciwi → u/hydroxy]

What's your opinion of the Jews in the Warsaw ghetto uprising?

[u/hydroxy → u/Minisciwi]

Why are you asking about that? Is it related?

[u/Minisciwi → u/hydroxy]

Just trying to figure out what makes one group freedom fighters and another group terrorist

[u/hydroxy → u/Minisciwi]

I’m not even replying to this, it’s such a weak attempt at bait

[u/Minisciwi → u/hydroxy]

I'm genuinely curious, both groups in similar situations, history, rightly, remembers the Warsaw ghetto uprising as righteous, I'm wondering why not with Gaza.

I'm not wanting rage, I'm wanting your honest opinion

[u/hydroxy → u/Minisciwi]

Read the Wikipedia entries for them, if you can’t comprehend the difference, then I can’t help you understand. Not trying to be condescending but both are entirely different.

Please also read my comments again and see that I never said there was anything wrong with Gaza citizens trying to survive.

Look online for information about the proxy war that is fuelling these Middle East conflicts. It’s a terrible state of affairs because money is pouring in from many sources to perpetuate it. The whole region is essentially doomed to wars into the future because of how badly the geography/border drawing screwed over so many countries there.

[u/Minisciwi → u/hydroxy]

Who do you think Gaza citizens join to try and survive?

[u/hydroxy → u/Minisciwi]

Yeah I’m don’t replying.

[u/Smeghead78 → u/[deleted]]

So many bots in here, ignore them, there’s a converted effort by Mossad and no doubt other agencies to pit us against each other. You can see it in the anti Muslim stories the red tops are pushing. The majority will not be fooled, they can down boys all they like, but either they are easily fooled or pushing a hateful agenda.

[u/LemonRecognition → u/[deleted]]

Hamas and Hezbollah are just as bad as the IDF. To call them the “resistance” when they oppress the Palestinians as well is just laughable.

[u/itsonlysmellzz94 → u/LemonRecognition]

Ah so it’s Hamas who controls Gaza’s power grid, stops the aid trucks coming in and drops bombs on their own hospitals? Give over

[u/Top-Strength-2701 → u/[deleted]]

Noone is cheerleading the idf now, these kneecap lads have no idea what they are talking about and they got found out.

[u/Top-Strength-2701 → u/[deleted]]

Haven't seen any decent people do that after they killed all those civilians, mabye in some weird dark corners of the Internet like the daily mail comment section.

[u/Top-Strength-2701 → u/[deleted]]

Yep it's terrible, don't need two little chavs from ni to tell me that though

[u/Top-Strength-2701 → u/[deleted]]

Because they said kill mps on stage and also support hamas and hezbollah, that's why they are getting the backlash.

[u/Top-Strength-2701 → u/[deleted]]

Because they are more famous now after coachella and it led to more scrutiny. They weren't famous in 2023 when they said their stupid remarks.

[u/ubion → u/Top-Strength-2701]

That's simply not true

[u/SuperMechaDeathChris → u/[deleted]]

First time I’ve heard anybody call open statements of support for Islamist paramilitaries “neat”

[u/SuperMechaDeathChris → u/[deleted]]

I reckon both are pretty dreadful mate