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Old 03-06-2015, 02:36 PM   #142 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Soulflower View Post
None of them uttered one word on Ferguson.

No We are the world

No tweet

No public statement

Nothing

Thats a damn shame

That tells me all I need to know right there.
Oh so the issues you're passionate about are the only ones that matter. Mkay.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/07/ar...time.html?_r=0

Kind of goes back to the fact that there are other outlets apart from music that artists can convey their thoughts through. Go ahead and ignore this point too though.
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