NO, MACKLEMORE DOES NOT SUPPORT HITLER YOUTH, OR ITS HAIRCUTS.
SO, MACKLEMORE, THE MUSICIAN WHO WROTE THRIFT SHOP, BECAME FAMOUS
WITH A CERTAIN HAIRCUT, WHICH SOME FOLKS POINTED OUT IS VERY
SIMILAR TO THE HAIRCUTS WORN BY HITLER YOUTH, AND NOW
WHITES FROM ASSISTS.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK SIDE-BY-SIDE.
ONE PHOTO IS FROM THE EVENTS AT CHARLOTTESVILLE, AND THE OTHER
ONE IS MACKLEMORE AT AN EVENT.
SO, A VERIFIED INTERNET PERSONALITY, WHOSE HANDLE IS
@FART, TWEETED THIS AT MACKLEMORE, SAYING,
"MACKLEMORE HERE SEEMS TO BE CHOSEN HAIRCUT OF THE RACISTS.
NOW I CALL ON MACKLEMORE TO GET ONLINE AND DENOUNCE HIS OWN
AMERICA."
AND THEN MACKLEMORE CAME ON AND RESPONDED SAYING THAT HE GOT RID
OF IT A YEAR AGO.
THIS IS WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE NOW, HERE SHORT.
HE LOOKS WONDERFUL.
SO, I CAME ACROSS THIS STORY AND I THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF
AMUSING, AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING ñ I DON'T KNOW
IF IT'S GOING TO BE A DEBATE, BUT AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION AS
TO WHETHER OR NOT A HAIRCUT CAN BE DEEMED RACIST.
GO FOR IT.
YEAH, SO, LISTEN, FIRST OF ALL, WE'VE GOTTEN TO AN INSANE PLACE
IN THE WORLD WHERE YOU HAVE TO RESPOND TO @FART
ABOUT WHETHER YOUR HAIR IS RACIST.
@FART IS NOT TERRIBLE, @FART IS A LONG-STANDING INTERNET
PERSONALITY, PROVEN BY THE FACT THAT HE WAS THERE EARLY ENOUGH
TO GET THE HANDLE @FART.
FAIR ENOUGH, BUT DID MACKLEMORE DO THAT TO BE A WHITE
NATIONALIST?
I WOULD BE SHOCKED, SO PARDON, NOT GUILTY.
LET'S JUST ADJUDICATE THAT RIGHT NOW; MACKLEMORE, TOTALLY
INNOCENT, I DON'T THINK HE MEANT TO THAT HAIRCUT.
HIS SONGS, THAT WHEN YOU MENTIONED -
SAME LOVE?
ABOUT GAY LOVE, REALLY LIKE THAT ONE, SO HE DOESN'T STRIKE
ME AS A RACIST PERSON AT ALL.
HOWEVER, IF THAT HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A WHITE
NATIONALIST HAIRCUT AND HE CONTINUED TO SUPPORT IT,
WITH THE CRITICISM BE JUSTIFIED?
LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY, IF IT'S MY HAIR, NO, IF IT'S YOUR HAIR,
YES.
LET ME EXPLAIN GOD MY HAIR IS SO NON-DISTINCTIVE, WHAT DO
YOU WANT ME TO DO WITH IT?
SO, IT IF YOU SAY TO BRETT, HEY SOME HATEFUL PEOPLE WEAR THAT
KIND OF HAIRSTYLE, I GO, NOT GUILTY.
BUT YOUR HAIR IS A LITTLE MORE DISTINCTIVE, ANA.
IF ALL THE HITLER YOUTH STARTED GOING AROUND WITH A LITTLE
BUN LIKE THAT.
PLEASE DON'T DO THAT, I REALLY LIKE PUTTING MY HAIR IN A
BUN, I DON'T WANT TO STOP.
IT'S JUST SO MUCH EASIER, ISN'T IT?
DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
I DO SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
THERE ARE CERTAIN HAIRSTYLES, WHETHER IT'S FACIAL HAIR OR
OTHERWISE, THAT HAVE BEEN DEEMED UNACCEPTABLE.
THE HITLER MUSTACHE, UNACCEPTABLE, AND ALSO VERY
UNATTRACTIVE, NEVER A GOOD IDEA.
TELL THAT TO CHARLIE CHAPLIN.
POOR GUY.
HE HAD THE MISFORTUNE OF HITLER FOLLOWING HIM.
I THINK WE ARE ALL AGREED, RIGHT?
IF IT'S SUPER DISTINCTIVE, AND YOU ACCIDENTALLY HAD IT THAT
WAY, OKAY OKAY, I'M CHANGING IT, I DID NOT MEAN IT LIKE THAT.
BUT IF IT'S JUST A NORMAL HAIRCUT, AND SOME OTHER DOUCHE
HAPPENS TO HAVE IT, THAT'S NOT ON YOU MAN.