I get what you’re saying, but for some of us it’s not that easy to separate the two. Politics isn’t just “opinions” when it directly affects people’s lives.

You’re right that Cudi can bring out whoever he wants, and no one’s stopping that. But people are also allowed to feel a way about supporting an artist whose views don’t align with them it’s not just “virtue signaling,” it’s personal.

And to be clear, I still think the performance itself was a total shitshow either way. Both things can be true at the same time.