Earlier this month, Macklemore walked onto the stage at MetLife Stadium in a keffiyeh, told 80,000 people to say “Free Palestine,” accused Israel of apartheid and genocide, and performed “Hind’s Hall” while images from Gaza played on the screens behind him. Within roughly a week he was off Ed Sheeran’s tour. Robert Kraft confirmed that Macklemore had been barred from Gillette Stadium, pointing to those performances and to a broader history of antisemitic rhetoric and imagery. The rapper has since claimed that stadium owners gave Sheeran an ultimatum.

You can argue about whether that was the right call. Reasonable people are arguing about it right now, and the free speech objections are not frivolous. But set the merits aside and look only at the clock. A private citizen with a name on a building reviewed a set of facts, concluded a line had been crossed, and acted in days.