• hansolo@lemmy.today
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    2 days ago

    Neither is Australia. They both got included way back when because of “large European diaspora.”

    Objectively, the Israeli songs always suck IMO, and a couple Aussie ones have been cheesy bangers.

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      2 days ago

      I’m happy to hear that Aussies are musically gifted. They shouldn’t be in Eurovision either.

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        2 days ago

        Their entries are occasionally so laughably tongue in cheek, no one is ever upset by them. A million other things about Eurovision get people spun up.

        Like, do you watch Eurovision? If not, why hold such strong opinions about this thing that doesn’t affect you at all?

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          Nope, never.

          Why do I care? Because Israel commits war crimes.

          I’ve never watched Who Wants to be a Millionaire, or America’s Got Talent, or So You Think You Can Dance (I’m in USA). I don’t like that sort of content.

          But I’d care a lot if we let someone from a genocidal nation, that literally indoctrinates their children to think of an entire people as less than human, to compete on our shows. Fuck Israel (not Jews, just that country).