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   Erik Uden 🍑 (erikuden@mastodon.de)'s status on Sunday, 18-May-2025 03:24:36 JST Erik Uden 🍑

   i love eurovision, so many gay men here :flagLGBTQ:

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     Erik Uden 🍑 (erikuden@mastodon.de)'s status on Sunday, 18-May-2025 05:01:04 JST Erik Uden 🍑

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     There's no pride in genocide, ESC! 🇵🇸

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     Erik Uden 🍑 (erikuden@mastodon.de)'s status on Sunday, 18-May-2025 05:01:05 JST Erik Uden 🍑

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     The police has surrounded us and are announcing things in French, but as I do not understand French, their law does not apply to me (that's how it works, right?)

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     Erik Uden 🍑 (erikuden@mastodon.de)'s status on Sunday, 18-May-2025 09:17:35 JST Erik Uden 🍑

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     Some day there will be a documentary about Eurovision, showing how they heroically invented a technology that filters out booing during Israel's performance, banned pride flags from stage, beat up people shouting “free palestine”, and shut down all opposition to banning a genocidal state from participating, despite multiple nation's public broadcasters urging them to have at least a conversation about it.

     I'd say this isn't like Eurovision, but sadly this is very much aligned with Europe's spirit.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 18-May-2025 16:05:04 JST Aral Balkan

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     @Chrissi67 @ErikUden It would be fair to say if you knew nothing about history going all the way back to 1947 and/or if you are a genocide apologist.

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     Chris 🐞 (chrissi67@troet.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 18-May-2025 16:05:12 JST Chris 🐞

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     @ErikUden
     If you compare Israel with Russia i think you do wrong. You should compare Israel with Ukraine because they were both attaked by some aggressive Armee. Ukraine by The russian army and Israel by the Hamas terrorists. They are both victims who try to fight for themselfs.
     This would be fair to say.

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     Erik Uden 🍑 (erikuden@mastodon.de)'s status on Sunday, 18-May-2025 16:05:13 JST Erik Uden 🍑

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     Maybe going to the ESC and yelling isn't nice to the artist who isn't representing the state of Israel (necessarily) in any legal or ideological way.

     However, every other option has been attempted. The public broadcasting services of multiple countries have attempted to start a conversation at the EBU about Israel's participation, which was always shut down the moment it started. Even the winner of last year's ESC, Nemo, said they don't see much of a reason as to why Israel is allowed to participate.

     If Russia could still participate, you could bet your ass that thousands of people with Ukraine flags would protest this event and its superficially displayed peace to remind people of the reality of millions suffering from their war. Which would be the right thing, always.

     To brush off these protestors as violent or annoying, when all non-disturbing ways have been tried, is unfair.

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     Erik Uden 🍑 (erikuden@mastodon.de)'s status on Sunday, 18-May-2025 16:05:14 JST Erik Uden 🍑

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     In our world, violence can be so normalized, if necessary, that it's the bearer of the message that annoys us, for the insult of forcing us to have a glimpse down the ivory tower is so great, not even a human life could compare.

     This is what RTVE, the Spanish public broadcasting service, portrayed during the ESC finals: