Erik Uden 🦣🍑:coffefied: on Nostr: Maybe going to the ESC and yelling isn't nice to the artist who isn't representing ...
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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2025-05-18 05:48:22Event JSON
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