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[-] hansolo@lemmy.today 11 points 5 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.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 4 days ago

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

[-] hansolo@lemmy.today 7 points 4 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?

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 days ago

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).

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