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Eurovision members to vote on whether to expel Israel for genocide
(www.aljazeera.com)
Make it so
The fact that a vote is needed for this tells you how crooked the organization is and it gives you a glimpse of the outcome of the vote itself.
I’m curious on the mental gymnastics involved in claiming that an organisation holding a vote to make a decision is somehow crooked. Like, that’s what democratic organisations are supposed to do, rather than acting without consultation.
It's the mental gymnastics of emotional reactionism. The heart is in the right place, but they see an injustice and feel something needs to be done now.
There’s nothing less democratic than voting! Or something.
Did u see a vote to drop russia?
I'm assuming any decision needs a vote.
my complaint is that they should have done that much earlier
I mean, it says more about the influence of the Israeli lobby in Europe, which is apparent across all kinds of things.
That's nice. How about also not selling them weapons?
That's not something for the broadcasters to decide, unlike this
Eurovision sells weapons?
Only flaming homosexuality.
Either Eurovision boycotts Pissrael or we continue our boycott of Eurovision as we've done for the last 2 years. They had no hesitation in giving Russia the boot in 2022 so the fact its taken them 2 years is indefensible. The only difference is the religion and skin colour of the people being slaughtered.
What you mean after spending $$$ on covering up the crowd booing the shit out of them for the last decade plus?
Even Graham Norton thought it was taking the piss this year. "I don't know what you're all hearing at home, but this is a very energetic reception"
this post was submitted on 26 Sep 2025
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