Can’t help but watch it lol. Such a happy event most of the time. Glad they rejected Elensky from speaking.
A lad from Switzerland is singing a single about how he doesn’t want to be a soldier in a war lmao. Switzerland…
Switzerland? You mean that one country that laundered nazi gold?
Yeah. I’d actually never watched before by my partner insisted, otherwise I can’t be “European.” From that perspective it tracks too, just a whole bunch of cringey lib virtue signaling, an expensive show, and no substance. Although I’m surprised that they weren’t very heavy handed in terms of pro-Ukraine propaganda… Or have I been totally desensitized to it?
Why would you want to be European. I’m ashamed of it.
Marx and Engels were Europeans. Don’t let the self-loathing get you
So was Hitler and Mussolini tbf
That’s what I’m trying to figure out for myself, as a settler who has found himself in the homeland. But my partner is still proud to be European, in spite of what she’s been learning with regards to colonialism and imperialism.
There was this Croatian song about Lukashenko’s tractor gift and how everyone who supports the war is a psychopath. Also Czechia had a performance by a girl boss group calling for the end of the war, which commentators said was brave and banned in Russia.
Thanks for a bit more info. I wasn’t watching with commentary, so I missed a bunch of the context and translations. I’ll have to dig into it some more.
Not that it’s any justification but I also feel like I’m walking on eggshells in these types of situations. It wouldn’t be the first time I’ve gotten in trouble for calling out political statements I don’t find appropriate.
They just showed a graffiti piece of the Ghost of Kyiv 😭 I can’t
Followed by a comment on the brave Defenders of the Azovstal
BRAVE HOLSUM NAZIS! I hate this fascist continent so much.
This makes me think the ghost of kiev was just a banksy art piece, trolling its audience.
Intentionally avoiding it like last year cause I can’t handle the cringe. From what I understand last year the Ukrainian act led the crowd in nazi chants so… yeah. No thanks.
Yes it’s a shame it got hijacked by Ukrainian cringe last year. Ukraine just performed and so far it’s fine. Apparently they invited more previous Ukraine acts to perform as well and they crowd is filled with EU flags (despite taking place in UK lmao).
Just leave the politics at home and give me false singing interesting people lol.
Last year? It’s been hijacked, more or less successfully for years. After 2014 they had a Ukrainian singer with a song about Crimean Tatars. You can deduce the rest
This year they managed to make it, and I hate to say it, woke and nazi at the same time. Every song is about some sort of empowerment which makes every song just sooooo boring.
Not surprised. That seems to be the staple of western cultural mainstream for the past decade or so, and for the foreseeable future
lol, I can actually imagine those flags being locals. Libs in the UK are still mostly pro-EU unfortunately. Meanwhile there’s me wishing this hellhole of a country would be balkanized to fuck.
So, apparently this whole thing being hosted in Liverpool was an extra fuck you to one of the places in the UK most struggling to provide for its poor and vulnerable populations. Someone I know from there said this:
They pulled all of the non essential funding that we use for stuff like getting people with no food/water/electricity
You know the essential life giving stuff
Then barraged all of social care with “we appreciate your patience , as you know this is amazing for the city blah blah”
Meanwhile social works are buying food for people who can’t get to the shops or don’t have anyone
And we can’t claim it back
But you know
Eurovision lol
This on top of Liverpool recovering from some big embezzlement scandal from a mayor or councillor or something, they’ve been on a knife-edge since covid and this just added to their problems.
Yes but can you imagine some poor individual watching the thing, seeing Mae Muller perform a song about how she was sad but instead of being a grumpy wumpy she wrote a song, and feeling empowered? Imagine how much energy that must give.
Who needs food when you can watch. EUROVISION
I feel like it would be nazi parade at this point
Seems people chose another cringe country with a blue and yellow flag this time :D (Sweden)
Every year I am handed on a silver plate a select assortment of reasons to boycott it.
Eurovision, with australia and isntreal
Yeah but they are
genociding supremacistsculturally very similar to Europe as wellNo it’s not because of white supremacy but because they are part of the European broadcasting conglomerate that only white majority countries are a part of.
happy grain day!
Thank you comrade
