IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 26 days ago[Video] Senate questions why Australia gave zero votes to Israel at Eurovisionstreamable.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-link[Video] Senate questions why Australia gave zero votes to Israel at Eurovisionstreamable.comIndustryStandard@lemmy.world to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 26 days agomessage-square10linkfedilink
minus-squareFireWire400@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-225 days agoYeah, that was the funniest thing about the event; Israel giving their 12 points to Australia only for Australia to not return the favour at all. Germany not getting any points in the public vote was also pretty funny. But newsflash; IT DOESN’T FUCKING MATTER. It’s Eurovision… it’s a mystery why Australia even participates.
minus-squarevagrancyand@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·25 days agoBecause Australia is a White Settler-Colonial state of Europe, just like Israel.
minus-squareFireWire400@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·25 days agoSame goes for America and Canada, though
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·25 days agoThey don’t want Americans competing because half the point was to have something not dominated by American culture and media Plus they’d lose
minus-squarevagrancyand@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·25 days agoOh of course, but unlike the others the US did a colonialism so hard they started colonizing Europe which disqualifies them. And Canada knows what they did to be excluded.
Yeah, that was the funniest thing about the event; Israel giving their 12 points to Australia only for Australia to not return the favour at all.
Germany not getting any points in the public vote was also pretty funny.
But newsflash; IT DOESN’T FUCKING MATTER. It’s Eurovision… it’s a mystery why Australia even participates.
Because Australia is a White Settler-Colonial state of Europe, just like Israel.
Same goes for America and Canada, though
They don’t want Americans competing because half the point was to have something not dominated by American culture and media
Plus they’d lose
Oh of course, but unlike the others the US did a colonialism so hard they started colonizing Europe which disqualifies them. And Canada knows what they did to be excluded.