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Eurovision vows to remove Palestinian flags or symbols (www.euronews.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Michelle Roverelli, the head of communications for the European Broadcasting Union that runs the show, said ticket holders are only allowed to bring and display flags representing countries that take part in the event, as well as the rainbow-coloured flag.

The Geneva-based EBU reserves the right “to remove any other flags or symbols, clothing, items and banners being used for the likely purpose of instrumentalising the TV shows,” she told the Associated Press in a text message.

Martin Österdahl, the contest's executive supervisor, told TT that “these rules are the same as last year. There is no change.”

They've never allowed political protests. Nothing is different vs any other year. This headline sure is inflammatory, though

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Seriously. Just the distinction between "vows to" and "reserves the right to" is already needlessly incendiary.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

It's so annoying, really. I'd call myself pretty left-leaning (especially compared to the US political spectrum), but there are just so many inflammatory posts on Lemmy that exaggerate just for the sake of it, making anything but a circle jerk impossible.

The headline of this post leaves not much to do except hating the EBU because apparently they are actively trying to suppress any support for Palestine - except they aren't. It's the same rules as every year and nothing really changed. We could discuss if this is a good policy or if the ESC should be more political or whatever. But headlines like this kill any nuance.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Soooo you can fly a rainbow flag but can't fly an ace flag? Can't fly any other sexual identity flag?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Hanlon’s Razor is useful in this situation.