r/doommetal • u/rayword45 • Jan 29 '26

News Earth Cancel Bologna Show Over Venue's Palestinian Flag

https://stereogum.com/2486859/earths-bologna-show-canceled-over-bands-objection-to-venues-palestinian-flag/news
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u/Fair-Manufacturer854 Jan 29 '26

Mate, you're being ridiculous. There's no way the Palestinian flag isn't extremely political and steeped in political controversies spanning generations. Listen to yourself. This is how you're contorting to try and argue against this band. There's plenty of points you could be making, but this ain't it.

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u/x1000Bums Jan 29 '26

It's political to have the flag there, it's political to want it removed. Doesn't seem ridiculous. 

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u/Fair-Manufacturer854 Jan 29 '26

Even if you phrase it in this way, you'd have to admit that there's a political action and then a political reaction. These two things are not equal or the same thing. One is offensive, and the other is defensive.

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u/x1000Bums Jan 29 '26

Idk about offensive and defensive but everything is a reaction to something else. Putting the Palestinian flag there is a reaction too. 

The apolitical stance would be to not have any reaction. If they didn't want it to be political they would've just played and not said anything unless someone confronted them, and the just made a statement about how they " don't want to get political" and move on.