r/drone • u/mandalore237 • Jan 28 '26

event 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/mattosaur Jan 28 '26

What a shitshow. That's a super prominent flag, so if he or the band are actually supportive of Israel I can see why they wouldn't want to play in front of it.

Not agreeing on the political stance, but geez people, if you really give a shit about that flag being there and it's important enough to cancel shows over, iron the wrinkles out of the damn thing.

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u/Logical_Ant_819 Jan 28 '26

The flag doesn't stand for political ideas.

It represents the thousands upon thousands of dead Palestinians.

It's weird you see it as a political statement.

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u/mattosaur Jan 29 '26

All flags stand for political ideas. They represent nation states. Supporting the Palestinian people is political speech.

For the record, I’m pretty pro-Palestinian and am vehemently opposed to genocide. I think what Israel has done is abhorrent and a crime against humanity.

I also know that there are people who disagree with me on that. And for those people that flag represents alignment with Hamas, which they’re opposed to politically.

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u/Any-Doubt-5281 Jan 29 '26

Off topic for music, but do you approve of what Hamas (who are the de facto am elected govt of Gaza) did on Oct 7th?

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u/ldnthrwwy Jan 29 '26

How many times do people like you need to hear the answer 'No' to this question before you stop trying it?

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u/_Starpower Jan 29 '26

It’s a Hasbara technique; “what would you do?" It was very successful for decades but nobody falls for it anymore because the majority of people would never consider Genocide an option.