Discussion

Countries for which genocide is a deal breaker:

Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, Slovenia, and Spain

Countries for which genocide is not a deal breaker:

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany (2nd largest arms dealer of the genocide behind the US; historic fan of genocides), Greece, Israel (our good friends who are carrying out the genocide), Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, and United Kingdom.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2026

#EurovisionSongContest #EurovisionSongContest2026 #Eurovision #Eurovision2026 #GenocideSongContest #UnitedByGenocide #Europe #EU #israel #EuropeanValues #genocide #settlerColonialism #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #Gaza #Palestine #StopIsrael #BDS #FreePalestine

click to agree

@clorox_twee@piaille.fr · last week

@aral

Jacob Something

@jkanev@fediscience.org · last week

@aral Yup, correct. Also not forget Turkey (carrying out genocide), Russia (same), and Palestine (started genocide, governing party even has genocide in their founding charter).

Aral Balkan

@aral@mastodon.ar.al · last week

@jkanev@fediscience.org Oh yes, the people Israel is committing genocide against are the ones commiting genocide. Great detective work there, Sherlock.

Hans

@hc@mastodon.africa · last week

@aral "Historic fan of genocide" pisses me off a little

Aral Balkan

@aral@mastodon.ar.al · last week

@hc Good, it should.

Captain Jack Sparrow

@Captain_Jack_Sparrow@mastodon.world · last week

@aral

#BoycottEurovision

JKB

@jkb@gotosocial.jkbockstael.be · last week

@aral Belgium may have an update coming on this topic, fingers crossed https://eurovoix.com/2026/02/17/rtbf-vrt-unions-call-for-eurovision-boycott/

Eurovoix

🇧🇪 Belgium: RTBF & VRT Unions Call for Eurovision Boycott - Eurovoix

Just days ahead of Belgium revealing its participant for Eurovision 2026, the unions at RTBF and VRT have called for both broadcasters to withdraw from the competition.

/usr/bin/sudo

@sudo200@layer8.space · last week

@aral

You forgot Austria, Germany, but worse

Aral Balkan

@aral@mastodon.ar.al · last week

@sudo200 Fixed, thanks.

Electropict

@electropict@mastodon.scot · last week

CartyBoston

@CartyBoston@mastodon.roundpond.net · last week

@aral Ireland is still trying to make up for WW2, good for them.

kΔ

@kDelta@privacysafe.social · last week

@CartyBoston @aral Get the feeling you are a bit clueless on that one bud.

Dec.tar.gz

@dec23k@mastodon.ie · last week

Yeah, @kDelta , you're going to have to show your homework on that.

@CartyBoston @aral

kΔ

@kDelta@privacysafe.social · last week

@dec23k @CartyBoston @aral Well what is problem with Irelands actions during the Second World War? They played the Nazis like a fiddle and fed the intelligence back to the allies.

Dec.tar.gz

@dec23k@mastodon.ie · last week

@kDelta @CartyBoston @aral
Before WW2, Ireland had Adolf Hitler’s half-brother Alois, and his Irish Nephew Paddy:

"The Hitler name may have opened doors for William Patrick Hitler in Berlin, but at the onset of the war it had become highly unpopular in England."
https://oi.ie/en/paddy-hitler-adolf-hitlers-irish-nephew/

Oi.ie - Brasileiros na Irlanda

Paddy Hitler, Adolf Hitler’s Irish Nephew

Not many people would associate Adolf Hitler, the world's most well known and possibly brutal of all dictators, with Ireland, a country known for its neutrality

kΔ

@kDelta@privacysafe.social · last week

@dec23k @CartyBoston @aral Yes sounds like he was the only one jumping in bed with Adolf, none of the Butchers would have done that.

3 media

Queen Liz 2nd edition of The Butchers Empire and her sister being prompted as a child by her parents to give a Nazi salute.

King Edward VIII of The Butchers Empire and his racist wife meeting their new boyfriend Adolf Hitler.

Prime Minister Chamberlin of The Butchers Empire who was dumb enough to believe Hitler would not start a fight in Europe because he wrote the pinky promise on a bit of paper that Chamberlain is now showing a crowd.

1 more replies (not shown)

Nit

@NitP@mas.to · last week

@aral all 5 are taking part at the Winter Olympics (competing directly against Israel in some events).

Wonder how these deal breaker decisions are made.

kiennah

@kiennah@hachyderm.io · last week

@aral I’m not sure NL deserves to be on the good side of the list. While the regular broadcaster decided not to do ESF this year, which is why we don’t have a participant, another broadcaster decided “millions of people” can’t be robbed of their fun, and ESF should be broadcasted live regardless of our particpation.