moonblog

"That I have experienced my share of traumatic experiences, have survived abuse of various kinds, have faced near death from accidental circumstance and from violence (different as the particulars of these may be from those around me) is not a card to play in gamified social interaction or a weapon to wield in battles over prestige. It is not what gives me a special right to speak, to evaluate, or to decide for a group. It is a concrete, experiential manifestation of the vulnerability that connects me to most of the people on this earth. It comes between me and other people not as a wall, but as a bridge."

Gold mouths cry

EBU can disqualify a country (in this case, Joost and the Netherlands) over allegations, but Israel who is committing mass murder and that is an actual fact is still qualified for Eurovision, because Eurovision isn't political.