Re: ARMENIA 2015 - Genealogy - Don't Deny
This is not about how the song sounds, it's about the fact it was picked to remember and focus on the genocide again.
Eurovision has had many political songs before. What makes you put your foot down on this and not the other ones?
Two girls kissing (and two boys) is a human right and in fact Eurovision would not be the same without the gay community. Genocide happened 100 years ago, it's not something that is current, it's just something Armenia wants to bring up to get attention. Two people kissing, no matter of gender, is not a political question (unless you live in some narrow-minded country) but the Genocide actually is. Having two people that love each other going up on stage and kissing and showing that they are happy is not really political, but making a song about Genocide and how much Armenia had to suffer and how bad it was by x to do this etc kind of is.
Just as there is nothing political about saying that homosexuals exist in society and have feelings, there is nothing political about a well-documented event that one particular country simply refuses to acknowledge. People have a right to express themselves and offer parts of their identity to the greater Eurovision community. Take the core of your argument and reverse it. Many in Russia refuse to acknowledge that being gay is even a choice, and therefore, they don't acknowledge that those things are universal rights and deem your activities "political". Some form or another of contestation now exists within the larger Eurovision family. Despite the fact that you may not see it in this way, many others already do. Would it be right of Russia to try and stop someone like Conchita from performing because they may see it as controversial? I don't understand how any of you don't see the hypocrisy in permitting contested and "political" performances like Rise Like a Phoenix or Marry Me, despite claiming to "uphold the no-politics rule of Eurovision", while putting your foot down on this one for the same exact circumstances.
At least with Archer I can understand-- he has the "glory" of his holy and infallible nation at stake and is trying to take this down as much as he can, but with the rest of you, I am shocked by the hypocrisy. Honestly, I would respect you more if you outright said that you have an overt double standard and permit one group while condemning the other.
Also, Eurovision is not synonymous with the gay community. Yes, a significant part of the viewership is gay, but they are only one part. One does not need to be gay to watch or like Eurovision so using that as an excuse to justify a blatant double standard is not a good enough one.
they should've won. Saying this as a Turk.
