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Absolutely irritated by the way the song "Bella ciao" has been remixed and used multiple times as a base for dumb tiktok dances. I was already irritated enough when I found out that it had been improperly used in the Netflix show La casa de papel, but this is just ridiculous.

It's not just disrespectful, it's also plain stupid. Because I hate to see so many people (rightfully) defending their own culture, calling out all the people who make cultural appropriation and insulting their culture. But as soon as the culture that is being disrespected is not theirs, suddenly it's all "just a joke", "chill", "it's nothing serious".

Well, let me tell you that, it IS serious. This song was sung by Italian partisans during the fascist time in WWII. It's not a happy song, it talks about resistance, about the way young soldiers that wanted nothing but peace were absolutely aware of the fact they were going to die. It's a VERY important piece of Italian history, it's not a song anybody should use to dance.

So please, just STOP using that! It's disrespectful and stupid. I don’t even understand how some people thought it was a good idea to use that song for a tiktok video in the first place. Learn to appreciate and RESPECT other peoples culture.

And don't even get me started on those who romanticise mafia because, oh boy, I have a few things to say. 🇮🇹

Why can't they just like forgive the English? /sarcastic

the Guardian

Ireland grapples with singing of pro-IRA chant

Country debates whether chant is legitimate expression of national pride or an affront to victims of the Troubles

The footage went viral and triggered a row about glorifying the IRA’s campaign during the Troubles that has left Ireland grappling with fraught questions about national identity, pride and history.

The controversy swelled when Celtic Symphony topped Ireland’s iTunes charts and people were filmed chanting the chorus at a Dublin airport pub.

Northern Ireland’s unionist leaders asked the taoiseach, Micheál Martin, to use his influence to curb the practice, calling it an affront to those injured and bereaved by the IRA. John Baron, a Conservative MP, told the House of Commons it marked a “low point” [sic] in relations between the UK and Ireland.[...]

The phenomenon coincides with the ascendance of Sinn Féin. Once an IRA mouthpiece with fringe support, it is now Ireland’s most popular party and appears poised to lead the next government.

A recent poll put combined support for Sinn Féin and smaller leftwing parties among people aged 18-34 at 73%. The party’s promise to fix a housing crisis and redistribute wealth has driven the surge, but many supporters also adopt the party’s defence of the IRA campaign. “As Sinn Féin grows, past violence is retrospectively endorsed,” one commentator, Newton Emerson, wrote in the Irish Times.

Opinion in Northern Ireland, where Sinn Féin has become the largest party, has shifted: in a recent poll, 69% of nationalist voters agreed with the party that there was “no alternative” to violent resistance during the Troubles – a reversal from 1998 when 70% of Catholics rejected republican justifications for violence.

21 Oct 22

B E R L I N & N A I R O B I

ethics is important, Nairobi, but aesthetics as well.

Do you guys think that Oedipus reacts to your mom jokes by violently bursting into tears?

good things will happen 🧿

things that are meant to be will fall into place 🧿

i think queer people should be more confusing actually. i think we should make everyone as confused as possible until they give up and realize that total understanding of other people isnt the gateway to respect and compassion

The defunctland video was great and all but the bit that's sticking with me is when they talked about how they would covertly get children interested in fish a whole year before any finding nemo advertising so the film would be more popular. And he went "that's pretty sinister actually" and she just said "Yeah! :)"

just realised that jinx was the product of all three of them. she was raised by felicia, then vander, then silco. sounds like felicia, leads like vander, fights like silco. has her smile, his heart and his wits. has her braid and his scruff and his bangs. she's the best of them. i cant get over it