American Exceptionalism

Bizarre! Everywhere you go in Germany, they play music in English! We talked about that at great length when you were in Vancouver. I hated it. You said it was fine.

Yes, indeed, I don’t mind non-german songs being played in german events. But first, the US event was a rather provocative 180° u-turn to all prior events of that kind. Likely as a reaction to the extradition policy of mainly South Americans and for this not comparable to german radio shows or events having also english singing artists. Total different reasoning. Second, if german citizens with minority background would only talk in turkish or arabic after ending their song, then I voluntarily offer them a one direction ride to their country. Which obviously isn’t Germany.

It’s ok if you don’t see how absurd your position is. Everyone else does. lol.

Go listen to some Springsteen. At some event in Germany. And then complain when he speaks English after his song. lol.

Springsteen isn’t German. Absurd would be to expect from a non-German artist to speak German.

So if the Americans had hired a non-US-citizen to sing in Spanish at the Superbowl, you would’ve been fine with it? You can’t win this Gunda, because you’re just wrong.

You would welcome Springsteen or Sting or Paul McCartney or Mark Knopfler or any of these tasteless noisemakers you like to sing at events in Germany and speak in English after, but somehow you don’t like a US citizen singing at the Superbowl and speaking in Spanish. It’s nonsense, no matter how you try to frame it.

Because you don’t get it. Bad Bunny lives in the US and also speaks english beside spanish. To decide to only speak in spanish was pure provocation. Good for marketing and his bank account, I give him that. Also the NFL organizers can announce mission accomplished (they also focused on the spanish speaking market to fill their bank account with more money).

As a side effect, this also accomplished to create an even deeper division between spanish speaking immigrants and english speaking US citizens. Congrats.

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Oh I get it perfectly. You’re full of crap. lol.

Bad Bunny’s English is indecipherable. He doesn’t speak English at all beyond the most basic words, which is quite normal for someone from Puerto Rico.

I repeat: You would welcome Springsteen or Sting or Paul McCartney or Mark Knopfler or any of these tasteless noisemakers you like to sing at events in Germany and speak in English after, but somehow you don’t like a US citizen singing at the Superbowl and speaking in Spanish. It’s nonsense, no matter how you try to frame it.

It’s not about music taste, Reggie. This is also something you aren’t able to comprehend. But I get you are in a bitchy mood. Let off steam, if it helps you, lol. It’s about a grown up US citizen who voluntarily decided to choose California instead of Puerto Rico as his home. Obviously refusing to learn english despite living there not just for a day I guess. Thanks for adding one more reason, why so many US citizens justly criticize immigrants who refuse to integrate. No wonder the tensions rise. Mass immigration causes way more problems then it solves.

I’m not bitchy at all. I am in the mood to argue, however. lol. And you make that so easy!

Shania Twain moved to Switzerland ages ago and still speaks totally crappy French (and no German or Italian or Romansh). She hasn’t bothered to learn French well. If she played her admittedly horrible music at an event in Switzerland, and sang only in English, and talked afterwards in English, you wouldn’t care. But this guy is somehow bad. You’re full of crap, Gunda, and your bigotry is showing. Not racism. I don’t think you’re a racist. Just a bigot.

If you say so. :poop:

I say so, yes. Tell us, Gunda, wouild you care if this white woman sang at an event in Switzerland in English, and then talked in English after singing?

Be honest. We all know the answer, anyway.

If Shania Twain lives in Switzerland, has the Swiss passport and refuses to learn the regional language, for that she only speaks in her native tongue in a huge national sport event, or even out of protest - then yes, I would support to rip her off her passport and send her home. I would have ripped Michael Schumacher off the german passport after he moved to Switzerland for tax reasons btw.

Scorpions the German rock band does shows in German and English.

No doubt, they were brainwashed.

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Turkey is next so it won’t be April or May.

november is the month that americans murder turkeys…

Then perhaps you’re correct. In April and May we slaughter wild bore.