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blackn1ght@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 days ago

Wireless Festival cancelled after Kanye West blocked from coming to UK

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Wireless Festival cancelled after Kanye West blocked from coming to UK

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blackn1ght@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 days ago
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West was due to headline the festival in July but drew criticism over past antisemitic comments.
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    They couldn’t just get a new headline act?

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      Well the point is that he should never have been the headline to start with.
      And now all the sponsors have pulled out, because they don’t want to be associated with a festival that is promoting a person like Kanye.

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      The sheer fact he was the “headline” to began with was sad.

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        still a huge audience out there for him, the uk has prevented all types of people from entering the country in the past including jews including members of the israeli government https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8xgk1ek19lo

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          Members of the isreali government makes sense. I don’t think that’s the gotcha you may be thinking.

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            Members of the isreali government makes sense

            indeed, the uk regularly bans people it doesn’t like entering the country

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

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              Yup. I’d say they fall under “hate promoters”, I mean they’re trying to genocide an entire population. Leave the Palestinians alone and let them have their land. Not to mention now they’re attacking Syria.

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