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Calgary Opera has removed bass-baritone Gabriel Sanchez-Ortega from future performances of "Tosca" after he unveiled a Palestinian flag during the curtain call on opening night. (i.imgur.com)
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[+] -30 points 1 day ago (5 children)

If I was in the 1930s, and being horrified day-in day-out about the genocide that everyone is constantly being reminded about, and I went to the opera to mentally escape, just for one night. A single night where it's not on my mind and I can go out to try and enjoy myself, and then someone made it about the genocide. I'd be less than thrilled.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 child)

    Ohh boo-hoo. So you have to put up with being "less than thrilled" for a few minutes while people are trying to prevent genocide. You poor selfish thing.

    I mean an entire people and culture is being destroyed and you're upset about having to be "less than thrilled" to have to learn about it??? By seeing a flag for 10 seconds?

    WTF?

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  • [–] -1 points 11 hours ago

    Everyone already knows about it. Showing a flag achieves nothing. Maybe your mental health is good enough that you can deal with constant depression all day every day but some of us need an escape once in a while.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 day ago

    You went to see an opera about Italians escaping Napolean's armies as they invade Italy in which the newly appointed chief of police uses his power to kill the lover and family of the woman he chooses to be his bride, only for her to kill him and then herself in order to forget about genocide?

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