Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. The mayor of Vorst, Belgium, has officially banned an upcoming Disturbed concert, citing public safety concerns stemming from frontman David Draiman’s outspoken support for the Israeli army – namely that one picture where he's signing missiles that'll kill people shortly thereafter.

Disturbed was scheduled to play Vorst Nationaal on Wednesday, October 15, but the plug has now been pulled following a police order issued by Mayor Charles Spapens (PS) according to De Standaard.

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[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

https://www.thejc.com/life/david-draiman-defending-israel-getting-divorced-and-his-quest-for-love-k890w036

[–] CovfefeKills@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Grotty. Guy probs got divorced because she didn't understand the literal extent of the band's name when marrying him and thought those tendancies were fixable.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Earlier this year, he divorced his wife of 12 years, Lena, and his dog, Gabriel, died.

There's got to have been a better way to write this...

Kept reading and

As for rising antisemitism, Draiman is equally concerned. “How can you not be worried about it?” he says.

For real for real.

Referring to some Democrat politicians, he says: “They pretend to represent everyone when they don’t. It’s very scary how they keep on stirring the pot of antisemitism on a daily basis, ...”

Hard agree. I don't follow American poli too closely, but your Democrats sound super conservative.

under the guise of being social justice warriors, with no repercussions.”

?????

[–] mhague@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

As an American his very first statement is suspicious. The second statement basically proves he's too far right. The last statement is naked maga. Obviously these are American shibboleths so it makes sense not to immediately get what he's about.

For example, our conservative Democrats (neoliberal subset) are not the ones that are speaking out against the Israeli genocide of Palestine. The "antisemitic" politicians are more leftist. Maybe not left by classic European standards, but left by modern European standards.

But also, we have a long history of people hating Jews. We had people marching against "Jews replacing white people." Jewish space lasers! Soros!! People fucking HATE Jews. I won't even bother saying what party they are attracted to. I'll leave it as an exercise for the non-American reader.

But... that's not being played right now. Our fascists are saving the "anti Jews" card. We hate Mexicans right now. If an American says "antisemitism is on the rise" I'd strongly suspect they are simply pro Israel.