He’s an American citizen. Like … There’s not even a way to plausibly deny that this is solely because he is brownish and speaks Spanish.
Laugh in the face of anyone who praises it
These MAGA snowflakes are making themselves a safe space and awarding themselves a participation trophy even though they lost this one 🤣🤣🤣
He’s fucking American, I genuinely don’t even understand their issue with him is. I get that it’s just racism but how do they rationalise it without admitting its just racism? What are their talking points because it makes no sense
they are racist…
I totally get that but usually they have some talking point to avoid directly admitting that
I literally don’t think that the raciats understandthat Bad Bunny is American.
I’m not even American and even I know Puerto Rico is an American territory 😭
Yes, but many Americans don’t know that. The name is Spanish. Hell, so many Americans don’t realize that New Mexico is a state in their own country.
And it wasn’t until the U.S. invaded Mexico and forced it to cede large swaths of its territory. Same with California, Arizona, Nevada, etc.
Puerto Rico didn’t exactly beg to be annexed, either.
I think a lot of this panic about Latin American people illegally taking over the United States stems from repressed colonial guilt.
It’s more based on fear, since the US Latin population seem to be maintaining a healthy birth rate, while the white people seem to have either lost wood, can’t find the right hole, or have 'nads packed with PFAS. In some US states, whites are already a minority, and the various schemes to impose minority rule are unstable and require increasing effort as demographics keep on shifting.
Less guilt and more the expectation of revenge.
This is just the mask-off, “We don’t care that he’s a US citizen…he’s not white”, kind of racism. They aren’t even pretending that there’s more to it at this point.
They don’t do that anymore. Not since January 21st 2025.
They are going full blown Nazi.
They’ve been there since 2015
Oooooh that explains a lot thanks
That’s nice but also very naive…Gotta remember to always quote what I’m replying to so when folks edit their comment I’m not out here looking like an asshole…¯\_(ツ)_/¯
My bad 😅
Not the end of the world - it’s just a few downvotes on Lemmy…
Maybe if comment clarifies your perspective or whatever, reply instead of editing?
Normally I’d put it under an “edit:” but I thought I was quick enough this time that I wouldn’t need to haha
I literally just edited another comment and thought about this exchange and how that would probably work too.
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It’s a territory and Puerto Ricans are born American citizens.
Ya my bad, even though they can’t vote or receive citizen befits.
They can if they move to a state and register there. It is kinda weird that they could then move to another country and vote as an ex-pat but not if they move back to PR.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said booking Bad Bunny was “a terrible decision,” suggesting that Lee Greenwood would attract a “broader audience,” despite the 1980s country icon boasting fewer than 500,000 Spotify listeners compared with Bad Bunny’s 80 million.
I kinda wish this would happen. It’d go down as the most disappointing Superb Owl half time show in history.
Who the fuck is Lee Greenwood?
He sang the “Proud to be an American” song, which is played at pretty much every 4th of July or other vaguely patriotic event in the south at least. But I can’t name one other song he sang, and I don’t see any reason at all to be proud of the USA right now.
Didn’t he re-write the lyrics for a bunch of different countries?
[edit] - maybe it was just Canada.
Music for people who hate music.
Lol I am a Raiders season ticket holder, and since they moved to Vegas, the halftime shows have been superb. I’ve seen Lil Jon twice, Sublime with Rome, Ice Cube, and I feel like I’m missing a couple, but they have been for the most part, great. Lee Greenwood did one once, and first of all, I had to Google just to see who tf he was, then he was God awful. Out of pitch and just sounded like he was too old to still be performing. He played the proud to be uh 'murican song and finally fucked off. I hope Chudpoint USA hires this moron for their unwoke halftime show. It’ll be a disaster.
Just blatant, bald faced racism. Just non stop racism from these nazi loving racists.
so is American Bad Bunny performing that one too?
Probably Kid Rock playing his greatest hits from his hit album “Bad Reputation”.
greatest hits
Whoa 😳
He had two?Do it bawitdaba tho
That song with the “Let’s Go Brandon” chant is going to age like Hitler Youth anthems.
Keeping up the proud tradition of hating Puerto Rico.
Who’s Charlie Kirk
Some racist guy that got shot, idk they’re butt hurt about it
And an advocate for what killed him.
A gumball machine all outta gumballs and the toddlers are tantruming in the store because mommy can’t fit them all back in the clown wagon again.
Be happy you don’t know the name, be happy you haven’t seen the shameful behavior of people world wide when he got shot, and I’m not even talking about people being happy about his untimely passing
Charlie Kirk would be proud. He was a racist piece of shit.
He’d be proud his staff is taking a shot at this.
Maybe I missed something along the way but what in the ever loving fuck is up with this obsession over Lee Greenwood from the right? He is not a generational talent and has absolutely 0 appeal to a majority of people.
The RW is not exactly known for their great taste in…well, anything.
what in the ever loving fuck is up with this obsession over Lee Greenwood from the right?
They have almost nobody else to choose from. The vast majority of artists lean left (or at minimum lean away from the rightwingnuts).
I’ve never heard of them.
Pessimistic take: Given how much weird involvement presidents have always historically had with the Superbowl, I honestly just kind of assumed the Bad Bunny as “such a controversial pick” was intentionally meant to stir shit up for marketing purposes.
It provides the left with a feeling of control by knowing that people that buy into the outrage (see the recent cracker barrel controversy, that was mainly bot driven marketing) are triggered. Tons of people who don’t give a shit about football (or even Bad Bunny) will now make a point to at least watch the half time show for the chance to see the right wing outrage machine being owned on a national stage.
Everybody who buys into the “this is a disgrace and I am personally offended and outraged” machine, (also more likely to be watching bc they care about football) can tune into the TPUSA half time show, and feel their own little slice of control. There’s even a chance many of the sponsors of the TPUSA half time show will be part of a parent conglomerate that also owns the sponsors of the Superbowl halftime show.
Create a controversy and market to both sides of the controversy. Americans watch and spend money to support “their side,” but it turns out that both sides are owned by the same people. Example, Dove might sponsor the Superbowl while Axe Body Spray will sponsor the TPUSA show. Unilever still makes money regardless.
What’s the complaint? That it’s not an American performing?
The Who performed at the Superbowl before. They’re not American…
EDIT: Yes, I know he’s American. I’m trying to understand what these misinformed people are claiming to be upset about. They’re not even consistent, which suggests that they’re BSing about their reason.
He is American. I still laugh at who the Squeaker of the House threw out there as a better alternative…Lee Greenwood, which I had to look up, because I never heard of him. Unlike Bad Bunny - I don’t pay that much attention to pop music, but even I know who he is…
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Yeah, I know. I should’ve made it more clear that I was attempting to get into their misinformed heads.
They don’t know that he’s American, but they’re not even consistent. There have been non-American performances at the Superbowl before, so I don’t even know what the complaint is supposed to be.
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He’s Puerto Rican…
Just not part of the white America.
It’s the icky part. We need kid rock
Yeah, I know. I should’ve made it more clear that I was attempting to get into their misinformed heads.
They don’t know that he’s American, but they’re not even consistent. There have been non-American performances at the Superbowl before, so I don’t even know what the complaint is supposed to be.
The complaint is that he’s brown and speaks another language.
I wish they would just admit it. If you have to lie about what’s upsetting you, you should realize your reasoning for being upset is probably BS.
I’m pretty sure they think they are annoying it because that’s what they think “not American” is. Same reason why they didn’t give a fuck when white Europeans with songs in English were there.
All American like Qatari air bases?
In Idaho.
I looked it up and it seems like Qatar might be able to help Idaho with it’s issues with medical care for women. Apparently even with the absurd discrimination they suffer, health wise they appear to be better off than women in Idaho.
Why did Idaho matter here? Not from America so I can’t understand why that particular state matters?
Nitpick, it’s not a base. And apparently Singapore already has one there.
That show is going to be the worst show ever
Agreed. At least it will be unintentionally funny.
Star War Christmas Special look out!
Bad Bunny is not All American? That is news to me.
