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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsStrange, I don't remember anyone complaining that U2 weren't Americans
when they were asked to do the Superbowl 1/2 time show, a few months after 9/11, even.
kwolf68
(8,343 posts)Approval thus granted.
Coventina
(29,493 posts)Soul_of_Wit
(51 posts)Coventina
(29,493 posts)Raven123
(7,673 posts)Players and the owners make the money, while taxpayers fund the stadiums. I honestly dont watch the halftime extravaganzas, but I do watch my tax dollars being misspent.
hlthe2b
(113,297 posts)Sting (Uk), U2 (Ireland), The Rolling Stones (UK), Coldplay (UK)--granted THEY all spoke and sang in English, so what is left to complain about? Oh, yeah..
BTW, I left out all the Canadians (a bunch) and those from South or Central America, because, guess what... they are all Americans
Wiz Imp
(9,433 posts)And Gloria Estefan was born in Cuba but moved to the US when she was 2.
hlthe2b
(113,297 posts)That includes the Caribbean nations of Barbados and Cuba... And I excluded Colombia because--South America
'Just trying to make the point that MAGA's issue is clearly with Spanish-speakers--Not "non-Americans" i.e., Europeans, Brits...
Wiz Imp
(9,433 posts)at previous Super Bowl halftime shows. So Bad Bunny this year was the first show totally in Spanish but I don't recall people complaining about others singing some in Spanish in the past.
