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MichMan

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21. Neither Bocelli or Pavarotti would ever be Super Bowl halftime performers

Reply to tulipsandroses (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 12:36 PM

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Best response I've heard about MAGA whining about Bad Bunny not singing in English [View all] tulipsandroses Feb 10 OP

I suspect german is an approved musical language RockCreek Feb 10 #1

People enjoy opera without knowing Italian, French or German, Ocelot II Feb 10 #2

you all are misspelling maggot.. thomski64 Feb 10 #3

you have not seen this version before?, it's how we spell maggot Shellback Squid Feb 10 #5

Some spell it MAGAt. It's a play on words. Also, it's considered Gaugamela Feb 10 #9

Mark Twain said BonnieJW Feb 10 #28

eggzakleigh! Conjuay Feb 10 #40

I believe you were attempting humor... MiHale Feb 10 #31

I not sure that MAGAs even know that opera exists! Lonestarblue Feb 10 #4

Oh, opera? 'Phantom Of The Opera', right?' Aristus Feb 10 #8

Unless its Kid Rock performing Barber of Seville.. BattleRow Feb 10 #6

America is named for an Italian. usonian Feb 10 #7

Don't tell them that! nuxvomica Feb 10 #11

Ot they might leave! usonian Feb 10 #37

While I agree with the unwritten premise, I seriously doubt that MAGAts are patrons of the opera. MLWR Feb 10 #10

Some Folks Are Frightened Anytime They Hear a Non-English Language MineralMan Feb 10 #12

Well done! Harker Feb 10 #17

True. There Are Idiots Everywhere. MineralMan Feb 10 #27

I feel the same way Just_Vote_Dem Feb 10 #33

Ha! Too bad you weren't next door to a Russian Orthodox Ilsa Feb 10 #19

Ha! Very small town, though. MineralMan Feb 10 #25

You must have been the converation topic at Ilsa Feb 10 #34

Ironic, because Wednesdays Feb 10 #35

Irony Is a Funny Thing... MineralMan Feb 10 #38

This is true chowmama Feb 10 #39

Thought the same. Grins Feb 10 #13

We needs recordings of pop songs in different languages Ilsa Feb 10 #20

Many US superstars tour around the world -- singing in English. mysteryowl Feb 10 #14

Butbutbut... Bourgeois Liberal Feb 10 #15

The reality is this is economic kwolf68 Feb 10 #16

In the words of Forrest Gump's mother: AverageOldGuy Feb 10 #18

Neither Bocelli or Pavarotti would ever be Super Bowl halftime performers MichMan Feb 10 #21

It would be like expecting "The King's English" on a rap song. Bluetus Feb 10 #22

Heather Cox Richardson with a good history of US - Puerto Rican relations, and then, this: AverageOldGuy Feb 10 #23

betcha Belize is pissed... Conjuay Feb 10 #41

Give the red hat gang a roll of paper towels with the Puerto Rican flag on them to cry into. Extra strength, full size. twodogsbarking Feb 10 #24

Bawitdaba, da-bang, da-bang, diggy-diggy-diggy RexLipton Feb 10 #26

"It is so absurd." J_William_Ryan Feb 10 #29

Jesus...what does MAGA not gripe about?! SWBTATTReg Feb 10 #30

Indigineous Americans dickthegrouch Feb 10 #32

"America is a continent, not one country" Deuxcents Feb 10 #36