Best response I've heard about MAGA whining about Bad Bunny not singing in English

[tulipsandroses]

I caught a clip of someone laying it out very clearly. The award winning album was done entirely in Spanish.

Why would anyone demand that he do it in English? Would you have made the same demands of Andrea Bocelli or Pavarotti? Should they translate their artistic works to suit crying entitled MAGATs?
It is so absurd.

[RockCreek]

1. I suspect german is an approved musical language

He may have learned that in his childhood home.

[Ocelot II]

2. People enjoy opera without knowing Italian, French or German,

but MAGAs probably don't enjoy opera.

[thomski64]

3. you all are misspelling maggot..

[Shellback Squid]

5. you have not seen this version before?, it's how we spell maggot

[Gaugamela]

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

bad form to correct others’ grammar and spelling on DU. There is a wide range of educational background represented on DU, and some here are dyslexic or have other learning challenges.

[BonnieJW]

28. Mark Twain said

I have no respect for a man who can spell a word only one way.”

[Conjuay]

40. eggzakleigh!

[MiHale]

31. I believe you were attempting humor...

if not read my sig line. If so ..apologies.

[Lonestarblue]

4. I not sure that MAGAs even know that opera exists!

Speaking of stupid, I heard part of an NPR interview with Fran Lebowitz recently, and she is so witty and funny. She said that New Yorkers have always known that Trump is incredibly stupid and they could not believe he was ever elected. She's doing a tour now, and I'd enjoy seeing her in person. Here's the list of cities in case anyone is interested.

https://tickets-center.com/fran-lebowitz-tour?

[Aristus]

8. Oh, opera? 'Phantom Of The Opera', right?'

I hear this a lot from the right-wing crowd.



No. Not f*****g Phantom Of The Opera.

It's not opera......

[BattleRow]

6. Unless its Kid Rock performing Barber of Seville..

[usonian]

7. America is named for an Italian.

Put that in your crack pipe.

[nuxvomica]

11. Don't tell them that!

They'll want to change it to Trumpistan or Trumpsylvania.

[usonian]

37. Ot they might leave!

For Argentina, which is named for silver, or
Moronica.



I just checked today and some or most national park passes have that "booking photo" (1) on them. How fricking gross!

I'll stick with my Senior Lifetime Pass, which I got for $10 rather than the $80 they jacked up soon thereafter.

The one that looks like Vigo from Ghostbusters, "the Scourge of Carpathia, the Sorrow of Moldavia"

[MLWR]

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

[MineralMan]

12. Some Folks Are Frightened Anytime They Hear a Non-English Language

And, when they're frightened, they get angry.

I remember an incident in my life. I had just finished an intensive Russian Language program in the USAF and was home on leave just before Christmas. My hometown church choral director asked if I'd sing a solo in the Christmas service. I frequently sang as a bass-baritone there before joining the USAF.

So, I said, "Sure." I talked to the church's organist and asked if she had music for "O Holy Night." Of course she did. So the Saturday before the service, we ran through it a couple of times.

The next day, in my USAF dress uniform, I sang that well-known Christmas song, the first time in English, the second time in the original French, and the third time in my newly learned Russian. I had translated the song into Russian earlier to sing it at the graduation ceremony for the language school.

So, after the service, one of the church's Deacons came up to me and scolded me for singing in a "Communist" language. I laughed in his face, to his surprise. I guess he still thought of me as the high school smartass kid I used to be. Obviously he didn't understand my reasoning in singing a Chrismas song in more than one language. I wish I had sung the Spanish version, as well.

People get angry at things they don't understand.

[Harker]

17. Well done!

Some get angry, others work to understand.

[MineralMan]

27. True. There Are Idiots Everywhere.

I guess I found one...

[Just_Vote_Dem]

33. I feel the same way

I tend to get curious, not angry, when presented with something I don't understand.

[Ilsa]

19. Ha! Too bad you weren't next door to a Russian Orthodox

Christian Church. Maybe they could explain it to him.

[MineralMan]

25. Ha! Very small town, though.

I had already abandoned it, but my parents still lived there, so I was home on leave.

Conservative church, too.

[Ilsa]

34. You must have been the converation topic at

quite a few Christmas brunches or dinners, even in a small town.

[Wednesdays]

35. Ironic, because

Marx and Engels lived and worked for a long time in England, and much of their writing is in English.

[MineralMan]

38. Irony Is a Funny Thing...

But, hey, most people don't understand English lyrics for most pop music anyhow.

What does "The Reverend Blue Jeans" mean, anyway?

[chowmama]

39. This is true

On a flight to Ireland, on Aer Lingus, DH was seated near a woman who initially seemed ok. However, Aer Lingus is an Irish company and, after doing the flight instructions in English, repeats them in Irish.

The woman began emitting explosively loud (audible through the entire plane) huffs and actually asked a flight attendant whether something couldn't be done about this. When nothing was done, she sulked and bitched to her companion for the rest of the long flight.

It actually ruined her entire flight that she was briefly forced to acknowledge that there was another language than English in the world.

I don't know why she didn't stay home. I'm sure the local Holiday Inn would rent her a room for a couple of weeks, and she could probably avoid the service personnel. I know she wouldn't have tipped them.

The 'Ugly American' is a stereotype for a reason.

[Grins]

13. Thought the same.

Imagine demanding Pavarotti singing “Nessun dorma” in English. This is MAGA Jingoism on steroids.

[Ilsa]

20. We needs recordings of pop songs in different languages

translated to English. All of the lyrics are translated to "Trump's an asshole!" and "MAGAs are stupid." We can start with Superbowl 60 halftime show.

[mysteryowl]

14. Many US superstars tour around the world -- singing in English.

[Bourgeois Liberal]

15. Butbutbut...

Italians are white people now (they didn't used to be)!

[kwolf68]

16. The reality is this is economic

The Bad Bunny performance was marketing to the NFL. The NFL has been playing international games for a few years now. They are doing what BUSINESS does, expanding their market. There are a half a billion Spanish speaking people in the Americas. The NFL doesn't care about "love is stronger than hate", they only see the Latin market as potential consumers of their product. Even if you only get a small % of that population you're still taking about millions of new consumers, consumers of jerseys, streaming services, etc.

It's capitalism boys. How does it taste tiger? It'd be something that during the same year Republicans basically went against their sacrosanct 2nd amendment they abandon the tried and true formula of letting business do whatever the fuck they want. Of course, we all here know the Republic Party only pays lip service to "free markets" while their real goal is to entrench the oligarchs and corporate criminals. Of course as soon as a business does something not approved by the Maggots it's off to do probes, regulate.

2A, states rights and free market are just hollow code words for these vacuous losers.

[AverageOldGuy]

18. In the words of Forrest Gump's mother:

"STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES."

[MichMan]

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

[Bluetus]

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

That isn't the genre.

If you want rap in The King's English, that is Shakespeare, the original rapper.

[AverageOldGuy]

23. Heather Cox Richardson with a good history of US - Puerto Rican relations, and then, this:

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-9-2026https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-9-2026
]

Last night, Bad Bunny highlighted Puerto Rican history, beginning with the workers at the heart of colonial sugar production and moving through to those same cane workers hanging from electric poles in an evocation of the recent blackouts in the country’s inadequate electric grid, poorly addressed by the U.S. government after Hurricane Maria wiped out the system in 2017. He carried the flag of the island from before the U.S. takeover—an independence flag banned from 1948 to 1957— its light blue triangle picked up in various fabrics throughout the performance.

He ended by shouting “God Bless America” in English, echoing the United States mantra in an answer to right-wing critics. And then he rejected the idea animating the current U.S. administration’s deportation of Black and Brown people with the claim they are not Americans and their culture will undermine American culture.

After saying “God Bless America, Bad Bunny listed in Spanish: “Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Haiti, Antilles, United States—not Estados Unidos—Canada, and Puerto Rico.”

“Together,” the football he carried said, “we are America.”

[Conjuay]

41. betcha Belize is pissed...

[twodogsbarking]

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

[RexLipton]

26. Bawitdaba, da-bang, da-bang, diggy-diggy-diggy

Said the boogie, said up drop the boogie
Bawitdaba, da-bang, da-bang, diggy-diggy-diggy
Said the boogie, said up jump the boogie
Bawitdaba, da-bang, da-bang, diggy-diggy-diggy
Said the boogie, said up drop the boogie
Bawitdaba, da-bang, da-bang, diggy-diggy-diggy
Said the boogie, said up jump the boogie
Bawitdaba, da-bang, da-bang, diggy-diggy-diggy
Said the boogie, said up drop the boogie
Bawitdaba, da-bang, da-bang, diggy-diggy-diggy
Said the boogie, said up jump the boogie
Bawitdaba, da-bang, da-bang, diggy-diggy-diggy

I couldn’t understand a word of it!

[J_William_Ryan]

29. "It is so absurd."

Racism, bigotry, and hate are absurd.

[SWBTATTReg]

30. Jesus...what does MAGA not gripe about?!

Someone should start a "who's the most whiniest MAGA of the week?'" award...

[dickthegrouch]

32. Indigineous Americans

I was just fed this in YouTube Shorts
GORGEOUS
https://youtube.com/shorts/4yoULkdJxxc?si=dV8bPiwZbOpkjSlp

[Deuxcents]

36. "America is a continent, not one country"

Loved the video