VIDEO: Government will shut down Sziget Festival due to LGBTQ propaganda?

After the attacks of the government-close media empire, Bence Rétvári, the deputy interior minister of Hungary, also slammed Budapet’s world-known Sziget Festival. The reason was the LGBTQ propaganda present at the festival and its ads. Earlier, the government commissioner, who owns a large chunk of the land where the festival takes place, raised the possibility of a permanent shut down.

As we reported in April, Szilárd Demeter, the leader of the Petőfi Cultural Agency and owner much of the territory where the Sziget festival is held annually, said when he might cease supporting the event. First, it should remain a pop-cultural mass event instead of a festival. Secondly, it should remain affordable for Hungarians. But both are very subjective. For example, most food and drink items on the menus aren’t affordable by local visitors, even though Sziget introduced a number of budget-friendly options. We detailed the issue in THIS article. Furthermore, we garnered HERE the best cheap eats on this year’s Sziget.

It appears, the government opened a new front against the festival this week. The government-close media empire controlled by the KESMA foundation attacked the rainbow “video spots” of the festival. They assert that the organisers should have applied age-rating since some scenes depict homosexual couples kissing. Bence Rétvári, Hungary’s deputy interior minister, continued the attack the festival on its opening day, on Thursday, in the following Facebook post:

LGBTQ content in Sziget ad

Rétvári condemned the video spot, which was shared four months ago, due to its opening shot that shows a lesbian couple sharing a kiss. Mr Rétvári believes Sziget’s foreign owners intentionally provoke the conservatives in Hungary. However, while serving the LGBTQ lobby, they harm even sexual minorities by selling them out for profit. Here is the video he complained about:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCT-70k3nLE

He raised the question that if Hungary was a dictatorship – as many Western media and politicians state – why would anybody name Budapest’s Sziget the island of freedom? He also added that they were happy about Sziget’s presence in the Hungarian festival scene and the international reputation this massive event enjoyed. He suggested foreigners come to Sziget Festival in Hungary because this state is the last home of freedom.

Blikk wrote KESMA media outlets attacked the festival because of a TikTok video in which two young guys are snogging. They added minors could be easily exposed to such irresponsible content. Therefore, it has to be age-rated. However, Áron Demeter, a lawyer for Amnesty International, believes Hungary’s children’s protection law does not apply to such video spots since they are only available on the social media.

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