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Comment on Adelaide Writers' Week cancelled after week of escalating controversy around [cancellation of] author Randa Abdel-Fattah

blind3rdeye@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Here is their statement on their website.

Check this out:

We also apologise to Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah for how the decision was represented […]

They’re doing one of those classic bullshit non-apologies. “Sorry you misunderstood” rather than admitting fault. They completely fucked it up, and now even while cancelling the event they cannot bring themselves to take responsibility for it. That’s low.

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joelfromaus@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Full quote from the article:

“We also apologise to Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah for how the decision was represented and reiterate this is not about identity or dissent but rather a continuing rapid shift in the national discourse around the breadth of freedom of expression in our nation following Australia’s worst terror attack in history.”

I don’t think it’s the apology that they think it is. Heavily paraphrasing: “it’s not about who you are or what you’ve done personally. It’s about your heritage and the dirty bloodline that represents after bad actors committed an atrocity.”

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