As I understand, in that instance the guest decided not to attend. I think you’re focusing on the wrong part of the story if you’re trying to determine whether any of the guests were morally in the right/wrong or whether we should feel sorry for them. The problem is that the event is now caving to pressure, which completely kills its premise of being an open space for the discussion and sharing of ideas.
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Tau@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Bit rich for her to be going on about censorship and silencing authors if she demanded someone else be excluded previously from the same festival over provocative comments.
Ilandar@lemmy.today 1 day ago
ShrimpCurler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Yeah, a bit rich from her. But, that doesn’t excuse them excluding her.
hitmyspot@aussie.zone 2 days ago
From my understanding, the other person was not excluded and they were spouting hate speech. Some of her tweets seem to verge on hate speech too, but the other person wasn’t verging on it, but leaning into it in a big way. I think it’s a bit rich too, but I also think the festival is practicing double standards. They also come across as racist in their rationale. Their apology was a non apology. Sorry you were hurt by our decision and how it was portrayed, rather than making the wrong decision.