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.