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Free speech or cancel culture? Randa Abdel-Fattah disinvited from writers festival
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Nearly all of the other writers to present had pulled out of the event, citing opposition to her cancellation and limiting freedom of speech.
Some people out there are furious calling for formal investigations re the cancellation and outside political interference.
Randa Abdel Fattah though has been found to have tried to "cancel" a pro-Israeli author back in 2024, which comes across a double standard.
http://thenightly.com.au/australia/randa-abdel-fattah-row-literal-irony-of-woke-writers-block-as-authors-board-members-quit-adelaide-festival-c-21282572
We have also seen people like Deborah Conway for example have her events targeted by Palestinian activists due to her comments on Israel.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-28/deborah-conway-performance-interrupted-pro-palestinian-protest/103900264
I'm all for free speech. I am also for responsibility. I am though opposed to double standards, people picking and choosing what is free speech and who can talk and who cannot talk at something like a writers festival based on their own personal views.