Posted on 03/13/2024 7:32:34 AM PDT by simpson96
Texas Governor Greg Abbott hit out at musicians on Tuesday who are pulling out of the South by Southwest festival (SXSW) over the U.S. Army's sponsorship of the event, telling them "Don't come back" to the state.
The internationally recognized event brings thousands of visitors to Austin each March, showcasing music, film and interactive media. This year's festival is running from March 8-16 and includes live panels and special events. However, it comes amid heightened tensions in the U.S. and around the world due to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
The U.S. is currently the foremost supplier of weapons to Israel, and several of those systems are being deployed in the conflict. The U.S. Army is also spearheading the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza.
On Tuesday, musicians including Kneecap, Lambrini Girls, Scowl, Gel, Okay Shalom, Squirrel Flower and Sprints began pulling out of SXSW in protest at the Army sponsorship. They were set to perform from March 11-16.
In a statement on X, Kneecap said, "We cannot in good conscience attend an arts festival that has the U.S. Army as a 'super sponsor,'" and cited the supply of arms to Israel.
The group added that backing out would have "a significant financial impact" on the group, "But it isn't an iota of hardship when compared to the unimaginable suffering being inflicted every minute, every day on the people of Gaza."
Abbott criticised the musicians on X, formerly Twitter, adding that Texas is proud of the U.S. military.
"Bands pull out of SXSW over U.S. Army sponsorship. Bye. Don't come back. Austin remains the HQ for the Army Futures Command. San Antonio is Military City USA. We are proud of the U.S. military in Texas. If you don't like it, don't come here," he wrote.
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Liberals should love the new modern Army.
The group added that backing out would have “a significant financial impact” on the group, “But it isn’t an iota of hardship when compared to the unimaginable suffering being inflicted every minute, every day on the people of Gaza.”
Good for Abbott.
However, without Duty Honor Country it is getting harder to advocate for Biden’s army.
The “Army” is on Hamas’ side.
That was my thought too. The Army is full of trannies and militant gays now. Unicorns and rainbows are the order of the day. These musicians are behind the times.
“Those are *our* tanks now!”
Publicity stunt. Don’t cooperate, Greg.
We don’t need this noisy bunch of jugheads. We’re about to be overrun at the beginning of April with the Solar eclipsers from all over the world. I wish the fart-left, Dung Beetle Party turd rollers would “cancel” the eclipse to punish Texans for the way Texas treats Pedo Joe’s “neo cumers”.
This reminds me of how the Leftists saw the planes crash into the twin towers and knew immediately they had found their soul mates. This time it was October 7.
This reminds me of how the Leftists saw the planes crash into the twin towers and knew immediately they had found their soul mates. This time it was October 7.
SXSW, been to two of them, that was more than enough.
The US Army probably opposes the transfer of weapons to Israel because US Army weapon stockpiles have been depleted to supply Ukraine.
The US supplies smart bombs to cut down on collateral damage. If the smart bombs weren’t sent to Israel, Palestinian civilian deaths would be much higher.
The best thing for all concerned would be for HAMAS to release the hostages at once.
The group added that backing out would have "a significant financial impact" on the group, "But it isn't an iota of hardship when compared to the unimaginable suffering being inflicted every minute, every day on the people of Gaza."
As a former Texan -- and still culterally a Texan --- this bears repeating:
Bye. Don't come back.
Dang I miss Texas...
Virtue signaling can be expensive.
Oh no...my favorite musicians...not.
“it is getting harder to advocate for Biden’s army.”
Going woke doesn’t work for people trying to gain favor with the left.
Well, will these uh musicians be gung ho to return next year when Trump, after undergoing a barrage of attacks makes it through the finish line/inauguration, calls a moratorium on all these wars?
No these uninformed emotional mob thinkers will hate Trump worse. There’ll be peace among the armies but he’ll be hated by these pretend peacemakers just the same
Trump knows that.
…But why does he keep talking about the vaccine?
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