Abbott to Bands Boycotting SXSW: Don't Let The Screen Door Hit Y'All

Rap group Kneecap from Northern Ireland announced they would not be joining the festival, saying they "cannot in good conscience attend an arts festival that has 'The U.S Army' as a 'super Sponsor,'" the group explained.

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They also claimed that other sponsors like RTX were "selling the weapons that have murdered 31,000 Palestinians." ...

"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," Abbott wrote.

Ed Morrissey

I actually like Kneecap and their Irish-language rap, but yeah, don't bother coming back. One does have to wonder what the progressives that run SXSW were thinking by cultivating these corporate sponsorships, though, and for that matter why these corporations chose to sponsor the event in the first place. 

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