The Progressive Paradox
Censor Everyone, Complain When Censored
Randa Abdel-Fattah is a typical progressive … offended by everything and ashamed of nothing.
The Palestinian author is crying foul after being dropped from the Adelaide Writers Festival.
Why was she ditched from the speaking line up?
Well, where do I start?
Where to begin.
Right after October 7, she swapped her profile picture for a paraglider in Palestinian colours.
Then she tweeted she hoped Israel would cease to exist.
She helped circulate the personal details of prominent Jews so they could be harassed.
She insists all of Australia should be “culturally unsafe” for Zionists.I could go on, but you get the picture.
So, when someone pointed out that maybe she wasn’t really festival material, she was removed.
Cue the crocodile tears:
It’s censorship!
It’s racism!
Randa Abdel-Fattah said she was the victim of a …
"Blatant and shameless act of anti-Palestinian racism and censorship”
Well, well, well. The irony is spectacular.
You see, it has now emerged that just last year Randa Abdel-Fattah succeeding in having a Pulitzer Prize winning Jewish author dumped from the festival …
