For a little context on how effective the 'critics' have been: Every Irish act has pulled out over the last week or two; twelve acts in total.

Kneecap were the first to cancel their show, I think, and put it like this on social media:

> "That the organisers of SXSW have taken the decision to mix the arts with the military and weapons companies is unforgivable, that they have done so as we witness a genocide facilitated by the US military and its contractors is depraved."

The loss of earnings to these artists is significant, before anyone tries to claim they're doing this for attention or clout.

Some will surely claim that this is because the Irish are so 'anti-semitic'. Having lived here for decades, I can promise you that there is fuck-all anti Jewish sentiment across the country. What we dislike is settler colonialist land-grabs and ethnic cleansing.