Given the historical parallels between the troubles and the current gaza conflict, It's not exactly surprising specifically Irish musicians decided to boycott.
What's surprising to me is that SXSW thought getting sponsorship from companies whose products have killed over 30,000 Palestinians in a matter of months was a smart and cool thing to do.
To then have the additional hubris of trying to legally intimidate critics with farcical threats is actually a little surprising too. Like, dig up, dipshits.
Time to donate to the EFF again.