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   Iona Fyfe (ionafyfe@mastodon.scot)'s status on Wednesday, 29-May-2024 21:51:25 JST Iona Fyfe

   🧵In December 2023, when I used my acceptance speech of Scots Singer of the Year to call for a ceasefire, I was later taken aside and chasitised by a representative of MG ALBA. He told me that someone in the audience was Jewish and that she took offence to my speech. That person was Muriel Gray.

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     Iona Fyfe (ionafyfe@mastodon.scot)'s status on Wednesday, 29-May-2024 21:51:24 JST Iona Fyfe

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     I panicked. Did I upset someone with my call for a ceasefire? The cameras panned out when I held up a piece of paper that read “immediate ceasefire now”. Woody Guthrie said that it was a folksingers job to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. I panicked that Muriel took it upon herself to complain about my speech. I told the gentleman that if she was upset at me, I’d happily speak to her via email, and explain all the reasons why I believe we needed a ceasefire. She never mailed.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 29-May-2024 21:51:24 JST Aral Balkan

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     @ionafyfe What sort of morally-vacuous person gets upset at a call for an end to the killing of innocent people?

     (Yes, this is clearly a rhetorical question as we already have our answer.)

     Thank you for speaking out.

     💕

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     Iona Fyfe (ionafyfe@mastodon.scot)'s status on Wednesday, 29-May-2024 21:53:15 JST Iona Fyfe

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     What we have witnessed in the last six months is nothing short of a genocide. Innocent civilians being bombed, a blockade of water, energy and aid. Israel missiles being shot at hospitals. This is a genocide and we need a ceasefire.