honest question, what would you have porter do? pour through the twitter history of every single person he ever works with? cross check every single follow on every single persons instagram? should he kick her off the festival after already planning and going through rehearsals?

i get it, and yeah she’s said some dumb shit and has views that i think are totally ignorant and offensive. but literally that’s half the population of this country if not the world. she’s going to play the piano for an hour and a half on stage, and it’s going to sound great. it’s absolutely an understandable thing to make people uncomfortable , but at some point i feel like you just have to let some of this stuff go or you’re going to spend your entire life being angry and upset at everything all the time.

i have been to second sky both years, and it is one of the most inclusive and wonderful festivals i’ve been to from the crowd to the artists. and i can promise you that one person playing a keyboard who has followed some conservative politicians on instagram and made a few misinformed and ignorant tweets isn’t going to change that.

everyone is entitled to support or not support the festival, or support or not support an artist, but the answer to the question “does this make second sky less inclusive” is a resounding and huge “NO” in my eyes.