Flight FacilitiesSydney electro act Flight Facilities have responded to a wave of criticism following a post the duo shared on Facebook last week regarding the US election, which was slammed by fans as "uniformed" and "incredibly privileged".
In a statement given to triple j, Flight Facilities addressed the negative response to the post, in which they wrote, "to generalise about the complexities in the majority of a voting nation, is no better than the act of racism itself".
"Our intention was never to imply that people don't have the right to protest, nor should should they simply have to get over the results of this election," the statement reads.
"Merely that the results of a democratically held election cannot be flipped. Those, including many of our friends and fans, who have joined the protest, have an absolute right and obligation to do so, where they see necessity for change or justice.
"We never, for even a second, doubt the injustice and hate against minorities, both in the USA and around the world. We only want people to have open discussion with those they disagree with, without an assumption that each and every one of the millions of voters who participated, possesses an ignorantly hateful characteristic.
"Perhaps they do? But our intention is to believe and hope that there is more to all these people, than simplifying every single individual down to a tag or insult.
"And if we can't reach out compassionately to those, who would otherwise be so easy to block out and ignore, what hope is there of progress?"
