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The fact that sponsoring a functional programming conference elicited an explanation of this length shows that something in our society is profoundly fucked up.

• brighteyes 11y ago
  Some interesting thoughts on that by one of the relevant people in this story are here: http://degoes.net/articles/lambdaconf-controversy http://degoes.net/articles/lambdaconf-controversy , in the "Professionalism" section. He explains why, in his opinion, these clashes between the private and the professional are becoming more common.
  • erichocean 11y ago
    From the link: > Personally, if a conference allows all peaceful people to attend and speak so long as they treat attendees exceedingly well, then guess what I think it’s going to select for? > Wait for it… a diverse community of peaceful people who are willing to treat attendees exceedingly well, even when they strongly disagree with them! > That doesn’t sound terrible to me. In fact, I wish the whole world were more like this. Agreed. The more I learn about this, the happier I am that LambdaConf has taken the stand they have. It's not about Yarvin, it's about everyone else, and they seem to get that.
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