> Inclusivity is one of those things that you just have to do, and not talk about i agree, marching under any banner makes me extremely uncomfortable.. even on

> Inclusivity is one of those things that you just have to do, and not talk about i agree, marching under any banner makes me extremely uncomfortable.. even one of inclusivity what should be talked about instead though is the exclusivity i actively seek paradox i think there are profound truths to be found therein one that endeared to me long ago was 'exclude exclusion' > I sincerely hope the irony of excluding this man in the name of inclusivity is not lost on the crowd. you can easily exclude excluders without your noted irony.. just offer for thaem to exclude thaemself for a while the posts and articles about this decision lacked any information as to the catalyst to this decision now what i am seeing is a complete lack of any mention about what the talk was intended to be what i want to see is this: first, the topic for the individual's talk.. maybe offer slides or notes as more information will aide in preempting subsequent objections, also if requiring one, then require all speakers to do the same.. if it is purely technical, then great! if it contains specific elements that people say make them feel excluded, especially that add little more than some intended humor.. see gonads'monads argument.. then offer the speaker an opportunity to either make changes, or to choose to keep the talk as is instead of giving it why does this whole thing seem predicated on assumptions of universal knowledge and understanding? what is even the message the conference organisers are trying to express here? progress comes from discourse intended to explicitly develop understanding, stead some assumed a priori posturing trust is expected, respect is earned i trust anyone can grow personally, but if someone wants to double down on an inconsequential element of their message that adversely affects others then i'll withhold my respect that applies to both parties in this as yet farce