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Can someone explain to someone who has not been following this (me) what happened in a short way, all I find are huge posts and I can't spare the time unfortuna

Can someone explain to someone who has not been following this (me) what happened in a short way, all I find are huge posts and I can't spare the time unfortunately.

geowwy 10y ago
Douglas Crockford is a grumpy old man who has a history of making politically incorrect jokes. There are a handful of inclusivity activists who campaign against him because of that. The main Nodevember organiser recently dropped Douglas Crockford as a speaker. No one knows why because they haven't properly explained themselves. But presumably it's because they're sympathetic to (or scared of) the inclusivity activists. This is part of a wider battle between inclusivity activists and their critics, hence the controversy.
- dlmetcalf 10y ago
  'is allegedly a grumpy old man who had allegations made about him that he has a history of making politically incorrect jokes.' Definitions of correctness vary. Saying "history" may also suggest it's some kind of consistent pattern. A huge part of the real issue also seems to be, that on inspection, not very much was found at all.
- LoneWolf 10y ago
  Thank you so much, I am getting tired of these inclusivity activists that want to force the list of speakers to be representative of every religion, ethnicity, etc. No I have no problems with the speakers being of any specific ethicity or whatever. The speakers at conferences should be invited by merit or because they can give a good talk about a subject relevant, not just the sake of diversity, I will not care if the speaker is a woman, man, straight or gay, if I go to a conference it is because of the theme not because it has representation of every ethnicity etc.
  - geowwy 10y ago
    I'm going to differ on this. I 100% support inclusivity. I really, really like my job and I know activists have the power to destroy my career. Therefore I'm doing like Scott Adams[1] and supporting inclusivity, because it's safer for my career if I do. [1] http://blog.dilbert.com/post/145456082991/my-endorsement-for-president-of-the-united-states http://blog.dilbert.com/post/145456082991/my-endorsement-for...
- PavlovsCat 10y ago
  > grumpy old man Oh? To me he's just not a noob and not saying "awesome" every third word out of his mouth. But grumpy?
Noseshine 10y ago
Read this reddit comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/javascript/comments/51e2jb/nodevember_organizers_steps_down_i_did_not_and/d7b9k7r https://www.reddit.com/r/javascript/comments/51e2jb/nodevemb... It seems that two people complained, none of which provided any evidence.

Can someone explain to someone who has not been following this (me) what happened in a short way, all I find are huge posts and I can't spare the time unfortunately.

geowwy 10y ago

Douglas Crockford is a grumpy old man who has a history of making politically incorrect jokes. There are a handful of inclusivity activists who campaign against him because of that. The main Nodevember organiser recently dropped Douglas Crockford as a speaker. No one knows why because they haven't properly explained themselves. But presumably it's because they're sympathetic to (or scared of) the inclusivity activists. This is part of a wider battle between inclusivity activists and their critics, hence the controversy.

dlmetcalf 10y ago
'is allegedly a grumpy old man who had allegations made about him that he has a history of making politically incorrect jokes.' Definitions of correctness vary. Saying "history" may also suggest it's some kind of consistent pattern. A huge part of the real issue also seems to be, that on inspection, not very much was found at all.
LoneWolf 10y ago
Thank you so much, I am getting tired of these inclusivity activists that want to force the list of speakers to be representative of every religion, ethnicity, etc. No I have no problems with the speakers being of any specific ethicity or whatever. The speakers at conferences should be invited by merit or because they can give a good talk about a subject relevant, not just the sake of diversity, I will not care if the speaker is a woman, man, straight or gay, if I go to a conference it is because of the theme not because it has representation of every ethnicity etc.
- geowwy 10y ago
  I'm going to differ on this. I 100% support inclusivity. I really, really like my job and I know activists have the power to destroy my career. Therefore I'm doing like Scott Adams[1] and supporting inclusivity, because it's safer for my career if I do. [1] http://blog.dilbert.com/post/145456082991/my-endorsement-for-president-of-the-united-states http://blog.dilbert.com/post/145456082991/my-endorsement-for...
PavlovsCat 10y ago
> grumpy old man Oh? To me he's just not a noob and not saying "awesome" every third word out of his mouth. But grumpy?

Noseshine 10y ago

Read this reddit comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/javascript/comments/51e2jb/nodevember_organizers_steps_down_i_did_not_and/d7b9k7r https://www.reddit.com/r/javascript/comments/51e2jb/nodevemb... It seems that two people complained, none of which provided any evidence.