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Sad. I definitely agree with the article's "yes (no), hell no, hell no" answers. But I wonder how many people would answer the same here as with Brendan Eich be

Sad. I definitely agree with the article's "yes (no), hell no, hell no" answers. But I wonder how many people would answer the same here as with Brendan Eich being forced to resign or Curtis Yarvin being dis-invited from LambdaConf. Edit to be more clear: I can understand either position as long as it applies consistently. I also think I may have pattern matched this incorrectly as "person unfairly ostracized for his personal sexual preferences", when perhaps the part that will get play in the tech community is "woman hating white male", in which case this will fit right in with Eich and Yarvin.

tptacek 10y ago
Yarvin was not disinvited from LambdaConf. LambdaConf was boycotted because Yarvin presented there. (To your edit: so far as I know, the issue with Yarvin has more to do with outspoken racism than with gender equity).
- tedunangst 10y ago
  Disinvited from strangeloop I think? It's hard to keep track of it all.
  - mcphage 10y ago
    Right, disinvited from strangeloop. When he was invited to speak at LambdaConf, pressure was brought to bear to get him disinvited. When that didn't work, people instead brought pressure against LambdaConf's sponsors, speakers, and attendees, in an effort to get LambdaConf cancelled.
    - tptacek 10y ago
      That's a lurid way to describe people boycotting (pretty successfully) a conference.
      - mcphage 10y ago
        Which claim are you objecting to? That people attempted to get him disinvited? That people pushed LambdaConf's sponsors to pull out? That people pushed LambdaConf's speakers to pull out? That people encouraged LambdaConf's attendees to switch to MoonConf? Calling that "attempting to get LambdaConf cancelled" doesn't seem particularly lurid, especially not compared to things like "You chose to die on this hill."
        tptacek 10y ago
        Again, all you're doing is rattling off a description of a boycott.
        mcphage 10y ago
        Right, which is why I'm confused that you objected to it.
lowry 10y ago
I have exactly the same feeling about the resignation of Brendan Eich. Mozilla has been a mindless for-profit business as long as I remember, and I likely older than the median here.
ohbecause 10y ago
The difference is that many of us in the Drupal community have known Crell for years and not only has he done a stellar job of keeping these things separate, but also that he is very much a model for an ideal member of the community. He is always welcoming to others and of all the drama I have seen in the community, he is never part of it. He just seems like an honestly good person that I've known for over 6 years and seen regularly. Acquia should be giving him a medal for making "their" product with probably none of their venture capital money.

tptacek 10y ago

Yarvin was not disinvited from LambdaConf. LambdaConf was boycotted because Yarvin presented there. (To your edit: so far as I know, the issue with Yarvin has more to do with outspoken racism than with gender equity).

tedunangst 10y ago
Disinvited from strangeloop I think? It's hard to keep track of it all.
- mcphage 10y ago
  Right, disinvited from strangeloop. When he was invited to speak at LambdaConf, pressure was brought to bear to get him disinvited. When that didn't work, people instead brought pressure against LambdaConf's sponsors, speakers, and attendees, in an effort to get LambdaConf cancelled.
  - tptacek 10y ago
    That's a lurid way to describe people boycotting (pretty successfully) a conference.
    - mcphage 10y ago
      Which claim are you objecting to? That people attempted to get him disinvited? That people pushed LambdaConf's sponsors to pull out? That people pushed LambdaConf's speakers to pull out? That people encouraged LambdaConf's attendees to switch to MoonConf? Calling that "attempting to get LambdaConf cancelled" doesn't seem particularly lurid, especially not compared to things like "You chose to die on this hill."
      - tptacek 10y ago
        Again, all you're doing is rattling off a description of a boycott.
        mcphage 10y ago
        Right, which is why I'm confused that you objected to it.

lowry 10y ago

I have exactly the same feeling about the resignation of Brendan Eich. Mozilla has been a mindless for-profit business as long as I remember, and I likely older than the median here.

ohbecause 10y ago

The difference is that many of us in the Drupal community have known Crell for years and not only has he done a stellar job of keeping these things separate, but also that he is very much a model for an ideal member of the community. He is always welcoming to others and of all the drama I have seen in the community, he is never part of it. He just seems like an honestly good person that I've known for over 6 years and seen regularly. Acquia should be giving him a medal for making "their" product with probably none of their venture capital money.