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particularly since speakers are often perceived to represent the community There needs to be a serious education effort to remove that mistaken idea from peopl

particularly since speakers are often perceived to represent the community There needs to be a serious education effort to remove that mistaken idea from people's minds. It's also a bit insulting to the audience to assume they are too dense to realize that the actions and opinions of one person are simply the actions and opinions of one person. Even if those who are offended are overreacting, publicizing their views is probably the best way to be sure that both speakers and attendees can make well informed decisions about which conferences to attend. Exactly.

T-R 16y ago
> It's also a bit insulting... Perhaps true, but if the community doesn't acknowledge offensive behavior, it comes off as tacit acceptance. If the speaker is invited back without question or actively defended by the community, a person couldn't be blamed for getting the impression that the speaker's views reflect the views of the community as a whole, or at least of those responsible for the event. > There needs to be a serious education effort to remove that mistaken idea from people's minds. I'd argue that that's difficult to do without acknowledging the behavior as undesired/detrimental when it happens, for the reason above.