> 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 i

> 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.