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I think it's clear in this case Violet Blue isn't a cause or direct antecedent of drama, regardless of her history. Her post above, to me, sounds like she was
by anateus 14y ago
I think it's clear in this case Violet Blue isn't a cause or direct antecedent of drama, regardless of her history.
Her post above, to me, sounds like she was basically talking to a middleman who didn't convey the message from the Ada Initiative in a manner as nuanced as they would. I really really don't think they meant to say as simplistic "is there any rape we can't have rape". But the "drama" around this started before she made the post above showing the details of her side of the situation.
- prodigal_erik 14y agoI think the people actually running this event decided it was a threat they had to cave to, but the organization they're part of put a pretty face on it. Why would people organizing a hacker conference be ideologically okay with censorship of thoughtcrime?
- cupcake-unicorn 14y agoYeah, I do agree, and I hope my first post tried to make that clear - I just have seen a trend with some dramatic bloggers in the past, so it often clouds my view when reading an unrelated/less biased post. It is reasonable for her to be upset about it, and it does seem as if it was handled poorly, but I guess ultimately it was the conference's call.
- rdl 14y agoThe conference is getting pilloried within the security community (and other organizers of BSides conferences), it seems, although that may just be that the loudest voices are the most opposed to what happened. BSidesLV extended an open invitation for her to speak (again), and made it clear they'd never bar someone for a talk like this. At the same time it would also suck if the response to censorship were hostile to women or whatever.