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Really that's the business of the conference organizers since it's their conference isn't it? It seems clear to me that it's between the organizers, the speaker
by brazzledazzle 11y ago
Really that's the business of the conference organizers since it's their conference isn't it? It seems clear to me that it's between the organizers, the speakers and any customers who would like a refund or will decide against attending.
It strikes me as odd that there would be so much support for the last option when HN is typically very supportive of a business's autonomy and so many users here have an obvious libertarian stance on politics. I'm tentatively suspicious that this is just a means to bring up a toxic debate but I'll withhold a conclusive judgement for the time being since I don't know nkurz from Adam.
- MBlume 11y agoI don't think anyone in this thread is claiming that the government should force Strange Loop to allow Yarvin to speak.
- brazzledazzle 11y agoThen the whole point of the thread is kind of moot right? At this point what are we debating, what we would do if we organized conferences? If we're talking about what should be done or what's right it seems pointless given that we have no standing to enforce that. It would have made more sense to ask HN if we would boycott a conference or not. If you don't like conferences that evaluate a person's politics or beliefs voting with your wallet, attendance and in some cases speaking commitments seems like the best course of action.