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If a conference wants to exclude people for expressing political views, written under a pseudonym, in a deliberately obscurant way, that was playing a role of d
by devalier 11y ago
If a conference wants to exclude people for expressing political views, written under a pseudonym, in a deliberately obscurant way, that was playing a role of devils advocate and provocateur (which may or may not reflect actual views), then the censor should at least have the decency to define where the line is, and provide a process for recanting views to get back in the good graces of society. Every sane inquisition operates under such a principle. Otherwise, you just end up making everyone scared and uncertain because they don't know what the rules are.
- hga 11y agoand provide a process for recanting views to get back in the good graces of society The conference isn't the actor here, rather the sans-culottes who, among other things, have the power to damage or destroy the conference and the careers of those organizing it. Otherwise, you just end up making everyone scared and uncertain because they don't know what the rules are. Which is explicitly a goal of a lot of those sans-culottes (see e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9696162 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9696162), so that's not a bug, its a feature.