LambdaConf: White Supremacy Under the Guise of “Inclusion”
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LambdaConf: White Supremacy Under the Guise of “Inclusion”
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Re: LambdaConf: White Supremacy Under the Guise of “Inclusion”
#2I don't give a shit if somebody is an asshole in their personal life, if they're an expert we as critical thinking adults should be able to separate that from their arguments.
This "let's thought police our conferences!" stuff is SUCH bullshit I can't even fathom it.
Re: LambdaConf: White Supremacy Under the Guise of “Inclusion”
#3On top of that, the conference is now being sponsored by a fascist group ("Status 451").
Re: LambdaConf: White Supremacy Under the Guise of “Inclusion”
#4I don't give a shit if somebody is an asshole in their personal life, if they're an expert we as critical thinking adults should be able to separate that from their arguments. This "let's thought police our conferences!" stuff is SUCH bullshit I can't even fathom it.
Today is April 1st.
I think this article is a wizardly April Fools joke -- it comes off as 100% serious. But it can't be.
Not really.
After all, nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. Or Tailgunner Joe's McCarthyism. Or Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution. Or the Salem Witch hunt.
And all those things turned out wonderfully -- so why not do it again?
/s
Re: LambdaConf: White Supremacy Under the Guise of “Inclusion”
#5On top of that, the conference is now being sponsored by a fascist group ("Status 451").
All the fascists I know are in favor of allowing people they disagree with to freely speak without risking their livelihoods.