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Re:Wrestling With Inclusion at LambdaConf by spriggan3 on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @05:56PM (#11348588)
Well today in "tech", if you openly support a republican candidate, good luck being invited at tech events or conferences as a speaker.

That's wrong of course and I say that as a non republican. The Tech industry has become so politicized positions that used to be seen as extreme are considered "normal". I mean how can an article such as this one can be deemed acceptable on a tech blog ? : https://archive.is/elvvc

Replace white people by black people and racism, defined as broad generalizations based on the color of skin, becomes obvious. Yes the article linked is racist period.

Re:Wrestling With Inclusion at LambdaConf by xmj on Thursday March 24, 2016 @02:32AM (#11350984)
> Well today in "tech", if you openly support a republican candidate, good luck being invited at tech events or conferences as a speaker.

Don't worry. Tech is currently undergoing yet another tectonic shift, with the difference that this time it goes into the right direction.

Re:Wrestling With Inclusion at LambdaConf by tomp on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @07:57AM (#11429654)
Which tectonic shift?

From my point of view, it seems like the previous (pro-feminist, pro-censhorship) tectonic shift still lasts (Brendan Eich, Gamergate, "Shirtgate", "discrimination" in tech), and IMO it's definitely going in the wrong direction (towards lies and censhorship).