This entire thread is a pretty depressing indictment of the sorts of people who hang out on HN. Seriously, nobody should care about offending Curtis Yarvin or any of his ilk.

Yarvin and his "ilk" aren't the ones complaining about being offended here.

The argument of the original post is that we shouldn't exclude Yarvin because it might make avowed racists feel unwelcome at FP conferences. To which I say: who cares? I don't want Yarvin at FP conferences, and I suspect none of the attendees particularly do either.

> I don't want Yarvin at FP conferences, and I suspect none of the attendees particularly do either.

I'd imagine there's a solid overlap between Hacker News posters and people who might attend a functional programming conference, and judging by this comments section your position is in a distinct minority. So if it's OK to ostracize people based on their unpopular political opinions, you may find yourself in the hot seat you've been preparing for Yarvin.

How about this: perhaps we should instead strive for a system of pluralism and tolerance where we don't bring our political disputes into the professional sphere.

Those who assert must prove.

I didn't say I didn't have the evidence. You haven't sent me an email.

Then post it. This bullshit game of I-have-proof-by-na-na-na-I-won't-show-you is a waste of everyone's time.

No one has sent me an email.

So... no, then?