> Treat others as you'd like to be treated, etc, etc.
Good point—as someone who's helped organize a conference, I'd really like people to not try sabotaging my conference because they didn't like one of the speakers we chose. So, I guess that's where I stand. Is your comment indicative of how you would like us to treat you?
Re:Why We're Sponsoring LambdaConf 2016
by ankushnarula on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @07:26PM
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The problem is not free association - the problem is the mob that has ensued: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11385733
And:
2. So what?
Just because you can say racist shit doesn't mean I have to listen to it, acknowledge your existence, participate in any event that decides to invite you to speak, or anything else.
You're entitled to your own actions, but you have no entitlement to the action of others in response.
The world doesn't owe you anything. Treat others as you'd like to be treated, etc, etc.