Re:Pseudonyms to protect authors of controversial articles
by chroma on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @07:18AM
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Being disinvited from a conference is the least of it. If he wasn’t the founder of his own company, he would have lost his job. In 2016, security escorted him off the SF Google campus when he visited a friend for lunch. Apparently his name is on a blacklist (along with other conservative & neoreactionary people).
When I met Curtis Yarvin, he told me about some efforts he’d been taking to reduce the risk of violence to him and his family. I disagree with him on pretty much everything, but it saddened me that he had to worry about that.
Re:Pseudonyms to protect authors of controversial articles
by zimpenfish on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @09:29AM
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> security escorted him off the SF Google campus when he visited a friend for lunch
I mean, sure, that's inconvenient but it's really nothing in the grand scheme of things.
> some efforts he’d been taking to reduce the risk of violence to him and his family
If people have threatened him or his family, that definitely sucks and I cannot condone or support those people.
He's a fairly blatant racist - I think that's a bit more than "unpopular" when it comes to views.
> livelihoods destroyed and lives ruined > Curtis Yarvin was disinvited from Strange Loop
In what way did "not being invited to speak at a conference" destroy his livelihood or ruin his life?