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For research purposes I'm finally reading that drivel apologia about lambda conf and this jumped out "Some attendees are amoral atheists".
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Like wtf, I'm pretty quiet about being atheist because so many threw out the books and kept the raging misogyny, but what the actual fuck.
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Which reminds me of how many times I've heard that cocoa conf is fine w/o a CoC because the founders are so religious - specifically xtian.
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There's so many problems with that, not least of which is the racism inherent in xtian good and other religions likely terrorist.
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But I'm gonna end with this: religion doesn't mean shit when it comes to morality. In any direction.
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Still reading this post. IDK why. Really it's an illustration of why "diversity of thought" as a phrase makes me want to stab people.
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A more accurate phrase might be "diversity of critical thinking", "diversity of respect for humanity", "diversity of awareness of history".
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I cannot with this "there are two sides" to the argument thing. Like a wall has two sides, but maybe one side is covered in nails?
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Or like "well both sides got hurt", what if someone punched you in the face and then fell over his own shoelaces? You both got hurt. Right?
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I got to the end. One more point: the focus is on "safety" and not on "welcoming". It's about plausible deniability rather than inclusivity.
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I will tell you that a lot of conferences out there are aiming higher than safety, they are aiming for welcome, for real inclusion.
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If safety is enough for you then cool. If you want something more, then there are so many events that would be lucky to have you there.
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And if you're a speaker thinking about pulling out, my DMs are open - if you think I can help you, get in touch, I will if I can.