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0 pointsenriquto6y ago0 comments

He does not explain the whole story, so it is difficult to know. It does not really seem that he tried to talk to the person whose talk was cancelled (and who had probably already bought plane tickets, etc).

I agree that, in the end, it is true that this person was a troublemaker that should not have been invited in the first place. However, it seems from the text that the organizers decided to cancel the invitation before receiving any input whatsoever from the concerned person. I cannot see how this is ok.

Imagine that this person has been bullied in such a way out of a dozen conferences by a concerted effort of a few colleagues that hate her. And for this last conference, she exploded with great and not completely unjustified ire. Whatever, it is a bit absurd to have an opinion on this question without information from both sides.

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revvx6y ago

> It does not really seem that he tried to talk to the person whose talk was cancelled (and who had probably already bought plane tickets, etc).

You missed that as well. He and another person of his group reached out to her beforehand. Here's the part in the article that says so:

> Therefore, on April 25, 2019, I, along with an employee of my company, communicated to her our decision in a meeting held in a place of her choice. She took it badly.

The conference will happen next June.

> Whatever, it is a bit absurd to have an opinion on this question without information from both sides.

The people who were denied were the ones who came forward and they never addressed nothing of the sort. They only engaged in doxxing, harassment of other speakers and false accusations.

This is not a proportional response.

All that happened in public. If you need info, just ask instead of assuming.

bduerst6y ago

Why are you trying to create a scenario that justifies the speaker's false accusations and harassment of the organizer?

enriqutoOP6y ago

It's a hypothetical scenario (that turned out to be false), but it was a likely possibility that could be considered before acting to cancel the invitation.

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