Alex Miller's Statement on Curtis Yarvin and Strange Loop

I hadn't heard of Curtis Yarvin or his online nom de plume until yesterday, but this statement is completely unconvincing on why someone whose presentation passed a pretty thorough review process should be disinvited for essentially unrelated political writings.

http://railsconf.com/program#prop_842

Or take a look at this one:

http://selfconference.org/sessions#session_33

When "tech" conferences include talks like "Empathy & Gender Diversity: AMA," I'm afraid the pattern is clear.

We in tech are going to have to make a decision about whether we want this process to continue. It's already rather badly violating some cherished liberal principles, such as the policy of offering need-based scholarships to worthy recipients, but only to members of favored underrepresented groups. In other words, poor white and Asian men are out of luck. This policy is being pursued by organizations such as the Y Combinator–backed Recurse Center [1] and by the Strange Loop conference itself [2]. Perhaps we need a fork: in addition to the current events, with their trigger warnings and diversity agendas, maybe we need events that say, "This event is open to anyone. We are all adults here, so if you hear something that upsets you, leave the room or take it in stride. And this is a tech event, so please leave your politics at the door."

[1]: https://www.recurse.com/diversity

[2]: http://www.thestrangeloop.com/opportunity.html