It's one thing to dislike somebody's politics but another to not allow them to talk about a completely separate intellectual endeavour.
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Replying to @nouswaves
It can be argued that technology itself is political. It can certainly be argued that a person's identity itself can become politicised.
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Replying to @nouswaves
Due to this there may be disagreements, rivalries or offence taken at each other. However breadth and diversity of ideas is important.
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Replying to @nouswaves
@sebinsua The hard part seems to be drawing the line where politics ends and antisocial behavior begins.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @paulbaumgart
@paulbaumgart As long as he only talks about tech and doesn't give a political speech or read his poetry they should let him speak.3 replies 1 retweet 2 likes -
Replying to @nouswaves
@sebinsua That sounds spot on. But somehow, rational compartmentalization like that isn't considered a virtue by many people. Sadly.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @paulbaumgart
@paulbaumgart Yes. I'm shouting into a void here. Right-wingers agreeing with me because 'hurr bad progressives'. So few uncorrupted minds.3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @nouswaves
@sebinsua@paulbaumgart I was at a weird hippie conference three years ago and they let him speak specifically about politics, no one died1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sebinsua@paulbaumgart hippie programmers used to be cool1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@sebinsua@paulbaumgart BIL right?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@i_contemplate_ yup - I'm amazed to discover that BIL was, in retrospect, *cooler* than other tech conferences, considering how dorky it was
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing Yeah and his talk...wasn't the greatest, to put it mildly. Wonder if BIL itself has been taken over.0 replies 0 retweets 1 likeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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