[llamataboot]

Nope, not about fragility at all. It's about creating spaces where a large chunk of people aren't being literally attacked (and told they are better suited to being slaves) by a speaker. What's the problem? Free speech can also mean no speech. I have no problem with people pulling out if they disagree so strongly with the social views of another participant. This isn't the government smashing someone's printing press, this is people voluntarily deciding not to share the stage with someone whose views they abhor.

[Karunamon]

people aren't being literally attacked (and told they are better suited to being slaves) by a speaker.

Was that actually the content of his talk? If so.. okay, this makes perfect sense.

If not, it's crap.

[llamataboot]

Nope, talk content doesn't matter. If I know you believe that "rape doesn't exist" and you regularly publish about it, but you are giving a talk on 'advanced garbage collection in Ruby", I can still feel totally ostracized from the conference knowing what you've said in other spaces is literally an attack on my safety.

[Karunamon]

A speaker's personal views are not and cannot be an attack on your safety.