[mcphage]

> The fact is, I do wish to exclude myself from any community that deliberately includes Yarvin and his ilk. I would encourage others to make the same decision. I will happily discuss or debate ideas with them on any topic, in any forum where it makes sense to do so. They are human beings and deserve all the rights and privileges thereof.

That's fine. If they left it at, "I don't want to go to this conference anymore", then fewer people would have an issue here. I certainly wouldn't care enough to get involved either way. It's the next step of, "...and therefore the conference should be killed off" that I have a problem with.