[geowwy]

Douglas Crockford is a grumpy old man who has a history of making politically incorrect jokes. There are a handful of inclusivity activists who campaign against him because of that.

The main Nodevember organiser recently dropped Douglas Crockford as a speaker. No one knows why because they haven't properly explained themselves. But presumably it's because they're sympathetic to (or scared of) the inclusivity activists.

This is part of a wider battle between inclusivity activists and their critics, hence the controversy.

[LoneWolf]

Thank you so much, I am getting tired of these inclusivity activists that want to force the list of speakers to be representative of every religion, ethnicity, etc.

No I have no problems with the speakers being of any specific ethicity or whatever. The speakers at conferences should be invited by merit or because they can give a good talk about a subject relevant, not just the sake of diversity, I will not care if the speaker is a woman, man, straight or gay, if I go to a conference it is because of the theme not because it has representation of every ethnicity etc.

[geowwy]

I'm going to differ on this. I 100% support inclusivity.

I really, really like my job and I know activists have the power to destroy my career. Therefore I'm doing like Scott Adams[1] and supporting inclusivity, because it's safer for my career if I do.

[1] http://blog.dilbert.com/post/145456082991/my-endorsement-for...

[PavlovsCat]

> grumpy old man

Oh? To me he's just not a noob and not saying "awesome" every third word out of his mouth. But grumpy?