This validates my feeling that the left-wing regressives have taken over Pengiucon.
On Jay's post, many of the comments are just attacks, doing a "you don't agree with me, so you must be a bad person
But one of the comments is stood out for me:
A very large portion of the programming presented by the convention was suggested by, and run by, attendees. As the demographics of the convention skew younger, less white, and less male than typical tech conferences, the panels presented reflect the submissions of those panelists. You see less panels aligned with your beliefs not because they are excluded but because less people with those beliefs attend the convention that hit nearly 1,600 people this year — a convention that’s grown by 100 to 200 every year for the past 5.I agree 100%. Penguicon has changed. It started off as an inclusive convention that welcomed everyone. We welcomed the left-wing regressives. And they showed their gratitude by excluding everyone that doesn't think like them.
Penguicon is no longer for me. I had hoped that things would change, especially after Jay and Eric spoke out about the problems. But I see that will never happen now. I had hoped that after a couple years things would get better and I would return. But that won't happen now either.
But that makes me sad. I assume that Eric, Jay, and others are sad about this as well. That's why we spoke out about these problems. We don't want to see Penguicon die. But there's nothing we can do now to stop that.
This is the last post. I will no longer even follow Penguicon anymore.
