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I work at a bank and FS-ISAC's Spring Summit at the beginning of the month was in Florida so... nope. My coworkers have said they would stand up for me but I'm not risking that nor am I going to put that on them.

The one before that was New Orleans, before that Atlanta.

The response when I ask is usually either "we booked this years in advance", "that's where we get the best rates", "other cities can't meet our needs", or, my favorite, "nobody else has brought it to". Have you heard of Chicago? San Francisco? Also, nobody should have to tell you about it. Do you watch the news or check social media or pay attention to anything? Do you care about people who aren't able-bodied, cisgender, heterosexual, or white? Do you have a team of people who plan these things out or do you just randomly pick a spot based on cost savings and vibes?

@nprofile1q... in data security for 25 years.

Firewalls, proxy servers, IDS / IPS, VPNs, Wi-Fi, forensics, vulnerability management, pen testing, FIM and configuration drift, developing and writing policies and procedures, more reporting, ad-hoc data analysis, and cobbled pseudo-SOAR than I can summarize. Now doing actual SOAR / Hyperautomation.

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I see you did not mention NFTs because nobody but the grifters believed those were anything but money laundering.

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I think a better way to describe a real world way to do the "just ostracize bigots" method would be "it is not your job to educate bigots".

That allows people who don't have the emotional fortitude, vested interest, or the time to try to fix a bigot move on. At the same time, it allows space for those who are strong enough, care enough, and have the time to give it a go.

In my experience, when I leave public comments, it's not because I think I can change a bigot, but because I hope to catch someone reading along who is not yet a bigot and show them a different side.

You cannot change a bigot. That is a fact.

Only the bigot can change themselves.

But that doesn't mean you can't be a guiding light or a reminder to a bigot that their way is not the only way. That doesn't mean you can't be an example to disprove the stereotype.

The idea of "just ostracize them" is to prevent their ranks from growing. It's a way to stop Nazi bars from forming. It keeps everyone else safe but provides no escape for existing bigots.

It's part of the solution but not the whole solution. I'm sorry your other thread went off the rails. With authoritarian fascism being mainstream right now, everybody's nerves are frayed and finding a soft target for that constant outage everybody is feeling means folks are lashing out more than ever. The time for polite conversations, for many people, is over. We've entered an era where assuming bad faith keeps at risk communities safe. And this is what it leads to: friendly fire.

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And then get mad when you start pointing it out.

Rarely in my twenty five years have I experienced such rabid ad-hoc my business line must have this insecure garbage pushback with full-throated CIO support.

They are so convinced it's gonna give us the edge and we're just putting up roadblocks to the magic money train.

Also, a whole lot of "if it isn't blocked, then it must be allowed".

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Guillermo del Toro. Every interview I see or read tells me he is grateful, understands his privilege, and is still filled with childlike joy and getting to do what he does. He also frequently acknowledges and celebrates his inspirations and works with those whose works he admires, like with Pinocchio.

I like him a great deal.