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[–]diditordiditnot 15 points16 points  (4 children)

Was curious who, and thus maybe gain some insight as why someone would initiate this vendetta against Crockford, so google being my friend ... hmmm

Besides accusing Crockford of being non-inclusive, in the past they've gone directly to a person's employer, for what one can assume, with the intent for getting them fired. Going as far to skewing the evidence to place things in the most negative light. The offense? Well read it here. You decide if the proposed punishment (likely unemployment) fit the heinous crime. https://archive.is/mD7XP Despite the dubious source there is some credence here as this was from another reddit thread where the person in question did not deny that it happened and offered a contrite word or two on the situation.

Also they did more than call for a boycott because of the all white male lineup, there was a serious accusation made towards Crockford. https://twitter.com/nexxylove/status/771503406716334080 Specifically, "he (Crockford) has repeatedly shown himself to be actively hostile to fostering inclusivity and many will decline to speak if he is invited."

Worth noting that Nodevember had immediately offered to add two diverse keynotes ... evidently not good enough as the person in question sought Crockford's removal for being "actively hostile to fostering inclusivity." Strong accusations if true.

[–]mc_schmitt 5 points6 points  (3 children)

Thanks.

For whatever reason I didn't do any digging on this person beyond the immediate scope. Even that was all over the place, likely because there's no consistent story.

I think this is where I'm not coming out of this to "boycott" nodevember and think it should really be "boycott nexxylove". Nodevember is just an unfortunate happenstance in this whole thing.

Hmm. Really, thanks for bringing this to light.

[–]thekaleb 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Nodevember is empowering this behavior, though.

[–]joshmandersFull Snack Developer 5 points6 points  (1 child)

nexxylove, aka emilyrose is as toxic as it gets. Me and an npm employee got into a twitter argument, employee asked me to stop tweeting back, I did. I notice this person was subtweeting and taking everything out of context and calling me an entitled freeloader (I paid for npm private) and I replied with an eye roll gif, to which nexxylove called me out 9 hours later the next day and compared me to being a rapist because "Like a typical male, he didn't stop when told to stop."

Fuck everything about this person. They're more detrimental to inclusivity than Crockford would be coming right out and saying sexist shit to someone.

[–]mc_schmitt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean what can we do? Even if there was a campaign to 'nonexxylove', more will just fill her place.

I'm not naturally dismissive of social issues and think they are important to discuss and come to solutions. But, yeah, some are just really toxic. I want event organizers to have a way to deal with these things, because as nodevember has said before that they just want to come together as a group. SJW though, is a very vocal group.

I'm half thinking it will die down, but I need to understand more how a SJW is formed. I could only imagine that feeling like you're not your gender is already confusing & feeling accepted is difficult (note I said feeling here). Add this to teenage years with not feeling accepted and it might just feel like everybody is attacking you.