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> It does not really seem that he tried to talk to the person whose talk was cancelled (and who had probably already bought plane tickets, etc).

You missed that as well. He and another person of his group reached out to her beforehand. Here's the part in the article that says so:

> Therefore, on April 25, 2019, I, along with an employee of my company, communicated to her our decision in a meeting held in a place of her choice. She took it badly.

The conference will happen next June.

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> Whatever, it is a bit absurd to have an opinion on this question without information from both sides.

The people who were denied were the ones who came forward and they never addressed nothing of the sort. They only engaged in doxxing, harassment of other speakers and false accusations.

This is not a proportional response.

All that happened in public. If you need info, just ask instead of assuming.




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