> If personal politics and beliefs are not apart of the talk, I don't care.
You can't separate the two. Spouses invited to a speakers dinner? What if my spouse is also a man? What if my spouse is a different race? Should we give priority to people of color and women in the speaker selection process? Are trans people allowed in whichever bathrooms they want? Giving a talk on preventing fraud and abuse, where part of your belief system is "women should be free to give opinions online without bullying, trolling and harassment?" How are you supposed to give that talk without communicating a value system?
If personal politics and beliefs are not apart of the talk, I don't care.
Polarizing of personal beliefs, unless specific personal actions are documented, is comparable to a witch hunt.
At least for me.
My own beliefs waver on the spectrum of Silicon Valley, yet I have concerns for outside options I have.
But, no, at a technical conference, if personal idealogy isn't part of the talk, that is your own issue and you need to deal with it.
With tensions in the world PCism needs to stop and individual accountability is more inportant, at least to me.