I'm definitely not worried about the so called SJW group starting sending such vans. Is there any real evidence for that? The accusations about "SJW", "commies" etc. seem to come from people having a political view that somehow neatly fits into the views of the MAGA people where you are allowed to look down on "foreign" people, people of different color etc. Many of the MAGA people have made very clear that they do not accept all people as equal human beings. So is it so surprising that people with such extreme political views could be banned from such events? And latest developments indicate that it is this group of people that are most likely to start sending those black vans during night. Indeed the last days there have been openly expressed views about justifying murder of what they call "commies" or whatever term they make up. That is much more worrying right now.
Isnt the banning of the individual a metaphorical black van? just because they(the SJW) do not align with the banned individuals political views?
MAGA supporters (extremists and others) might have expressed any opinion of theirs. It is their right to express it. and yours to disagree with it.
What is not acceptable, as others have pointed out, is to enforce an arbitrary set of rules owing to a political difference of opinion. You said it yourself, it is frowned upon to talk politics at workplace. What should have been done is
1. Not give a damn about political affiliations in a unrelated technical event.
2. If the LF felt the need to do so, do ask the individual to be a little aware of bringing political views to a technical event, but discreetly and privately.
In any case, banning the individual is a big no no.
Say I dont agree with what you hold as views on this forum. Does that mean I can make a public complaint about it in a thread and the mods take action by banning you publicly and make a statement in the thread? How is it even relevant to electronics? And why should your political views be the cause of such explusion for you?
Do you see where I am going with this?