Fantastic post. It's infuriating to read all the comments by programmers, both on github and reddit, who seem to think there was a tumblr-esque witch hunt by the evil PC brigade against the poor BritRuby organizers, when that just wasn't the case— and hardly ever is.
If anything, the responses by the community only prove there's still a problem with diversity.
If anything, the responses by the community only prove there's still a problem with diversity.