There's room to talk about exceptions but it needs to be acknowledged that's not an excuse out of having the discussion. We need to talk about the different political landscape now and we need to talk about bad actors arguing for an alternate history that never was.

I've been going to need cons for 16 years? Back when the popular opinion was "SJW is cringe!" and before ever considering trans people or safe spaces. We never had a tolerance for guns like people in favor of the mime argue and it's a failing of the con that he's not banned yet.