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In Entropic's statement they say:

>and, especially, keeping a community eye on law enforcement and conference security to help ensure our friend Dmitry’s safety in the last 48 hours.

Has there been anything in all this that would suggest anyone was in danger at the conference?

This kind of comment about safety is pretty standard among very progressive communities anytime anyone disagrees with them.

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>Has there been anything in all this that would suggest anyone was in danger at the conference?

Depends on how much you danger you consider someone making unwanted physical contact and restraining your movements.

I don't consider you trespassing and the people who have the authority to remove you removing you as danger. Additionally, it's arguable he gave permission when they told him to leave or they'd remove him and he told them to remove him.

I'd consider a bunch of untrained goons giving me the bum's rush a danger regardless of the circumstances.

But their statement was just that they removed him from the talk without banning him from the conference, which turns out in practice to not be correct.

Not only did they have law enforcement intervene in his removal, but goons continued to threaten his removal and he was banned from the discord.

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