My personal theory: it is related to the liability of committee members after Hispanic science fiction author Jon Del Arroz won a defamation lawsuit against Worldcon. They called the conservative author racist from official accounts, banned him from the event after he was harassed and strange packages sent to him home, and continued to exaggerate rumors against him to justify banning and publicly defaming him.
Worldcon Ordered to Apologize and Pay Conservative Author Jon Del Arroz for Banning Him and Calling Him ‘Racist’
https://pjmedia.com/culture/megan-fox/2021/06/05/worldcon-ordered-to-apologize-and-pay-conservative-author-jon-del-arroz-for-banning-him-and-calling-him-racist-n1452388
It’s amazing that the author of this article seemed to have missed this very salient point. But, because they do, the article is mostly useless.
Hmmm. Enough information in the article to convince me to buy one of his books.
“They called the conservative author racist from official accounts, banned him from the event after he was harassed and strange packages sent to him home, and continued to exaggerate rumors against him to justify banning and publicly defaming him.”
That’s the way leftwad scum act.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3920426/posts