Re: A contribution to ongoing terminology work

Phillip Hallam-Baker <phill@hallambaker.com> Wed, 07 April 2021 02:32 UTC

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From: Phillip Hallam-Baker <phill@hallambaker.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2021 22:32:16 -0400
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Subject: Re: A contribution to ongoing terminology work
To: Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com>
Cc: Dan Harkins <dharkins@lounge.org>, IETF Discussion Mailing List <ietf@ietf.org>
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On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 7:08 PM Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com> wrote:

> In today's cancel culture, being called such a name is intimidating as
> well.  Let's avoid intimidation and bullying please.
>

And that response was not an attempt to do just that?

The cheap rhetorical trick Dan was attempting here was to prevent anyone
raising the acts of bigotry and racism that have created the need for the
change in terminology by asserting that merely pointing out that bigots
exist is to call him one personally.

I am rather done with the bad faith arguments being made here.