Re: [Last-Call] Last Call: BCP 83 PR-Action Against Dan Harkins

[Dan Harkins <[e-mail]>]

On 10/2/22 4:02 PM, Eric Rescorla wrote:
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> On Sun, Oct 2, 2022 at 3:49 PM Adam Roach <[e-mail]> wrote:
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>     But in many ways, none of that is really applicable here. Once we
>     reach
>     a point that someone's reaction to the Executive Director of the IETF
>     asking for community input on in-person meetings is to respond with a
>     hostile mini-rant about a tenuously related tweet that he found
>     elsewhere, 
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> Not that it actually changes the situation, but as it happens, the
> mini-rant in question arguably misrepresents, the tweet, which
> reads:
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>    .@MaraGay "Masking remains an act of solidarity & respect for
>    vulnerable people, that includes people w/ disabilities, w/ chronic
>    conditions like asthma, as well as for hard-hit communities like
>    native & black communities especially, Hispanic communities"
>
> In the email you are referring to, this was characterized as:
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>    Well the other thing to keep in mind about masking is that "it 
> remains an
>    act of solidarity & respect" for... BIPOC (natch).
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> I don't think it's really necessary to unpack this, but suffice
> to say, this doesn't seem like a particularly good-faith reading
> of the tweet in question (whether you agree with said tweet or
> not).

   OK Eric, what was bad-faith in that characterization? She was
including black, indigenous, and hispanic communties in her
listing of "vulnerable people" . Is that not BIPOC?

   Dan.

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