On 10/6/22 10:23 AM, Keith Moore wrote:
Of course, humor, including even ridicule, _can be_ a way of diffusing such adverse reactions. But it requires a lot of skill to be effective, and not everyone can pull it off. It's very risky.
Yes and obviously I do not have the skill necessary to pull it off. It has also been pointed out to me in a private email that sarcasm doesn't work very well in an international forum where not everyone will interpret it the right way. Also, the "check your privilege" kind of intersectionality I was lampooning is largely a US phenomena and not everyone is aware of how it works or its excesses so a satirical description of this would not be understood. I understand this now. Dan. -- "The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." -- Marcus Aurelius -- last-call mailing list last-call@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/last-call
