[conspire] (forw) Re: Acronym expansion, taking pity on the general reader

[paulz at ieee.org]

 In a recent program on NPR, two black men were talking.  One of them had previously made some public comments about recent events.  He was called out by BlackLivesMatter because what he said was not the official position of BlackLivesMatter.
The two men then asked each other if they had missed a meeting to decide what could be said and how it should be stated.
[And this time I verified that To was the list.  Depending on how the original email was set up, the default for To: is different.  Certain other reflectors make it difficult to reply just to the sender.  I think Rick has it right]

    On Friday, September 25, 2020, 08:33:06 AM PDT, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:  
 
 Doubtless intended to be posted.  (Paul, I _still_ have that brief
'Bureau of Land Management, WTF?' moment whenever I see 'BLM' mentioned
without explanatory context.)

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Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 15:06:37 +0000 (UTC)
From: "paulz at ieee.org" <paulz at ieee.org>
To: Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com>
Subject: Re: [conspire] Acronym expansion, taking pity on the general reader
Reply-To: "paulz at ieee.org" <paulz at ieee.org>

 A different example of an acronym out of context.  
A few months ago, I turned on the news.  It was in the middle of a story.  Almost the first "word" I heard was  BLM.  

My mind went immediately to an event of a couple years back when some "free thinking" ranchers took over a place belonging to the Bureau of Land Management.   It took a while before I figured out that the story was about current protests in cities, not cattle on rural land.  
I compared notes with several friends who had also not recognized the new meaning for BLM.

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