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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">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.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">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.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">[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]<br></div><div><br></div>
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On Friday, September 25, 2020, 08:33:06 AM PDT, Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com> wrote:
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<div>Doubtless intended to be posted. (Paul, I _still_ have that brief<br>'Bureau of Land Management, WTF?' moment whenever I see 'BLM' mentioned<br>without explanatory context.)<br><br>----- Forwarded message from "<a href="mailto:paulz@ieee.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">paulz@ieee.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:paulz@ieee.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">paulz@ieee.org</a>> -----<br><br>Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 15:06:37 +0000 (UTC)<br>From: "<a href="mailto:paulz@ieee.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">paulz@ieee.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:paulz@ieee.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">paulz@ieee.org</a>><br>To: Rick Moen <<a href="mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">rick@linuxmafia.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [conspire] Acronym expansion, taking pity on the general reader<br>Reply-To: "<a href="mailto:paulz@ieee.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">paulz@ieee.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:paulz@ieee.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">paulz@ieee.org</a>><br><br> A different example of an acronym out of context. <br>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. <br><br>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. <br>I compared notes with several friends who had also not recognized the new meaning for BLM.<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>conspire mailing list<br><a href="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">conspire@linuxmafia.com</a><br><a href="http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire</a><br> <br><br>----- End forwarded message -----<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>conspire mailing list<br><a href="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">conspire@linuxmafia.com</a><br><a href="http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire</a><br></div>
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