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--<br>Rob Faucett<br>206-619-5569<br>Seattle, WA
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jun 25, 2024, at 9:30 AM, Jordan Gunn via Tweeters <tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Who determines what subjects are inappropriate on Tweeters? One may think discussion of things as broadly impactful as changing long standing birds should be allowed, with input from those for and those opposed. Tweeters has never been of itself a representative of the bird community, but rather a forum for the bird community and its varying and sometimes opposing opinions. </div><div><br></div><div>That being said, if a subject invariably devolves into implied or outright allegations of explicit or implicit racism, ageism, or sexism, and results in people signing off on posts with race, age, or gender, perhaps the discussion should not be on Tweeters.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Personally, I don't have strong feelings on the name changes - perhaps if I signed off this email with my age, race, and gender, one could make inferences on how those aspects affect my views on the subject, or what weight my opinions should have, or how those characteristics inform my many follies, but alas, one may just have to guess based on the above! But not on Tweeters, please.</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">--Jordan Gunn</div><div>Edmonds, WA</div><div><a href="mailto:uwjag21@gmail.com">uwjag21@gmail.com</a></div></div></div></div>
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