> I believe the stated purpose of the list was to have a set of people that allies could engage with constructively if they wanted to. In other words, it was a

> I believe the stated purpose of the list was to have a set of people that allies could engage with constructively if they wanted to. In other words, it was a list of people whom might be good to engage in verbal discussions with. Is this some poor attempt at a joke? That's exactly what Twitter mobs do, right? Especially when the instigator calls the targets "fanboys" and "fanatics", and explicitly calls for them to be "cancelled"? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25419871 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25419871 https://archive.is/9sS3o https://archive.is/9sS3o