Because all parties already acknowledge that the "funny names" list is inappropriate. The issue isn't contended. The list is bad and they got rid of it. Now Bas

Because all parties already acknowledge that the "funny names" list is inappropriate. The issue isn't contended. The list is bad and they got rid of it. Now Basecamp leadership wants to move on while many employees want to litigate the issue further. The executives don't want this because they see it as unproductive and as contributing to even more tension. Basecamp is without question in the top 5% of most liberal and progressive companies, but they have no desire to be in the top 0.1%. I think there is plenty to criticize on how basecamp handled the communication, but their demands really aren't unreasonable. Basecamp wants to be pluralistic and have people work together despite their differences, and they want to be progressive and inclusive. But they don't want the equity and inclusion efforts to become a disproportionate time sink and something that distracts from the many other goals they have.