overgard: there are two internally consistent ways to interpret the matter: 1) "they [only] pissed off a bunch of people actively looking to be pissed off" inc

overgard: there are two internally consistent ways to interpret the matter: 1) "they [only] pissed off a bunch of people actively looking to be pissed off" including this fellow who posted the email. If you truly believe that they only pissed off people actively looking to be pissed off, then only those people will be pissed off now. No one else. There would be no real change in RG's reputation, and all this post does is take up a spot on the front page. 2) they pissed off a lot of people, including those that aren't "actively looking to be pissed off". In that case, dredging up the past actually does affect them even more. You can't have it both ways. You want to believe that only people actively looking to be offended would be bothered by the remark and that somehow discussing the past is actually hurting them more, but they are inconsistent beliefs. > I choose to respect other people's freedom of expression Right, which is why you should respect other people's rights to discuss the matter at hand. You shouldn't get upset because this conversation is happening. > I don't have to throw a public temper tantrum if someone has wildly different values. (I view posting private correspondence publicly to try to shame someone as being equivalent to a temper tantrum) RG's tweet was public and so is this discussion. The email reminded us of the original tweet. There was no rape joke in the email. I think you are missing that part -- the actual offense that we are talking about happened long before this email in a public forum (twitter). RG apologized, true. But that doesn't magically mean that the internet forgets that the event happened. And it sounds like you wish for everyone to forget. > The way I see it: they pissed off a bunch of people actively looking to be pissed off. My level of caring about that is pretty much zero. But your level of caring about the fact that history is being rehashed is almost surely nonzero.