<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> I honestly can't parse why he brings that up, like what point there is it supposed to bolster? It reminds me most of somebody with a learned maladaptive response of saying something shocking to derail a discussion that is going in a way they don't like (but why do that in what amounts to an open letter?)</p>