Jon Pretty

From what I know, John's absolutism on freedom of speech at the time trumped his judgement of what is acceptable speech. I think his "mistakes were made" point, coupled with private conversations we've had, acknowledges this, albeit in a way that's unsatisfactory to most people.

The question that started this conversation isn't "did he apologize?", though—it was "is he justified in making legal threats?" You said that he is, and you publicly accused me of something I honestly don't think I've ever done, without evidence.

I also appreciate that you're engaging in this conversation in good faith now, but I wish you would correct or delete the tweets where directly you accuse me of things you don't have evidence for. I would do the same for you or De Goes.

I don't have evidence that you've called John a Nazi, and I could have been more precise with my language, especially the final tweet. But as you could probably tell, I felt antagonized.

Thanks for acknowledging that here, but the decent thing to do would be to add a correction that your followers who saw the accusation will also see, or at least to delete that tweet.

Yes, I was going to offer you a choice. Would you rather I delete the thread (which could be seen as deleting evidence) or offer a clarification, given that I still reject the insinuation in your bio? If we can both start deescalating here, it would be a positive step.

Agreed. I think deleting would be better; all of this can be archived. I also made a comment on Friday in a thread (not my timeline) that hasn't sat well with me since, because it could be read as agreement with an assertion that you personally have a specific racist belief…

I'll also delete it, but want to give you a chance to archive it first if you wish, because I don't want it to seem like I've deleted it to avoid being held accountable for writing it: https://twitter.com/travisbrown/status/1286723393820274688 …