[caddemon]

Earnest is not the one that wrote the list. He had nothing to do with it until he decided to reply all to the apology email.

[readflaggedcomm]

Correct. Like I said, he had had no business remarking on their list of associations or dis-associations.

[caddemon]

That sentence is about their reaction to the visiting professor's whiteboard though, prior to Earnest's involvement.