As the OP, apology for not linking to the original bug #38752.

Regarding opening this bug, I didn't think the original bug (#38752) was given close attention that it needed. After it was marked external, I replied and a bot closed it, I didn't see a way to reopen it to continue the conversation. I then emailed the issue to some TypeScript more-expert-than-me colleagues at work and there was consensus on the issue was fair. So I reopened this one without any references to typescript-eslint to keep it focused on TypeScript itself.

I agree, making a new bug to continue the discussion isn't good. I would like to request a way to reopen bugs or have a second look at them. Any suggestions? How would I do that in the future?

Thanks for reconsidering this topic.