Well, first off, the hacker as defined by the hacker's manifesto is very different from the definition ESR tried to warp. Also, yeah, ESR is a jerk. I don't arg

Well, first off, the hacker as defined by the hacker's manifesto is very different from the definition ESR tried to warp. Also, yeah, ESR is a jerk. I don't argue that. He's an awful person. However, both definitions of hacker involve only judgement by output, not judgement of race or ideology. And if we called people out for being horrible, RMS would be right out. I respect the man's work work and ideology, but I respect it slightly less when he starts licking his own toes while publically calling John Ousterhout a cancer.