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I'm quite surprised by the rhetoric surrounding this, coming from a few posters. Much less Stallman-esque (or even ESR-ish) and closer to Gamergaters, /pols and

• panpanna 7y ago
  Because this sort of stuff really triggers certain people.
  • mhd 7y ago
    Not surprised that certain people are outraged about this, more that there's a significant part of those people in the "free software" community. I thought that ESR is pretty much the end of the spectrum there and that the younger AnCaps don't care that much about GNU.
    • ScottFree 7y ago
      Most of the FSF are free speech advocates and always have been. Those who are defending gab now are merely showing that they have the integrity to stand by what they believe even though they find gab itself reprehensible.
      • panpanna 7y ago
        Well, I don't support your version of free speech. "free speech (ph): A constitutionally protected right in the US that is primarily invoked by tech bros and internet trolls when they are asked to stop being assholes. Syn: hate speech. See ideological diversity" From https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/26/how-to-speak-silicon-valley-decoding-tech-bros-from-microdosing-to-privacy https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/26/how-to-speak...