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>Regardless of what low regard the man might be held as a person, he's being persecuted for having expressing ideas, demanding proof of claims, advocating for o
by M2Ys4U 7y ago
>Regardless of what low regard the man might be held as a person, he's being persecuted for having expressing ideas, demanding proof of claims, advocating for objective standards, and asking questions. These are all hallmarks of scientific inquiry.
Defending the rape of trafficked children is not a "hallmark of scientific inquiry".
- hristov 7y agoWas he though? It seems to me that all that Stallman said was lets please figure out exactly what Minsky did.
- Rebelgecko 7y agoWhen did he do that?
- azernik 7y agoThe full e-mail thread is at the bottom of this article, in an awfully-formatted little PDF viewer. I suggest full-screening. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/9ke3ke/famed-computer-scientist-richard-stallman-described-epstein-victims-as-entirely-willing https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/9ke3ke/famed-computer-sci...
- Rebelgecko 7y agoI read the full thread, and I didn't see anything that I would consider "defending rape". It seemed pretty clear that he thinks Epstein was a bad person and that what happened to Giuffre is not good. The closest thing to defending rape is him trying to give Minsky the benefit of the doubt (e.g. stating that Minksky may not have known Giuffre's age or situation, and IIRC in her deposition she was careful to avoid saying whether or not she actually had sex with Minsky, only that Epstein wanted her to).
- azernik 7y agoSee page 7, where he argues that sex with a minor should not be considered rape.
- trophycase 7y agoAre sexually mature underage people prepubescent children now? It's ridiculous that people continue to willfully conflate the two just because they want to continue to have the moral high ground.
- 2_listerine_pls 7y agoBecause it is not the definition of rape.
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- M2Ys4U 7y agoThursday
- hizanberg 7y ago> Thrusday I guess I'm not up to speed and haven't read everything he said, can you quote his exact words he said on Thrusday that led you to conclude he was "Defending the rape of trafficked children"? Stallman has just said he's having to resign after being accused over a series of misunderstandings and mischaracterizations, is this an example of a mischaracterization of what he said or did he really say he defended raping trafficked children?
- new_realist 7y agoThe line of Stallman apologists over the years is almost as long as Epstein’s.
- equalunique 7y agoThat's taking what he said way out of context.