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... MIT fired him not Facebook - you are not required to have perfect opinions that everyone agrees with to survive in this world, you are just required to voic
by widowlark 7y ago
... MIT fired him not Facebook - you are not required to have perfect opinions that everyone agrees with to survive in this world, you are just required to voice them appropriately and at the correct times, which Stallman did not. Stop pretending that Free Speech is something that applies to anything other than citizens having protection from governments
- dangxiaopin 7y agoSo if it was Berkeley (a state school), he should have not been fired?
- widowlark 7y agoYes, this has already been addressed. He would have been more protected if it was a state school.
- balaksakrionon 7y ago> appropriately and at the correct times Where and by whom is appropriateness and timeliness determined?
- widowlark 7y agoprivate institutions, and mostly at their whim and discretion
- ng12 7y agoThe problem is the witch hunting. Invariably the wrongthink gets "leaked" to the bottom-dweller clickbait outfits like Vice or Slate who then feed it into the court of public opinion. I agree that there are a great number of things I shouldn't say at work, but that also doesn't mean I'm okay with the threat of being very publicly outed if I do. To me it's very close to the "well if you have nothing to hide" argument.