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As far as I know, he publicly renounced his decades old opinion even before the last witch hunt began. The witch hunt was based on false claim. He never support
by acqq 7y ago
As far as I know, he publicly renounced his decades old opinion even before the last witch hunt began. The witch hunt was based on false claim. He never supported Epstein.
- pseudalopex 7y agoStallman defended adults having sex with children in 2013.[1] He didn't say anything else about it until now, as far as I know. [1] https://stallman.org/archives/2012-nov-feb.html#04_January_2013_(Pedophilia) https://stallman.org/archives/2012-nov-feb.html#04_January_2...
- zajio1am 7y agoIn this post he just linked The Guardian article that described lack of solid empirical evidence. Also note that it is a difference between an empirical claim and a moral claim. While empirical claim that some action almost always leads to negative outcome to others could be used as an argument for that action being immoral, it is still perfectly valid to attack the supporting empirical claim, while not attacking the moral claim.
- pseudalopex 7y agoThe point is that his opinion wasn't decades old.
- zajio1am 7y agoMy point is that this Stallman's comment is not 'defending aduls havings sex with children', but statement about empirical facts. There are Stallman's statements defending non-coercive sex with children, but they are older: https://stallman.org/archives/2003-may-aug.html#28%20June%202003%20() https://stallman.org/archives/2003-may-aug.html#28%20June%20...
- acqq 7y ago> He didn't say anything else about it until now, as far as I know. At least there is this one from 14th September, also on his site: https://stallman.org/archives/2019-jul-oct.html#14_September_2019_(Sex_between_an_adult_and_a_child_is_wrong) https://stallman.org/archives/2019-jul-oct.html#14_September... " Many years ago I posted that I could not see anything wrong about sex between an adult and a child, if the child accepted it. Through personal conversations in recent years, I've learned to understand how sex with a child can harm per psychologically. This changed my mind about the matter: I think adults should not do that. I am grateful for the conversations that enabled me to understand why."
- cygx 7y agoAs far as I know, he publicly renounced his decades old opinion even before the last witch hunt began. Citation needed. He expressed the same opinion in 2013 that he did in 2006 and 2003: https://stallman.org/archives/2012-nov-feb.html#04_January_2013_(Pedophilia) https://stallman.org/archives/2012-nov-feb.html#04_January_2... https://stallman.org/archives/2006-may-aug.html#05%20June%202006%20%28Dutch%20paedophiles%20form%20political%20party%29 https://stallman.org/archives/2006-may-aug.html#05%20June%20... https://stallman.org/archives/2003-may-aug.html#28%20June%202003%20() https://stallman.org/archives/2003-may-aug.html#28%20June%20...
- hdfbdtbcdg 7y agoAnd withdrew it in 2016...
- cygx 7y agoGood for him - where can I read up on that?
- hdfbdtbcdg 7y agoThe same place you linked to.
- cygx 7y agoCould you narrow that down? I tried, but there's a lot of material to go through. The stuff I did find was only tangentially related and not indicative of any changes in position, eg https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jul-oct.html#16_September_2016_(Charges_against_Oakland_thugs) https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jul-oct.html#16_September... https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jul-oct.html#12_September_2016_(Prosecutions_based_on_lies) https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jul-oct.html#12_September... https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jul-oct.html#15_July_2016_(Pregnant_adolescents_can_be_pressured_into_marriage) https://stallman.org/archives/2016-jul-oct.html#15_July_2016...
- dependenttypes 7y ago