A lot of lynchings took place not just because the person had the wrong skin color or other immutable trait. Often the victim was seen as uppity or acting out.

A lot of lynchings took place not just because the person had the wrong skin color or other immutable trait. Often the victim was seen as uppity or acting out. I think the parallel holds. Edit to add: Some people have said that Stallman is nuroatypical. If that is the case then it could be very well that his actions and comments are from a trait beyond his control.