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I don't get why people think this is some killer defence of Stallman. Most of us realise that fucking children is wrong because it's harmful to those children.
by DanBC 7y ago
I don't get why people think this is some killer defence of Stallman.
Most of us realise that fucking children is wrong because it's harmful to those children. We don't need to be told this.
He talks authoritatively about stuff he has no idea about. That combination of arrogance, ignorance, and stunning lack of sensitivity is pretty hard to take from someone who is supposed to be using language as a tool of their job.
- leereeves 7y ago> Most of us realise that fucking children is wrong because it's harmful to those children. We don't need to be told this. Do you imagine you were born with that belief? For most of human history, and in much of the world today, people believed otherwise, certainly about 17 year olds (the age in question here). It's not something people just know. It's something people come to know either through careful thought (like Stallman) or simply because they accepted what they were told (the "most of us" you've described).
- DanBC 7y agoI was not born with those beliefs. Did Stallman make those comments (that the harms of incestual abuse can be avoided if condoms are used; that "willing" child abuse shouldn't be a crime) when he was a new-born child, or when he was a fully grown adult? The point is that these comments have no relevance to his work; he doesn't know what he's talking about but doesn't realise his ignorance; he has no ability to empathise with other people; yet he makes those comments anyway.
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