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Is this the case that decades of bad behavior "caught up" with the "clueless geek". Or SJWs picked the time and place to execute him?

• krapp 7y ago
  It's the case that the clueless geek's bad behavior in this instance happened to intersect with the Epstein affair via Marvin Minsky. I know people like to imagine "SJWs" have arbitrary power to ruin mens' lives on a whim, but no... there was already plenty of smoking kindling around RMS when he decided to light the match on himself.
  • fargle 7y ago
    The linked article is a rehash of RMS's bad and gross habits, 3rd party anecdotes about "creepiness". No meat. No sin. If RMS had been a level-2 dipshit, he'd been counseled by HR and not even fired. What I see is, yes agreed timing perfect (Epstein/Minsky), to slander, destroy that which is different, "gross"/"weird", etc. When did it become OK to beat up on the Aspy kids? Oh, right SJW makes it OK...
    • krapp 7y ago
      I don't know what "no meat, no sin" is supposed to mean, but most people with RMS' history of creepy and harassing behavior would have been fired long ago. Hell, the bad hygiene alone would get most people fired.
      • fargle 7y ago
        It means thank goodness you aren't the HR director. You don't go around harassing people because of hygiene. You don't fire people because of 3rd hand reports of creepiness. You don't slander someones reputation just because you read somewhere about things that purportedly made him look really bad. It simply isn't true; thankfully labor law doesn't make a crime out of bad smelling-ness and unsubstantiated creepiness.